Rubens Duval


Rubens Duval was a French orientalist, specialist of the Aramaic language.

Biography

Upon returning from a trip to Germany where he studied for two years the course of Heinrich Ewald at the university of Göttingen, he devoted himself entirely to the study of Semitic languages, especially Aramaic. Appointed professor of Aramaic languages and literatures at the Collège de France in 1895, he held this chair until 1907, when his state of health forced him to resign.
He belonged to the Société Asiatique from 1879, became a member of its Council in 1884, and held the post of librarian and assistant secretary from 1889 to 1892 before becoming manager of the Journal asiatique. He became vice president of the Society in 1908, although he was at the time declined by illness, and after he had resigned from this office, he was awarded the title of Honorary President on November 11 1910. He contributed himself to the Asian Journal by twenty articles and hundreds of bibliographic records.
He was also a member of the Société de linguistique de Paris, member of the Council of the League of Jewish Studies, and regular member of the German Oriental Society.

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