Johannes Albrecht Bernhard Dorn (29 April 1805 in Scheierfeld, Saxe-Coburg, Germany – 19 May 1881 in St. Petersburg, Russia), or Boris Andreevich Dorn, was a German orientalist. He specialized in the history and the languages of Iran, Russia and Afghanistan.
Dorn wrote a book Über die Verwandtschaft des persischen, germanischen und griechisch-lateinischen Sprachstammes (1827), in which he argued in detail that the Persian language was related to Germanic, Greek, and Latin.[5] This thesis would later be confirmed by the findings of Indo-European studies, although many of Dorn's supposed cognate pairs are mistaken.
Literature
Abaschnik, Vladimir Alekseevic, "Johann Albrecht Bernhard Dorn (1805–1881) aus Coburg als Professor der Orientalistik in Charkow und Sankt Petersburg," in Coburger Geschichtsblätter. Hg. von der Historischen Gesellschaft Coburg e.V. – 2004. – Heft 1–2 (Januar–Juni), S. 26–39.
History of the Afghans : translated from the Persian of Neamet Ullah by Bernhard Dorn (1836).
A chrestomathy of the Pushtū or Afghan language; with a subjoined glossary in Afghan and English, edited by Bernhard Dorn (1847).
References
Burton, R.F., "Notes and Remarks on Dr Dorn's Chrestomathy of the Pushtu or Afghan Language" (1849), Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol. III, No. 12 (January), pp. 58–69.
^ abDorn, Johann Albert Bernhard In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN3-428-00185-0, S. 78 f.
johannes, albrecht, bernhard, dorn, april, 1805, scheierfeld, saxe, coburg, germany, 1881, petersburg, russia, boris, andreevich, dorn, german, orientalist, specialized, history, languages, iran, russia, afghanistan, bernhard, dorn, 1805, 1881, contents, biogr. Johannes Albrecht Bernhard Dorn 29 April 1805 in Scheierfeld Saxe Coburg Germany 19 May 1881 in St Petersburg Russia or Boris Andreevich Dorn was a German orientalist He specialized in the history and the languages of Iran Russia and Afghanistan Bernhard Dorn 1805 1881 Contents 1 Biography 2 Literature 3 References 4 External linksBiography EditHe studied theology and philology at the universities of Halle and Leipzig obtaining his habilitation in 1825 1 At Leipzig University Dorn worked for a while as a lecturer 2 Later on he served as a professor of oriental languages at Kharkov University 1829 35 then in 1835 relocated to St Petersburg as a professor of history and geography in the Asiatic department of the Russian Ministry of foreign affairs He taught Sanskrit and Pashtu at St Petersburg University 3 In 1839 he became an adjunct at the Russian Academy of Sciences where he eventually attained the level of academician in 1852 He was appointed director of the Asiatic Museum in 1842 3 1 and director of the Ethnographic Museum in 1855 4 Dorn wrote a book Uber die Verwandtschaft des persischen germanischen und griechisch lateinischen Sprachstammes 1827 in which he argued in detail that the Persian language was related to Germanic Greek and Latin 5 This thesis would later be confirmed by the findings of Indo European studies although many of Dorn s supposed cognate pairs are mistaken Literature EditAbaschnik Vladimir Alekseevic Johann Albrecht Bernhard Dorn 1805 1881 aus Coburg als Professor der Orientalistik in Charkow und Sankt Petersburg in Coburger Geschichtsblatter Hg von der Historischen Gesellschaft Coburg e V 2004 Heft 1 2 Januar Juni S 26 39 History of the Afghans translated from the Persian of Neamet Ullah by Bernhard Dorn 1836 A chrestomathy of the Pushtu or Afghan language with a subjoined glossary in Afghan and English edited by Bernhard Dorn 1847 References EditBurton R F Notes and Remarks on Dr Dorn s Chrestomathy of the Pushtu or Afghan Language 1849 Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Vol III No 12 January pp 58 69 a b Dorn Johann Albert Bernhard In Neue Deutsche Biographie NDB Band 4 Duncker amp Humblot Berlin 1959 ISBN 3 428 00185 0 S 78 f Bernhard Dorn data bnf fr a b Encyclopaedia Iranica biography in English Preface Kunstkamera Buildings Dorn Bernhard 1827 Ueber die Verwandtschaft des persischen germanischen und griechisch lateinischen Sprachstammes External links EditBiography Encyclopaedia Iranica This article on a German linguist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Johannes Albrecht Bernhard Dorn amp oldid 1063565813, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
