Ahmad Aram (; March 28, 1902,

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, Iran – April 4, 1998, United States) was a translator, a member of the ''Maktab-e-Metāʿ'' (Metāʿ School), and a contemporary writer. He contributed to the compilation of '' Dāʾerat al-Maʿāref-e Fārsi'' and won the first prize in the first cycle of the Iran Book of the Year for translating the book ''Al-Hayat'' under the title (''Translation of Al-Hayat'').

Biography

Ahmad Aram was born on March 28, 1902, in the Chaleh-Meydan neighborhood of

. After completing high school at Darolfonoon, in 1925, he began teaching physics and

chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a physical science within the natural sciences that studies the chemical elements that make up matter and chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules a ...

. He realized that experimental lessons were being taught theoretically and without laboratory activities. Taking the initiative, he published a book titled "New Year's Gift," a collection of physical and chemical experiments. "New Year's Gift" was the first educational book on laboratory work, including physics and chemistry experiments, which Aram authored in February 1926. Ahmad Aram then pursued a degree in law, but after a while, he abandoned it and turned to medicine. However, this did not hold his interest for long either. In the last year of medical school, he left it and engaged in cultural activities and translation. Alongside Dr. Nasiri, he is one of the founders of the authoring of textbooks in Iran and was active as the Deputy Minister of Education in the 1950s. Ahmad Aram was one of the first authors of textbooks and educational books who, both independently and with the help of others, authored physics and chemistry high school textbooks. Due to his admiration for

Amir Kabir Mirza Taghi Khan-e Farahani (), better known as Amir Kabir (Persian: ‎; 9 January 1807 – 10 January 1852), was chief minister to Naser al-Din Shah Qajar for the first three years of his reign. He is widely considered to be "Iran's first re ...

, he named his series of books "Amir Series." Until around 1952, Ahmad Aram wrote nearly forty educational and instructional books. Ahmad Aram is one of the most prolific contemporary translators, translating over one hundred and forty works from English, French, and Arabic. In his translations, he paid attention to finding suitable Persian equivalents for foreign words and avoided using foreign terminology and words. He himself says about this:

Death

Ahmad Aram died on April 4, 1998, in the United States and was buried in a ceremony on April 22, after being transferred to Tehran. He was also selected as one of the lasting figures in 2013.HAMSHAHRI (Internet Version of Tehran's Persian Daily)
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