Thomas Hyde
English Orientalist (1636-1703), professor of Arabic and Hebrew at Oxford and interpreter of Eastern languages at court. His Historia religionis veterum Persarum (1700) used Oriental sources to reconsider classical accounts of ancient Persian religion; he also published a Bodleian Library catalogue in 1674. (BCW 3:511-512).
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- Quotes: Zirkoff, Boris
- CTD article in Russian: Хайд, Томас
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