Heinrich Thorbecke


Andreas Heinrich Thorbecke was a German Arabic scholar. His studies were dedicated mainly to the poetry of the Bedouin and the history of Arabic.

Biography

He studied at the universities of Munich and Leipzig, where he was a pupil of Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer. In 1873 he was appointed an associate professor at the University of Heidelberg, then relocated to Halle in 1885, where he attained a full professorship in 1887.

Works

Antarah, ein vorislamitischer Dichter.Al-Harīri's Durrat-al-gawwas ; edition of Al-Hariri.Al-A'schā's Lobgedicht auf Mahammed Ibn Duraid's Kitāb al-malāhin ; edition of Ibn Duraid.Die Mufad-dali-jāt. Mihail Sabbag's Grammatik der arabischen Umgangssprache in Syrien und Aegypten.