David Samuel Margoliouth (October 17, 1858 - March 22, 1940) was the UK orientalist. He was active as a minister in the Church of England. October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. ... 1858 is a common year starting on Friday. ... March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Orientalism is the study of Near and Far Eastern societies and cultures, by Westerners. ... The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion. ...

He was the English scholar whose pioneering efforts in Islamic studies won him a near-legendary reputation among Islamic peoples and Oriental scholars of Europe.

Works

• Mohammed and the Rise of Islam (1905)
• "Umayyads and 'Abbasids" (1907)
• The Early Development of Mohammedanism (1914)
• "Yaqut's dictionary of learned men", 7 Vols. (1908-1927)
• "The Kitab al-Ansab of al-Sam'ani" (1911)
• "Mohammedanism" (1912)
• "The table-talk of a Mesopotamian judge", 2 Vols. (1921-22)
• "The Eclipse of the Abbasid Caliphate" (1922)
• The Relations Between Arabs and Israelites Prior to the Rise of Islam (1924)

External links

• http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9050874
• http://www.muhammadanism.org/Margoliouth/Default.htm - books online!