Yaqub Sarruf

Yaqub Sarruf (Arabic: يعقوب صروف, 1852–1927) was a pioneering Lebanese writer, publisher, and translator. Sarruf was born in Al-Hadath, Lebanon. His father sent him to the American School in Abey, then to the Syrian Protestant College where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in 1870. He later obtained a PhD from Cambridge.[1] After his graduation he assumed the presidency of the American Schools in Sidon and Tripoli. In 1876, he founded the monthly popular science magazine Al-Muqtataf with Faris Nimr in Beirut. He moved to Cairo in late 1884 where he continued publishing the magazine until his death in 1927.[2][3][4] Sarruf and Nimr were nominated for two of SPC's first honorary degrees in 1890, but they declined to attend the ceremony.[1]

Yaqub Sarruf
يعقوب صروف
Born1852
Died1927
Citizenship
  • Ottoman Empire (1852–1918)
  • Greater Lebanon (1920–1927)
Education
  • American University of Beirut – Bachelor of Science, 1870)
  • New York University – Doctor of Philosophy, 1890
Occupation(s)Writer, journalist, teacher, poet, and scientist
Known forAl-Muqtataf

See also

References
  1. American University of Beirut (2016). "History Makers". American University of Beirut. Archived from the original on 19 June 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  2. Khayr al-Dīn al-Ziriklī (1980). "الأعلام" [Who’s who]. موسوعة شبكة المعرفة الريفية (in Arabic).
  3. المُعرِّف مُتعدِد الأوجه لمُصطلح الموضوع (FAST): http://id.worldcat.org/fast/146239 — باسم: Yaʻqūb Ṣarrūf — تاريخ الاطلاع: 9 أكتوبر 2017
  4. مُعرِّف VcBA لمكتبة الفاتيكان: https://wikidata-externalid-url.toolforge.org/?p=8034&url_prefix=https://opac.vatlib.it/auth/detail/&id=495/128584 — باسم: Yaʻqūb Ṣarrūf
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