Paul Anton de Lagarde was a German polymath, biblical scholar and orientalist. He has been cited as one of the greatest orientalists of the 19th century.
Paul de Lagarde was born in Berlin as Paul Btticher in early adulthood he legally adopted the family name of his maternal line out of respect for his greataunt who raised him. At Humboldt University of Berlin and University of HalleWittenberg he studied theology, philosophy and Oriental languages.
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