Philip K. Hitti

Philip Khuri Hitti was a Lebanese-American professor and scholar at Princeton and Harvard University, and authority on Arab and Middle Eastern history, Islam, and Semitic languages. He almost single-handedly created the discipline of Arabic studies in the United States. His grandniece was Christa McAuliffe, who was killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in January 1986.

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1886 – 1978
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Background

Born in
Shemlan
Educated at
Columbia UniversityAmerican University of Beirut
Awards
🏆 Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America
Doctoral Students
📖 Jibrāʼīl Jabbūr

Timeline

  • 1886

    Born

    Birth
  • 1978

    Died

    Death

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