Edward ULLENDORFF

Background

Ullendorff, Edward was born on January 25, 1920. Son of Frederick and Cilli (Pulverman) University.

Education

Master of Arts, University Jerusalem, 1941. Doctor of Philosophy, Oxford University, 1951. Master of Arts (honorary), University Manchester, England, 1962.

Doctor of Letters (honorary), St. Andrews University, Scotland, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Hamburg University, 1990.

Career

Assistant Secretary, Government, of Palestine 1946-1947. Research Officer, Oxford University Institute of Colonial Studies 1948-1949. Lecturer, later Reader, in Semitic Languages, Saint Andrews University 1950-1959.

Professor, of Semitic Languages, Manchester University 1959-1964.

Professor, of Ethiopian Studies, London University 79, of Semitic Languages 1979-1982, Professor Emeritus since 1982. Head of Africa Department, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) 1972-1977.

Chairman Association of British Orientalists 1963-1964, Anglo-Ethiopian Society 1965-1968, Editorial Board of Bulletin of SOAS 1968-1978. Schweich Lecturer, British Academy 1967.

President Society for Old Testament Study 1971.

Vice-President Royal Asiatic Society 1975-1979, 1981-1985. Fellow, British Academy since 1965, Vice-President 1980-1982. Haile Sellassie.

Achievements

• Edward Ullendorff has been listed as a noteworthy orientalist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Ethiopia and the Bible (Schweich Lectures on Biblical Archaeology)

    (Traditionally, Ethiopia has formed a bridge between civil...)

  • The Ethiopians An Introduction to Country and People

    (Clothback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in...)

  • An Amharic Chrestomathy: A collection of Amharic passages together with an intorduction, grammatical tables and a glossary

    (Book by Ullendorff, Edward)

  • The Semitic languages of Ethiopia : a comparative phonology.
  • The Ethiopians: An Introduction to Country and People (Oxford Paperbacks)
  • Ethiopia and the Bible (Schweich Lectures on Biblical Archaeology) by Edward Ullendorff (1988-09-01)
  • Ethiopians, The: An Introduction to Country and People
  • An Amharic Chrestomathy: Grammatical Tables, Texts, Amharic-English Glossary
  • Exploration and Study of Abyssinia: A Brief Survey, with an Appendix on "The Obelisk of Matara"
  • An Amharic Chrestomathy: A collection of Amharic passages together with an intorduction, grammatical tables and a glossary by Edward Ullendorff (2002-03-13)
  • An Amharic Chrestomathy: A collection of Amharic passages together with an introduction, grammatical tables and a glossary by Edward Ullendorff (2004-11-11)
  • An Amharic Chrestomathy

Membership

Served with Armed Forces, 1941-1946, Eritrea and Ethiopia. Fellow British Academy (vice president 1980-1982), Accademia dei Lincei Rome, Oxford Hebrew Centre (honorary). Member Anglo Ethiopian Society (chairman 1965-1968), Association British Orientalists (chairman 1963-1964), Society O.T. Study (president 1971), Royal Asiatic Society (vice president 1975-1985).

Interests

• Music, motoring in Scotland.

Connections

Married Dina Noack, April 27, 1943.

Father:

Frederick University

Mother:

Cilli (Pulverman) University

Spouse:

Dina Noack