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Bernard Lewis
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 31 May 1916
- Works
- 190
Top works
- The origins of Ismāʻīlism
- ערי ארץ־ישראל במאה הט״ז
- The Fatimids and the route to India
- 历史上的阿拉伯人
- הערבים בהיסטוריה
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- Listeners
- 88
- Total plays
- 692
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- PROTEIN MEASUREMENT WITH THE FOLIN PHENOL REAGENT
· 1951 · cited 249,223x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,882x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,455x
- The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)
· 2016 · cited 23,631x
- Methods for Dietary Fiber, Neutral Detergent Fiber, and Nonstarch Polysaccharides in Relation to Animal Nutrition
· 1991 · cited 22,148x
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Quotes
- “Europa wird sich als Teil des arabischen Westens sein, des Maghrebs. Dafür sprechen Migration und Demographie. Europäer heiraten spät und haben keine oder nur wenige Kinder. Aber es gibt die starke Immigration: Türken in Deutschland, Araber in Frankreich und Pakistaner in England. Diese heiraten früh und haben viele Kinder. Nach den aktuellen Trends wird Europa spätestens Ende des 21. Jahrhunderts muslimische Mehrheiten in der Bevölkerung haben.”
- “WELT: Hat bisher jemand Ihre These, wonach Europa am Ende des Jahrhunderts islamisch sein werde, entkräften können? Lewis: Ein Argument wäre, daß Moslems bald das demographische Muster Europas übernehmen. Aber ich sagte ohnehin, sofern die aktuellen Trends der Immigration und Demographie bleiben, dann wird Europa islamisch werden. Freilich gab es bislang keine große Änderung in diesen Trends.”
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1916-05-31 ) 31 May 1916, London, England
- Died
- 19 May 2018 (2018-05-19) (aged 101), Voorhees Township, New Jersey , U.S.
- Spouse s
- Ruth Hélène Oppenhejm, (married 1947–1974)
- Awards
- Fellow of the British Academy , Harvey Prize , Irving Kristol Award , Jefferson Lecture , National Humanities Medal
- Alma mater
- SOAS ( BA , PhD ), University of Paris
- Discipline
- Historian
- Institutions
- SOAS , Princeton University , Cornell University
- Doctoral students
- Feroz Ahmad
- Main interests
- Middle Eastern studies , Islamic studies
- Notable works
- The Jews of Islam (1984) Islam and the West (1993) What Went Wrong? (2002)
- Influenced
- Heath W. Lowry , Fouad Ajami
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Encyclopedic overview
Bernard Lewis (31 May 1916 – 19 May 2018) was a British-American historian specialized in Oriental studies. He was also known as a public intellectual and political commentator. Lewis was the Cleveland E. Dodge Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University. Lewis's expertise was in the history of Islam and the interaction between Islam and the West.
Lewis served as a soldier in the British Army in the Royal Armoured Corps and Intelligence Corps during the Second World War before being seconded to the Foreign Office. After the war, he returned to the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London and was appointed to the new chair in Near and Middle Eastern history.
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