Edward William Lane

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Arabist human lexicographer orientalist translator

Edward William Lane was a 19th-century British Orientalist and translator best known for his influential Arabic–English lexicon and his English rendition of "One Thousand and One Nights."

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Arabist → human → lexicographer → orientalist → translator →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
dateOfBirth	1801-09-17 →
dateOfDeath	1876-08-10 →
described	social life in 19th-century Egypt →
educatedAt	Bath Grammar School → Hereford Cathedral School →
familyName	Lane →
fieldOfWork	Arabic studies → Islamic studies → lexicography → translation →
fullName	Edward William Lane →
genre	ethnography → travel literature →
givenName	Edward →
influenced	later translations of One Thousand and One Nights → subsequent Arabic–English lexicography →
languageOfWorkOrName	Arabic → English →
notableWork	An Arabic-English Lexicon → Arabic–English Lexicon → Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians → Selections from the Koran → The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments →
occupation	Egyptologist → lexicographer → orientalist → translator → writer →
placeOfBirth	England → Hereford → Herefordshire NERFINISHED →
placeOfDeath	England → West Sussex → Worthing →
relative	Stanley Lane-Poole →
religion	Christianity →
residence	Cairo → Egypt →
sexOrGender	male →
sibling	Richard James Lane →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Edward William Lane →	fullName
Lane →	hasNotableBearer