Vööbus, Arthur, 1909-1988

He was a theologian, scholar of the Syriac language, and college professor. He published on Estonian history, and is perhaps best known for his more than 40 trips to the Near East in search of manuscripts, which he photographed, many of them unknown in the West.

HMML ID
186186026801
PURL
https://w3id.org/haf/person/186186026801
LC name
Vööbus, Arthur
HMML name
Vööbus, Arthur, 1909-1988
Library of Congress
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50014374
VIAF
https://viaf.org/viaf/261158693

Variants

  • Ārthar Fūbs
  • آرثر فوبس

Personal information

Birth date
1909-04-28
Death date
1988-09-25
Centuries
20th century CE
Gender
Males
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Place died
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General notes

Description
آرثر فوبس=Ārthar Fūbs
Citations
PLB HR 00054, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, accessed September 9, 2021, https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/538004.
Description
Born in Estonia in 1909, educated at University of Tartu; ordained in 1932, served as a pastor in Tartu; fled to Germany after invasion, where he was interned by Nazis for opposing fascism; earned his doctorate in 1943, and taught first at University of Tartu (1943–44), then at Baltic University at Hamburg-Pinneberg in Germany; hired by Lutheran Seminary in Chicago (now the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago), where he worked until his retirement in 1977; lectured as lecture as visiting professor of Syriac language and literature at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago; published on Estonian history; made more than 40 trips to the Near East in search of manuscripts, which he photographed, many of them unknown in the west
Citations
Erwin Buck, "Vööbus, Arthur," Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, electronic ed., accessed September 8, 2021, https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/Voobus-Arthur.

Preferred citation

"Vööbus, Arthur, 1909-1988." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified September 09, 2021. https://w3id.org/haf/person/186186026801

Change notes

Date added
2021-09-08
Last edited
2021-09-09