Francis Joseph Steingass


Francis Joseph Steingass was a British linguist and orientalist of German Jewish descent.

Biography

Steingass completed his education, including a Ph.D., in Munich, Germany. Later he was professor of Modern Languages at Birmingham, Professor of Modern Languages and Resident Lecturer on Arabic Languages, Literature & Law at the Oriental Institute, Woking.
He knew 14 languages, including Arabic, Persian and Sanskrit. He published a number of Persian-English, Arabic-English and English-Arabic dictionaries.

Works