Edward William Lane (1801 - 1876), Arabic scholar, son of a prebendary of Hereford, where he was born, began life as an engraver, but going to Egypt in search of health, devoted himself to the study of Oriental languages and manners, and adopted the dress and habits of the Egyptian man of learning. While resident in Egypt he was given a woman slave by a friend, whom he educated and later married. He published Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians (1836), which remains a standard authority, and a translation of The Thousand and One Nights (1838-40) (Arabian Nights). What was intended to be the great work of his life, his Arabic Lexicon, was left unfinished at his death, but was completed by his nephew, Professor S.L. Poole. Lane was regarded as the chief European Orientalist of his day. 1801 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... A prebendary is a post connected to a cathedral or collegiate church and is a type of canon. ... Location within the British Isles Hereford (Welsh: Henffordd (pronounced Henfuth)) is an historic city in the west of England, close to the border with Wales and on the River Wye. ... Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. ... The Book of One Thousand and One Nights (كتاب ألف ليلة و ليلة in Arabic or هزار و یک شب in Persian), also known as The book of a Thousand Nights and a Night, 1001 Arabian Nights, or simply the Arabian Nights, is a piece of classic Arabic literature in...
This article incorporates text from: Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London, J.M. Dent & sons; New York, E.P. Dutton. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature is a collection of biographies of writers by John W. Cousin, published around 1910. ...
EDWARDWILLIAMLANE (1801-1876), English Arabic scholar, son of Dr Theophilus Lane, prebendary of Hereford, was born on the 17th of September 1801.
Returning to England in 1849, Lane devoted the remaining twenty-seven years of his life to digesting and translating his Arabic material in the form of a great thesaurus of the lexicographical knowledge of the Arabs.
Lane was not an original mind; his powers were those of observation, industry and sound judgment.
Lane Theological Seminary was established in the Walnut Hills section of Cincinnati, Ohio in 1829 to educate Presbyterian ministers.
It was named in honor of Ebenezer and WilliamLane, who pledged $4,000 for the new school, which was seen as a forward outpost of the Presbyterian Church in the western territories of the United States.
The "Lane Rebels," as they came to be known, established an informal seminary of their own for a time and then accepted an invitation to join Oberlin College, which became an interracial institution committed to the emancipation and education of African Americans.
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