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An Austrian theological writer and Orientalist; born at Meran, March 17, 1801; died Jan. 10, 1881. He became professor of the Arabic and Syriac languages in the Roman University, 1862. Among works, whether written or edited by him, are: "Select Work of Ephrem Syrus, Translated from the Greek and Syriac" (6 vols., 1830-37); "Genuine Acts of the Eastern Martyrs", from the Syriac (1836); "Roses of Mary from Damascus" (2d. ed. 1865); "Life and Deeds of St. Simeon Stylites" (1855); "Syriac Chrestomathy" (1871); "Syriac Lexicon", for use with his "Chrestomathy" (1873); "Oriental Elements in German Poetry" (1862).