Paul Schwarz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Paul Schwarz

German Iranologist

Date of Birth: 19-Nov-1867

Place of Birth: Nysa, Opole Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 28-Dec-1938

Profession: arabist, university teacher, orientalist, iranologist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Paul Schwarz (19 November 1867, in Neisse – 28 December 1938, in Torgau) was a German orientalist, Iranist and Arabist. In 1893 he received his doctorate at the University of Leipzig with a dissertation titled Umar Ibn Abî Rebî'a.
Ein arabischer Dichter der Umajjadenzeit.
In 1896 he obtained his habilitation for Oriental languages, and from 1903 to 1937 was an unscheduled professor of Oriental languages at Leipzig.