About William Popper
William Popper was an American scholar who contributed to the scholarship of Islam and Judaism.
Biographical details
Basic information
| person Full name | William Popper |
| cake Date of birth | October 29, 1874 |
| event_busy Date of death | June 3, 1963 |
Biographical mentions
American Orientalist; born at St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 29, 1874; educated at the public schools of Brooklyn, N. Y., the College of the City of New York, Columbia College (A.B. 1896), and Columbia University (A.M. 1897; Ph.D. 1899). In 1899 he went abroad and took postgraduate courses at the universities of Berlin, Strasburg, and Paris. The year 1901-2 he spent in traveling through Egypt, Syria, Palestine, Hauran, the north Syrian desert, and Mesopotamia. Returning in 1902 to New York city, Popper became connected with The Jewish Encyclopedia as associate revising editor and chief of the bureau of translation. In 1903, and again in 1904, he was appointed Gustav Gottheil lecturer in Semitic languages at Columbia University. Popper is the author of "The Censorship of Hebrew Books" (New York, 1899).
Source: jewishencyclopedia.com on 06/01/2020
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Bibliography
Fischel, Walter J. "William Popper (1874-1963) and His Contribution to Islamic Scholarship: In Memoriam." Journal of the American Oriental Society 84, no. 3 (1964): 213–220.
Singer, Isidore, ed., et al. The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. Vol. 11 (12 vols.). London, England: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1901.
