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E H Palmer

E.H. PALMER (1840-1882), known as a linguist and world traveler, was born and educated in England. A professor of Arabic at Cambridge University, he translated The Qur'an for The Sacred Books of the East series. F. MAX MÜLLER (1823-1900) was a German author and orientalist who lived in England most of his life. As a professor at Oxford, he combined the studies of language, culture, and religion to create the discipline of comparative mythology. His body of work included The Sacred Books of the...See more