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Michael Jan de Goeje | |
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 Michael Jan de Goeje | |
| Born | (1836-08-13)August 13, 1836 |
| Died | May 17, 1909(1909-05-17) (aged 72) |
| Occupation | Orientalist |
| Children | Claudius de Goeje |
Michael Jan de Goeje (August 13, 1836 – May 17, 1909) was a Dutchorientalist focusing on Arabia and Islam.
Michael Jan de Goeje was born inDronrijp,Friesland. He devoted himself at an early age to the study of oriental languages and became especially proficient inArabic, under the guidance ofReinhart Dozy andTheodor Juynboll, to whom he was afterwards an intimate friend and colleague. He took his degree of doctor atLeiden in 1860, and then studied for a year inOxford, where he examined and collated theBodleian manuscripts ofal-Idrisi (part being published in 1866, in collaboration with Dozy, asDescription de l'Afrique et de l'Espagne). About the same time he wroteMémoires de l'histoire et de la géographie orientales, and editedExpugnatio regionum. In 1883, on the death of Dozy, he became Arabic professor at Leiden, retiring in 1906.
Though perhaps not a teacher of the first order, he wielded great influence during his long tenure of the chair not only over his pupils, but overtheologians and eastern administrators who attended his lectures. His many editions ofArabic texts are of the highest value to scholars; the most important being his great edition ofTabari. Though highly averse to politics, he took a keen interest in the municipal affairs of Leiden and made a special study of elementary education. He took the leading part in theInternational Congress of Orientalists atAlgiers in 1905. He was a member of theInstitut de France, was awarded theGerman Order of Merit, and received an honorary doctorate ofCambridge University. At his death he was president of the newly formedInternational Association of Academies of Science. He became a member of theRoyal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1869.[1]
Among his chief works are:
Fr. translation: Leyde, 1889 ; repr. Francfort/Main, 1992.
He was also the chief editor of theEncyclopaedia of Islam (vols. i.-iii.), and contributed many articles to periodicals. He wrote for the9th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica.
De Goeje's name is preserved in that of the Stichting de Goeje which subsidises the publication of academic studies relating to the Middle East.[2]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Goeje, Michael Jan de".Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.| International | |
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