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before reaching the University of Pennsylvania in 1973, as a professor of Arabic. Here he remained until his retirement in 1990, when he held the post of director of the Department of Oriental Studies. He became a Professor Emeritus of "Arab and Islamic Studies" in the University of Pennsylvania in
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was born in Detroit, Michigan, on May 15, 1920. He died in Media, Pennsylvania, on September 6, 2002. He was a professor of
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He was a member and honorary member of numerous professional scientific organizations. Among other honors, he was twice a
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The Rise of Humanism in Classical Islam and the Christian West: With Special Reference to Scholasticism
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He was particularly interested in issues around higher education in the world.
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He published an Arabic edition of a portion of IBN AQIL's huge work,
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Arabic and Islamic Studies in honor of Hamilton A.R. Gibb
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He published an Arabic edition of the work by IBN AQIL,
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