Name

Johann Andreas Michael Nagel

Original name

Main activity

Hebraist, Orientalist, Classical Scholar

Secondary activity

Title

Professor

Name variations

Nagelius"

Education place

Altdorf

Education institution

University of Altdorf

Activity place

Altdorf

Activity institution

University of Altdorf

Activity start date

1740

Activity end date

1788

Place of birth

Sulzbach

Date of birth

1710

Place of death

Altdorf

Date of death

1788

Bibliographical references

Descriptive card

Johann Andreas Michael Lange studied and then taught at the University of Altdorf. Since 1740 he taught oriental languages, metaphysics and rhetoric as a professor in the philosophical faculty. His scholarly output (mostly in the form of academic dissertations) is extensive and varied. Among these is a dissertation on the study of Greek philosophy among the Arabs (1745) and an extensive dissertation on the Surat al-Fatiha (1743).

Entry author

Asaph Ben Tov