See also:

• ERPENIUS (original name VAN ExpE), THOMAS (1584–1624)

ERPENIUS (See also:

• ORIGINAL

original name See also:

• VAN

VAN ExpE), See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

THOMAS (1584–1624)  , Dutch Orientalist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Gorcum, in See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland, on the rith of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1584 . After completing his See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• EDUCATION

education at See also:

• LEIDEN

Leiden, he entered the university of that See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, and in 16o8 took the degree of See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of arts . By the See also:

• ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice of See also:

• SCALIGER

Scaliger he studied See also:

• ORIENTAL

Oriental See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages whilst taking his course of See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology . He afterwards travelled in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy and See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, forming connexions with learned men, and availing himself of the See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information which they communicated . During his stay at See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris he contracted a friendship with See also:

• CASAUBON, FLORENCE ESTIENNE
• CASAUBON, ISAAC (1559-1614)

Casaubon, which lasted during his See also:

• LIFE

life, and also took lessons in Arabic from an See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian, See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph Barbatus, otherwise called See also:

• ABU

Abu-dakni . At See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice he perfected himself in the See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish, Persic and Ethiopic languages . After a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence, See also:

• ERPENIUS (original name VAN ExpE), THOMAS (1584–1624)

Erpenius returned to his own See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country in 1612, and on the loth of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1613 he was appointed See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of Arabic and other Oriental languages, See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew excepted, in the university of Leiden . Soon after his See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement at Leiden, animated by the example of See also:

• SAVARY, ANNE JEAN MARIE RENE, DUKE

Savary de Breves, who had established an Arabic See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press at Paris at his own See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge, he caused new Arabic characters to be cut at a See also:

• GREAT

great expense, and erected a press in his own See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house . In 1619 the curators of the university of Leiden instituted a second See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of Hebrew in his favour . In 162o he was sent by the States of Holland to induce See also:

• PIERRE

Pierre See also:

• DUMOULIN, CHARLES [MOLINAEUS] (1500-1566)

Dumoulin or See also:

• ANDRE, JOHN (1751-178o)

Andre See also:

• RIVET (0. Fr. rivet, from river, to fix, fasten together, of unknown origin; Skeat compares Icel. rifa, to stitch together)

Rivet to See also:

• SETTLE
• SETTLE, ELKANAH (1648–1724)

settle in that country; and after a 'second See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey he was successful in inducing Rivet to comply with their See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request . Some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time after the return of Erpenius, the states appointed him their interpreter; and in this capacity he had the See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty imposed upon him of translating and replying to the different letters of the Moslem princes of See also:

• ASIA

Asia and See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa . His reputation had now spread throughout all See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, and several princes, the See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings of England and See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, and the See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop of See also:

• SEVILLE
• SEVILLE (Span. Sevilla, Lat. Ispalis or Hispalis, Moorish Ishbiliya)

Seville made him the most flattering offers; but he constantly refused to leave his native country .

He was preparing an edition of the See also:

• KORAN

Koran with a Latin See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation and notes, and was projecting an Oriental library, when he died prematurely on the 13th .of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1624 . Among his See also:

• WORKS

works may be mentioned his Grammatica Arabica, published originally in 1613 and often reprinted; Rudiments linguae Arabicae (162o) ; Grammatica Ebraea generalis (1621) ; Grammatica Chaldaica et See also:

• SYRIA

Syria (1628); and an edition of See also:

• ELMACIN (ELMAKIN or ELMACINUS), GEORGE (c. 1223-1294)

Elmacin's See also:

• HISTORY

History of the See also:

• SARACENS

Saracens .