Emil Rödiger (13 October 1801, in

Sangerhausen Sangerhausen () is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany, capital of the district of Mansfeld-Südharz. It is situated southeast of the Harz, approx. east of Nordhausen, and west of Halle (Saale). About 26,000 people live in Sangerhausen ( ...

– 15 June 1874) was a German orientalist. He studied philosophy and

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at the

University of Halle Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (german: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg), also referred to as MLU, is a public, research-oriented university in the cities of Halle and Wittenberg and the largest and oldest university in ...

, where in 1830, he became an associate professor of

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, followed by a full professorship in 1835. He moved to Berlin in 1860, and remained there for the rest of his life. Medaille Brockhaus, Fleischer, Pott, Roediger 1870

Medaille Brockhaus, Fleischer, Pott, Roediger 1870

In 1870 he received a combined medal (together with ( Brockhaus, Pott and Fleischer) in occasion of the 25th anniversary of the DMG. He published a new edition of Lokman's ''Fables'' (1830); ''Syrische Crestomathie'' (1838); and ''Versuch über die Himjaritischen Schriftmonumente'' (1841). After the death of

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(1786–1842), he finished his ''Thesaurus Linguae Hebraicae'', and edited his

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grammar from the 14th (1845) to the 21st edition (1874).

References

* This article incorporates text from the ''International Cyclopedia'' of 1890, a publication now in the public domain. {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodiger, Emil 1801 births 1874 deaths German orientalists Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg faculty Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg alumni People from Sangerhausen German male non-fiction writers