Karl Vollers
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Karl Vollers was a German
Orientalist
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Vollers studied Protestant theology and Oriental languages. His first pointment was a position as teacher at a local gymnasium (high-school)in Saxony. Later he got an appointment to serve as director of the Khedival Library
in Cairo
, a position held by several German Orientalists before World War I
. He earned his reputation as dialectologist by writing one of the first studies on Egyptian contemporary language. He remained in Cairo for almost ten years.
In 1896 he returned to Germany as professor for Oriental languages at the School of Philosophy at Jena University. In this position he served also as director of the "Grand Ducal Oriental Coin Cabinet Jena
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Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
Orientalist
Oriental studies
Oriental studies is the academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology; in recent years the subject has often been turned into the newer terms of Asian studies and Middle Eastern studies...
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Vollers studied Protestant theology and Oriental languages. His first pointment was a position as teacher at a local gymnasium (high-school)in Saxony. Later he got an appointment to serve as director of the Khedival Library
Egyptian National Library and Archives
The Egyptian National Library and Archives in Cairo is the largest library in Egypt. The second largest are the libraries of Al-Azhar University and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina ....
in Cairo
Cairo
Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
, a position held by several German Orientalists before World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
. He earned his reputation as dialectologist by writing one of the first studies on Egyptian contemporary language. He remained in Cairo for almost ten years.
In 1896 he returned to Germany as professor for Oriental languages at the School of Philosophy at Jena University. In this position he served also as director of the "Grand Ducal Oriental Coin Cabinet Jena
Oriental Coin Cabinet Jena
Oriental Coin Cabinet Jena is a collection of oriental coins at Jena University, in Jena, Germany, founded in 1840.- History :In 1840, Johann Gustav Stickel, Professor for Oriental languages at Jena University, succeeded in convincing the Grandduke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach to acquire a collection...
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