Johann Gildemeister

Johann Gildemeister (July 20, 1812 – March 11, 1890) was a German Orientalist who was a native of Kröpelin.

Biography

He studied Oriental languages and theology at the Universities of Göttingen and Bonn, graduating from the latter in 1838. After a study trip to Leiden and Paris, in 1839 he became a lecturer at Bonn in Sanskrit, oriental languages and literature, and Old Testament exegesis, and later an associate professor of oriental languages (1844). In 1845, he went to the University of Marburg as a professor of theology and oriental literature. In 1859, he returned to Bonn as a professor.

Works

With historian Heinrich von Sybel, he was the author of ''Der heilige Rock zu Trier und die zwanzig andern heiligen ungenähten Röcke, a controversial work that argued against the authenticity of the Holy Coat of Trier. Other noted publications by Gildemeister include:

• Dissertationis de rebus Indiae, quo modo in Arabum notitiam venerint pars prior una cum Hasudii loco ad. codd Parisiens fidem recensito u. edidit. Dissertation, Bonn: Baaden, 1838
• Bibliothecae Sanskritae sive recensvs librorvm sanskritorvm hvcvsque typis vel lapide exscriptorvm critici specimen, Bonn (and others): König, 1847.
• Kalidasae Meghaduta et Çringaratilaka: ex recensione J. Gildemeisteri; additum est glossarium, Bonn: König, 1841
• De Evangeliis in Arabicum e Simplici Syriaca translatis commentatio academica Ioannis Gildemeisteri, 1865
• Uber die in Bonn entdeckten neuen Fragmente des Macarius, 1867

References

• Johann Gildemeister translated biography @ Meyers Konversations-Lexikon
•  "Gildemeister, Johann". New International Encyclopedia. 1906. 
• Hermann Jacobi (1904) (in German). "Gildemeister, Johannes Gustav". In Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). 49. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 354–359.