Johann Ludwig Burckhardt

(1784-1817)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Burckhardt, John Lewis, 1784-1817 DNB: Burckhardt, Johann Ludwig (1784-1817), traveller LBT ID: JoBurck1817 VIAF ID: 59176329 LOC ID: n50045595	B/BAP: 1784-11-25 DIED: 1817-10-15
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Born at Lausanne, he studied Arabic at Cambridge and traveled throughout the Middle East disguised as a Mohammedan trader; his journals were posthumously published.
REFERENCES TO Johann Ludwig Burckhardt: Lord Byron to William Bankes, 20 November 1819 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Found 1: ¶ 4 John Whishaw to Thomas Smith, 14 February 1820 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Found 1: ¶ 4 Medwin, Thomas, 1788-1869, Journal of the Conversations of Lord Byron (London: Henry Colburn, 1824) On religion and religious epics Found 1: ¶ 13 Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Life of Byron: 1819 Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chap. XX. Found 1: ¶ 35 Chap. XXIII. Found 1: ¶ 50 Whishaw, J. (John), 1764 or 5-1840, The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Introduction Found 1: ¶ 17 Chapter VIII: 1820