Henry Tiedemann

“ But his real fame as a historian mainly rests on his great work, Histoire des Mussulmans d’Espagne, jusqu’à la conquête de l’Andalousie par les Almoravides, 711–1110 (Leiden, 1861; 2nd ed., ibid., 1881) ; a graphically written account of Moorish dominion in Spain, which shed new light on many obscure points, and has remained the standard work on the subject. ”

“ DOZY, REINHART PIETER ANNE (1820–1883) , Dutch Arabic scholar of French (Huguenot) origin, was born at Leiden in February 1820. The Dozys, like so many other contemporary French families, emigrated to the Low Countries after the revocation of the edict of Nantes, but some of the former appear to have settled in Holland as early as 1647. Dozy studied at the university of Leiden, obtained the degree of doctor in 1844, was appointed an extraordinary professor of history in 1850, and professor in 1857. ”