Edward William Lane was a British orientalist, translator and lexicographer. He is known for his Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians and the Arabic-English Lexicon, as well as his translations of One Thousand and One Nights and Selections from the Kur-án.
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About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1801 to 1876 · aged 74
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