Samuel Lee

(1783-1852)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Lee, Samuel, 1783-1852 NRA: Lee Samuel (1783-1852) Orientalist DNB: Lee, Samuel (1783-1852), orientalist LBT ID: SaLee1852 VIAF ID: 22923489 LOC ID: n86023898	B/BAP: 1783-05-14 DIED: 1852-12-16
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Shropshire autodidact who having taught himself Greek and Hebrew attended Queen's College Cambridge and became professor of Arabic (1819-31) and regius professor of Hebrew (1831-48).
REFERENCES TO Samuel Lee: Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 11: The R.S.L. Found 1: ¶ 24 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Literary Reminiscences and Memoirs of Thomas Campbell (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1860) Chapter 6 Found 1: ¶ 3 L'Estrange, A. G. K. (Alfred Guy Kingan), 1832-1915, Literary Life of the Rev. William Harness (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878) Chapter VIII. Found 1: ¶ 15