Thomas Christian Tychsen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German orientalist
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Place of Birth: Emmelsbüll-Horsbüll, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
About Thomas Christian Tychsen
- Thomas Christian Tychsen (8 May 1758, Horsbüll – 23 October 1834, Göttingen) was a German orientalist and Lutheran theologian.
- He is known for his 1823 grammar of the Arabic language. He studied theology and philology in Kiel and Göttingen, followed by an educational tour through Europe; France, Spain and Lombardy, completed with a lengthy stay in Vienna.
- In 1788, he became a full professor of theology at the University of Göttingen.
- He was a full member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and was associated with several foreign scientific societies. He was the author of a book on Arabic grammar, Grammatik der arabischen Schriftsprache (1823), and edited works of the Greek poet Quintus Smyrnaeus.
- Among his better known students were Orientalists Wilhelm Gesenius (1786-1842) and Heinrich Ewald (1803-1875).
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