Name

David Mill

Original name

Main activity

Orientalist

Secondary activity

Title

Doctor

Name variations

Milius, Milln"

Education place

Utrecht

Education institution

University of Utrecht

Activity place

Utrecht

Activity institution

University of Utrecht

Activity start date

1718

Activity end date

1756

Place of birth

Königsberg

Date of birth

1692

Place of death

Utrecht

Date of death

1756

Bibliographical references

Descriptive card

Born in Prussia, the son of English immigrants, Mill studied in Königsberg before moving to the Netherlands. He became Adrian Reland's student in Utrecht, where he later became a professor of Hebrew and oriental languages – later becoming a doctor of theology. Rooted in the tradition of Philologia Sacra, several of his academic wors deal with Islam and the Qur'an and their links to Judaism, seen from Mill's perspective as a Reformed biblical scholar and theologian.

Entry author

Asaph Ben Tov