Edward William Lane

British orientalist, translator, lexicographer and peace maker (1801–1876)

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Vinony's link graph records 103 inbound references to Edward William Lane, and connects out to Egyptian hieroglyphs, London and Islam.

It is catalogued under topics including 1801 births, 1876 deaths and 19th-century British lexicographers.

Vinony links it to 25 Wikipedia language editions.

Person · Open Library

Works: 55

Top works

Genesis of the Earth and of Man, a Critical Examination of Passages in the Hebrew and Greek Scriptures [by E. W. Lane] Ed. by R. S. Poole
Genesis of the Earth and of Man *
Stories from the Thousand and One Nights (the Arabian Nights' Entertainments) Translated by Edward William Lane, Rev. by Stanley Lane-Poole, with Introd. , Notes and Illus
Stories from the Thousand and One Nights : (the Arabian Nights' Entertainments)
Thousand and One Nights, Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments; Translated from the Arabic, with Copious Notes; Volume 3

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Family name: Lane
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Place of birth: Hereford
Place of death: Worthing
Occupation: lexicographer
Languages spoken: Arabic
Field of work: linguistics
Image: Edward William Lane.jpg

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place of burial: West Norwood Cemetery
Commons category: Edward William Lane
date of birth: 1801-09-17
date of death: 1876-08-10
writing language: English language

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Works in European collections

5 objects attributed to Edward William Lane, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

The thousand and one nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian nights' entertainments [Texto impreso] :]a new translation from the Arabic, with copious notes