Arabic-L:LING:Women in Grammar

[Dilworth B. Parkinson]

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1) Subject: A.F.L. Beeston is a guy; other women in grammar
2) Subject: A.F.L. Beeston is a guy
3) Subject: A.F.L. Beeston obituary URL

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Date:  20 Dec 2001
From: Davidson MacLaren <davidson_maclaren at hotmail.com>
Subject:  A.F.L. Beeston is a guy

On seeing his long gray hair some might have momentarily thought
A.F.L. Beeston to be a woman.  However, he was born and remained
until his death in 1995, Alfred Felix Landon Beeston, a man and a
remarkable scholar.

I missed the original message about women authorities on Arabic
grammar and cannot be sure of answering the question author asked by
the author.  To take a stab at it though, I can think of three women
scholars - all American or European - off the top of my head: Janet
C. E. Watson of Durham University in England, one of the few experts
of Yemeni Arabic; Karin Ryding of Georgetown University; and Kristen
Brustad of Emory University and Al-Kitaab textbook fame.

To Professor Michael Schub, who taught me very very briefly, I wish
all the best.

Davidson MacLaren

[moderator's note: the original query asked for "references on the
contributions of women scholars to classical Arabic grammar".  I
suppose it is not clear whether the intention was women in the
classical period, or modern women who study the classical period--Dil]

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Date:  20 Dec 2001
From: DLNewman <d.newman at planetinternet.be>
Subject: A.F.L. Beeston is a guy

Dear Mike,
The late Alfred ('Freddie') Felix Landon Beeston (1911-1995), who was the
Laudian Professor of Arabic at the University of Oxford between 1957 and
1979, was indeed British, but also unquestionably of the male persuasion!
Best regards,
Daniel Newman

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3)
Date:  20 Dec 2001
From: Tim Buckwalter <timbuckwalter at bainbridge.net>
Subject: A.F.L. Beeston obituary URL

I did a Google for "A.F.L. Beeston" and found his obituary:
http://www.al-bab.com/bys/obits/beeston.htm
Regards,
Tim

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