Emil Rödiger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Emil Rödiger

German orientalist

Date of Birth: 13-Oct-1801

Place of Birth: Sangerhausen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date of Death: 15-Jun-1874

Profession: university teacher, orientalist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Emil Rödiger (13 October 1801, in Sangerhausen – 15 June 1874) was a German orientalist. He studied philosophy and theology at the University of Halle, where in 1830, he became an associate professor of Oriental languages, followed by a full professorship in 1835.
He moved to Berlin in 1860, and remained there for the rest of his life. He published a new edition of Lokman's Fables (1830); Syrische Crestomathie (1838); and Himjaritische Schriftmonumentie (1841).
After the death of Wilhelm Gesenius (1786-1842), he finished his Thesaurus Linguae Hebraicae, and edited his Hebrew grammar from the 14th (1845) to the 21st edition (1874).