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3 unusual facts about Edward William Lane


Edward William Lane

From 1842 onwards, Lane devoted himself to the monumental Arabic-English Lexicon, although he found time to contribute several articles to the journal of Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft.

Joseph Bonomi the Younger

In July 1826, Bonomi resigned (and was replaced as Hay's assistant by Edward William Lane).

Sophia Lane Poole

She was the estranged wife of Edward Poole and sister of the famous orientalist Edward William Lane, who suggested that she and her sons join him in Egypt so that she could report on the female side of Egypt's gender-segregated society.



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