Jonathan Scott
Jonathan Scott was an English orientalist, best known for his translation of the Arabian Nights . In 1805 the honorary degree of D.C.L. was conferred upon him by the University of Oxford in recognition of his attainments in oriental literature. His edition of the Arabian Nights Entertainments , revised from Antoine Galland's French version, was the earliest effort to render the Arabian Nights into literary English.
Jonathan Scott was an English orientalist, best known for his translation of the Arabian Nights . In 1805 the honorary degree of D.C.L. was conferred upon him by the University of Oxford in recognition of his attainments in oriental literature. His edition of the Arabian Nights Entertainments , revised from Antoine Galland's French version, was the earliest effort to render the Arabian Nights into literary English. See less
