Yacoub Artin (15 April 1842 – 21 January 1919) was an ethnic Armenian educator and scholar working in Egypt.[1]

He was of Armenian descent, working for the Ministry of Public Education in 1888. It was noted in a period newspaper that he was one of many "non-Muslim" Egyptians working for the government at the time, a source of irritation among a segment of the population.[2] He was an Armenian Orthodox Christian, and once more in 1895 it was noted that a "non-Muslim" was in charge of education for a population that was predominately Muslim.[3]

Works edit

  • La proprieté foncière en Égypte, Cairo, 1883. Translated by Edward Abbott van Dyck as The right of landed property in Egypt, London, 1885.
  • L'instruction publique en Egypte, Paris, 1890.
  • (tr.) Contes populaires inédits de la vallée du Nil, Paris, 1895.
  • Contribution à l'étude du blason en Orient, London, 1902.
  • England in the Sudan, London: Macmillan, 1911. Translated from French by George Robb.

References edit

  1. ^ Goldschmidt Jr., Arthur (2000). Biographical Dictionary of Modern Egypt. Lynne Rienner Publishers. p. 25. ISBN 978-1-55587-229-8. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  2. ^ Farès, Selim (January 16, 1888). "Déclin du prestige britannique dans les pays d'Orient". Journal des débats politiques et littéraires (in French). Paris. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  3. ^ Chotteau, Alph. (September 8, 1895). "L'intolérance des Anglais en Egypte". La Revue diplomatique : politique, littérature, finances, commerce international (in French). Paris. Retrieved October 29, 2019.