Paul Schwarz

Paul Schwarz (19 November 1867, in Neisse – 28 December 1938, in Torgau) was a German orientalist, Iranist and Arabist.

In 1893 he received his doctorate at the University of Leipzig with a dissertation titled ''Umar Ibn Abî Rebî'a. Ein arabischer Dichter der Umajjadenzeit''. In 1896 he obtained his habilitation for Oriental languages, and from 1903 to 1937 was an unscheduled professor of Oriental languages at Leipzig. Provided by Wikipedia