A short history of the Gibb Memorial Trust and its trustees : a century of oriental scholarship : essays in honour of Robin Bligh, Secretary to the Trust (1974-2020) / edited by Charles Melville.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Melville, C. P. (Charles Peter), 1951- editor.

Bligh, Robin, honouree.

Series:

Gibb Memorial Trust (Series)

Gibb Memorial Trust Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trustees of the "E.J.W. Gibb Memorial"--Biography.

Trustees of the "E.J.W. Gibb Memorial".

Middle East specialists--Biography.

Middle East specialists.

Historians--Biography.

Historians.

Islam--Study and teaching.

Islam.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 224 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Harrow : Edinburgh University Press ; The E.J.W. Gibb Memorial Trust, 2023.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The Gibb Memorial Trust, founded at the start of the twentieth century, comprised among its trustees some of the most celebrated and prominent orientalists of their day. Together, they sponsored and supported research on editing and translating Arabic, Persian and Turkish manuscripts on a range of subjects, from history, literature, geography and poetry to Sufism and the Islamic sciences. This volume covers the development of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies over the last 120 years or so, as seen through the biographies of the leading scholars of the period.<b><b>It opens with a short history of the Trust, before presenting a series of short biographical and often personal appreciations of these eminent Middle Eastern scholars of the past, written by existing trustees. In providing a history of this important institution, the book shines a light on the history and development of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies in Britain more broadly.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Note on Transliteration and Abbreviations Used

Introduction

CHAPTER 1 E. J. W. Gibb (18571901)

CHAPTER 2 E. G. Browne (18621926) (Trustee 190226)

CHAPTER 3 Guy Le Strange (18541933) (Trustee 190233)

CHAPTER 4 H. F. Amedroz (18541917) (Trustee 190216)

CHAPTER 5 A. G. Ellis (18581942) (Trustee 190242)

CHAPTER 6 R. A. Nicholson (18681945) (Trustee 190245)

CHAPTER 7 Sir Edward Denison Ross (18711940) (Trustee 190240)

CHAPTER 8 Sir Charles James Lyall (18451920)

CHAPTER 9 C. A. Storey (18881967) (Trustee 192646)

CHAPTER 10 Sir Hamilton A. R. Gibb (18951971) (Trustee 192666)

CHAPTER 11 Reuben Levy (18911966) (Trustee 193266)

CHAPTER 12 A. J. Arberry (190569) (Trustee 194169)

CHAPTER 13 A. F. L. Beeston (191195) (Trustee 194195)

CHAPTER 14 Bernard Lewis (19162018) (Trustee 195188)

CHAPTER 15 Ann K. S. Lambton (19122008) (Trustee 19562000)

CHAPTER 16 Geoffrey L. Lewis (19202008) (Trustee 19592007)

CHAPTER 17 J. D. Pearson (191197) (Trustee 195796)

CHAPTER 18 M. C. Lyons (19292019) (Trustee 196397)

CHAPTER 19 R. B. Serjeant (191593) (Trustee 196792)

CHAPTER 20 R. C. Zaehner (191374) (Trustee 197174)

CHAPTER 21 J. A. Boyle (191678) Trustee (197178)

CHAPTER 22 J. Derek Latham (19272005) Trustee (198692)

CHAPTER 23 A. H. Morton (19422011) (Trustee 19862011)

CHAPTER 24 G. Rex Smith (b. 1938) (Trustee 198299)

Appendix A: Gibb Memorial Trustees

Appendix B: Publications of the Gibb Memorial Trust

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Mar 2025).

ISBN:

1-3995-1627-2

1-3995-1628-0

OCLC:

1378194328