Word: gibbe
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...theology of the Orthodox Church, principal religious group of Russia and the Middle East." Students in the Byzantine-Middle Eastern program will be able to use such facilities as the Russian Research Center and the Jewett, Hancock, Littauer, and Fry professorships. Newly-appointed University Professor Sir Hamilton A. R. Gibb, world-famed Oxford authority on the Middle East, may also give courses of Islam...
...Gibb's foreign honors include the only European membership the Egyptian Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo...
...Gibb is an expert in history from pre-Islamic times to the present Middle East. His special field is the impact of the West on Arab society. "Sir Gibb knows the Near East intimately, including all the men thrown in prison during the recent turnovers of the governments there." William Thomson, professor of Arabic, emeritus, a friend and colleague commented yesterday...
...Gibb has spent extended periods in the Near East," Thomson continued. "He has contributed outstanding books to the field." These include "The Arab Conquests in Central Asia," "Mohammedanism," and the "The Damascus Chronicle of the Crusades." He is also the editor of the completely revised edition of the "Encyclopedia of Islam," sponsored by UNESCO...
...Because Gibb is to well known by European and Near East scholars," Thomson added, "his very presence at Harvard will create great prestige for the University abroad. And he will make the Near Eastern department here superior to any in the country...