Gyula Germanus

Gyula Germanus , alias Julius Abdulkerim Germanus, was a professor of oriental studies, a Hungarian writer and Islamologist, member of the Hungarian Parliament and member of multiple Arabic academies of science, who made significant contributions to the study of the Arabic language, history of language and cultural history. He was a follower of the famous orientalist, Sir rmin Vmbry and became a scholar of world repute.

Julius Germanus was born in Budapest onNovember 1884 into a middleclass family. Both of his grandfathers were soldiers in the Hungarian Revolution of 184849. His father, Alexander Germanus , was leather merchant and shoemaker his mother, Rosalia Zobel, was of Zipszer German origin. Julius had a brother, Francis and a sister, Johanna.

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