The New International Encyclopædia/Thorbecke, Heinrich

THORBECKE, tōr′bĕk-e, Heinrich (1837-90). A German Arabic scholar. He was born at Meiningen, and studied at Munich and Leipzig. He was appointed professor at Heidelberg (1873) and at Halle (1875). He is especially noted for his knowledge of Arabic poetry. He published: Antarah, ein vorislamitischer Dichter (1867); Al-Harīri's Durrat-al-gawwas (1871); Al-A'schā's Lobgedicht auf Mahammed (1875); Ibn Duraid's Kitāb al-malāhin (1882); Die Mufad-dali-jāt (1885); Mihail Sabbag's Grammatik der arabischen Umgangssprache in Syrien und Aegypten (1886).