HIOB LUDOLF
\hɪˈɒb lˈuːdɒlf], \hɪˈɒb lˈuːdɒlf], \h_ɪ__ˈɒ_b l_ˈuː_d_ɒ_l_f]\
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An eminent German Orientalist; born at Erfurt, Jan. 15, 1624; died at Frankfort on the Main, April 8, 1704. He traveled extensively through Europe; and while visiting Rome made the acquaintance of the Abyssinian patriarch Gregorius, and from him acquired a knowledge of the Ethiopian language. He is said to have understood 25 languages. He wrote: "Sketch of the History of Ethiopia" (1681); "Grammar of the Amharic Language" (1698); "Ethiopic-Latin Dictionary"; "Ethiopic Grammar".
By Charles Dudley Warner
