Albert Socin
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He studied philology at the University of Basel and Oriental studies at the universities of Göttingen and Leipzig, receiving his habilitation for Oriental languages in 1871 at Basel. In 1873 he became an associate professor, then from 1876 to 1890 served as a full professor of Semitic languages at the University of Tübingen. From 1890 up until his death in 1899, he was a professor of Oriental languages at the University of Leipzig.
In 1868–70, with Eugen Prym, he carried out language research in the Levant and Iraq, then in 1873 returned to the Middle East on behalf of the Baedeker publishing firm. He was a founding member of the ''Deutschen Vereins zur Erforschung Palästinas'' ("German Society for the Exploration of Palestine"). Provided by Wikipedia
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Published: 1889
Superior document: Porta linguarum Orientalium 4
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Published: 1941
Superior document: Porta linguarum orientalium 4
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Published: 1894
Superior document: Abhandlungen der Philologisch-Historischen Classe der Königl. Sächsischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften 15,1