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Fritz Hommel | |
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| Born | 31 July 1854 |
| Died | 17 April 1936 (aged 81) |
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| Education | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
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| Discipline | Semitic linguistics |
| Institutions | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
Doctoral students | Muhammad Iqbal |
Fritz Hommel (31 July 1854 – 17 April 1936) was a German Orientalist.
Hommel was born on 31 July 1854 in Ansbach. He studied at Leipzig University and was habilitated in 1877 at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, where in 1885, he became an extraordinary professor of Semitic languages. He became a full professor in 1892, and after his retirement in 1925, continued to give lectures at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. He was the doctoral supervisor of Islamic philosopher and poet Muhammad Iqbal, who wrote the thesis The Development of Metaphysics in Persia under his supervision.[citation needed]
He was intrigued by linguistic problems, and also interested in the history of the Middle East and its connection with culture and intellectual life. He excelled in studies of cuneiform literature, ancient Arabic poetry, Old Turkic inscriptions and the Egyptian Pyramid Texts.
He died on 17 April 1936 aged 81 in Munich.
Among his better written efforts were a history of Babylonia and Assyria, Geschichte Babyloniens und Assyriens (1885) and a highly regarded work on the geography and history of the ancient Near East, titled: Grundriss der Geographie und Geschichte des Alten Orients (1904). Other significant writings by Hommel include:
