1. lane, edward william eminent Arabic scholar, born at Hereford; set out for Egypt in 1825; studied the language and manners, and returned in 1828; published in 1836 an "Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians"; translated in 1840 "The Arabian Nights," and spent sevenyears in Egypt preparing an ArabicLexicon which he had all but finished when he died; it was completed and edited by S. Lane-Poole (1801-1876).
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