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Masudi, Abd al-Hasan Ali ibn al-Husayn

(Encyclopedia) Masudi, Abd al-Hasan Ali ibn al-HusaynMasudi, Abd al-Hasan Ali ibn al-Husaynmäs&oomacr;ˈdē [key], d. 956, Arab historian, geographer, and philosopher, b. Baghdad. He traveled in…

Deutsch, Gotthard

(Encyclopedia) Deutsch, GotthardDeutsch, Gotthardgôtˈhärt [key]Deutsch, Gotthard doich [key], 1859–1921, Austrian Jewish scholar and historian. He studied at the rabbinical seminary at Breslau,…

Holst, Hermann Eduard von

(Encyclopedia) Holst, Hermann Eduard vonHolst, Hermann Eduard vonfən hôlst [key], 1841–1904, American historian, b. Livonia (then part of Russia), of German parents. He was barred from Russia because…

Robinson, James Harvey

(Encyclopedia) Robinson, James Harvey, 1863–1936, American historian, b. Bloomington, Ill. He taught history at the Univ. of Pennsylvania (1891–95) and Columbia (1895–1919), becoming a full professor…