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Ármin Vámbéry

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Also known as Wamberger Hermann, Hermann Vámbéry, Armin Vambery, Hermann Vambery, Arminius Vámbéry, Soma Wellisch, Arminius Vambery, Arminius Vambéry

Hungarian orientalist, academic (1832–1913)

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Born
1832
Died
1913
Works
67

Top works

  • Uigurische Sprachmonumente und das Kudatku Bilik
  • Etymologisches Wörterbuch der Turko-Tatarischen Sprachen
  • Western culture in eastern lands
  • Sketches of Central Asia
  • Hungary

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Type
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Key facts

Born
( 1832-03-19 ) 19 March 1832, Szentgyörgy / Sankt Georgen , Pozsony County , Kingdom of Hungary , Austrian Empire , (now Svätý Jur )
Died
15 September 1913 (1913-09-15) (aged 81), Budapest , Austria-Hungary
Occupations
Turkologist , orientalist, traveller

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Hungary
Place of birth
Svätý Jur
Place of death
Budapest
Employer
Nyugat
Languages spoken
Turkish
Native language
Hungarian
Doctoral student
Ignaz Goldziher
Field of work
linguistics
Image
Portrait of Ármin Vámbéry.jpg
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Ármin Vámbéry
date of birth
1832-01-00
date of death
1913-09-19
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Ármin Vámbéry
place of burial
Fiume Road Graveyard
name in native language
Vámbéry Ármin
Commons Creator page
Ármin Vámbéry
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Works in European collections

1 object attributed to Ármin Vámbéry, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Ármin Vámbéry (born Hermann Wamberger; 19 March 1832 – 15 September 1913), also known as Arminius Vámbéry, was a Hungarian Turkologist and traveller.

Early life

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