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Çelebi, Katib Mustafa ibn ‘Abdullah (1017–67/1609–57)

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S. Leyla Gürkan

Éloi de Bassée (1590/91–1670)

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Jacob Schmutz

Ó hUallacháin, Colmán (1922–79)

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Thomas Duddy

Ülken, Hilmi Ziya (1901–74)

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Muhsin Akbaş

Ĉapek, Miliĉ (1909–97)

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David A. Sipfle

‘Abd Al-Jabbar, Qadi (c. 325–415/c. 937–1025)

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Muammer İskenderoğlu

‘Abdu, Muhammad (1849–1905)

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Oliver Leaman

‘Ali Ibn Abi Talib (d. 40/660)

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Oliver Leaman

‘Assar, Sayyid Muhammad Kazim (1302–96/1884–1975)

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Oliver Leaman

‘Attar (c. 1117–1231)

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Mehdi Aminrazavi

’s Gravesande, Willem Jacob (1688–1742)

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Paul Schuurman

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Aalstius, Joannes (c. 1660–1712)

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Michiel Wielema

Aaron, Richard Ithamar (1901–87)

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I. C. Tipton

Abbadie, Jacques (1654–1727)

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Christiane Frémont

Abbot, Francis Ellingwood (1836–1903)

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W. Creighton Peden

Abbott, Edith (1876–1957)

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Katharine Norley

Abbott, Edwin (1838–1926)

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John Stephens

Abbott, Lyman (1835–1922)

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Roger Ward

Abbott, Thomas Kingsmill (1829–1913)

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Thomas Duddy

Abbt, Thomas (1738–66)

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Alexander Košenina

Abel, Clarke (?1780–1826)

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Fa-Ti Fan

Abel, Frederick Augustus (1827–1902)

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Seymour H. Mauskopf

Abel, Jakob Friedrich von (1751–1829)

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Kevin Harrelson

Abelly, Louis (1603–91)

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Jacob Schmutz

Abendana, Isaac (d. 1699)

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Andrew Pyle

Abercrombie, John (1780–1844)

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Thomas Dixon

Abercrombie, Lascelles (1881–1938)

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Stephen Watt

Abercromby, David (d. 1702?)

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Paul Tomassi

Abernethy, John (1680–1740)

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M.A. Stewart

Abicht, Johann Georg (1672–1740)

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Natascha Gruber

Abicht, Johann Heinrich (1762–1816)

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Heiner F. Klemme

Abney, William de Wiveleslie (1843–1920)

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Pedro Ruiz-Castell

Abra de Raconis, Charles-François d’ (1580–1646)

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Roger Ariew

Abramovitz, Moses (1912–2000)

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David Ashbury

Abrams, Meyer Howard (1912–2015)

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Dean Graham

Abu Hanifa, Numan b. Sabit (80–150/699–767)

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Muharrem Kılıç

Abu Ja‘Far Al-Ahwal, Muhammad b. al-Nu‘man (d. after 183/799)

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M. Ali Buyukkara

Accum, Friedrich Christian (1769–1838)

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N.G. Coley

Achenwall, Gottfried (1719–72)

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Clemens Schwaiger

Ackley, Hugh Gardner (1915–1998)

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David Ashbury

Ackrill, John Lloyd (1921–2007)

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Kathryn L. Plant

Acland, Henry Wentworth Dyke (1815–1900)

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Terrie M. Romano

Acland, John (c.1729–after 1796)

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Joanna Innes

Acton, Frances (née Knight) (1793–1881)

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Susan M. Rensing

Acton, Harold Burrows (1908–74)

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Jon Pike and Jeremy Shearmur

Acworth, William Mitchell (1850–1925)

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Marjorie Bloy

Adair, James MaKittrick (1728–1802)

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Roy Porter

Adam, Adela Marion (née Kensington: 1866–1944)

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Robert B. Todd

Adam, Alexander (1741–1809)

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Michael Morris

Adam, James (1860–1907)

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Patricia Clarke

Adam, Jean (1608–84)

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Jacob Schmutz

Adama, Lollius (1544–1609)

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Jacob van Sluis

Adams, Abigail Smith (1744–1818)

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Rosemarie Zagarri

Adams, Charles Francis (1807–86)

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Robert Crowden

Adams, Elie Maynard (1919–2003)

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Warren A. Nord

Adams, Francis (1796–1861)

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Vivian Nutton

Adams, George Plimpton (1882–1961)

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David L. Davis

Adams, Hannah (1755–1831)

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Angela McWilliams Goodson

Adams, Henry Brooks (1838–1918)

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John C. Orr

Adams, Henry Carter (1851–1921)

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Ajay K. Mehrotra

Adams, James Luther (1901–94)

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Kenneth Olliff

Adams, Jasper (1793 – 1841)

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Christine L. Spencer

Adams, John (1735 – 1826)

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Brian E. Butler

Adams, John (1735–1826)

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Richard Alan Ryerson

Adams, John (c.1750–1814)

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Alice Jacoby

Adams, John Couch (1819–92)

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Craig Waff

Adams, John Quincy (1767–1848)

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Gary V. Wood

Adams, Marilyn McCord (1943–2017)

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John R. Shook

Adams, Robert Merrihew (1937–)

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Jonathan Pruitt and David Baggett

Adams, Samuel (1722–1803)

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John K. Alexander

Adams, Thomas Sewell (1873–1933)

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Ajay K. Mehrotra

Adams, Walter (1922–98)

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Kenneth Elzinga

Adams, William (1706–89)

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Robert Burns

Adamson, Robert (1852–1902)

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Giuseppe Micheli

Adcock, Frank Ezra (1886–1968; Kt 1954)

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A.J. Graham

Addams, Jane (1860–1935)

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Julie Harms Cannon

Addison, Alexander (1759–1807)

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Jeffrey A. Davis

Addison, Joseph (1672–1719)

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Mark Box

Adelbulner, Michael (1702–79)

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Violetta Stolz

Adelman, Morris Albert (1917– )

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David Charles Lewis

Adivar, Abdülhak Adnan (1882–1955)

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S. Leyla Gürkan

Adler, Felix (1851–1933)

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Howard B. Radest

Adler, Mortimer Jerome (1902–2001)

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Jean Van Delinder

Adlington, William (fl. c. 1566)

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Edward A. Malone

Adorno, Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund (1903–69)

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Mark P. Worrell

Aemilius, Antonius (1589–1660)

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Matthijs van Otegem

Aepinus, Franz Albert (1673–1750)

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Michael Albrecht

Aepinus, Franz Ulrich Theodor (russ. EPINUS, Franc Ivanovič) (1724–1802)

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Alexei Krouglov

Afdal Al-Din (d. 610/1213)

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Oliver Leaman

Afghani, Seyyed Jamaluddin (1838–96)

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Oliver Leaman

Agassi, Joseph (1927– )

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Raphael Sassower

Agassiz, Jean Louis Rodolphe (1807 – 1873)

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Nathan Houser

Ahlwardt, Peter (1710–91)

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Riccardo Pozzo

Aiken, Arthur (1773–1854)

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Julianne Tuttle

Aiken, Henry David (1912–82)

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Evan Moreno-Davis

Aikin, John (1747–1822)

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Carson Bergstrom

Ailly, Nicolas d’ (d. 1712)

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Gilbert Ibgui

Airay, Christopher (1601–70)

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Andrew Pyle

Airy, George Biddell (1801–92)

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Allan Chapman

Aitken, John (1839–1919)

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Robinson M. Yost

Aitken, Robert (1735–1802)

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Mark G. Spencer

Aiton, William Townsend (1766–1849)

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Brent Elliott

Akenside, Mark (1721–70)

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John Valdimir Price

Akerman, John Yonge (1806–73)

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N.K. Rutter

Akhund Mulla Fath ‘Ali Sultan Abadi (1235 or 1240–1318/1819 or 1824–1901)

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Ibrahim Kalin

Aki̇f Ersoy, Mehmet (1873–1936)

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Ibrahim Kalin

Akşemseddin, Mehmed Şemseddin ibn Hamza (792–863/1390–1459)

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S. Leyla Gürkan

Al-Ahsa’i (c. 837–after 904/1433–after 1499)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Aksarayi̇, Cemeleddin Muhammad (d. 791/1388)

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Ibrahim Kalin

Al-Amidi, Sayf ad-Din (d. 621/1233)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Amuli, Sayyid Haydar (719–787/1319–1385)

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Brian Thomas

Alary, François (died c. 1701)

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Sylvain Matton

Al-Asamm (d. 200–1/816–17)

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Maha El-Kaisy

Al-Ashkiwari, Aqa Mirza Hashim (d. 1332 or 1333/1914 or 1915)

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Ibrahim Kalin

Al-Ash‘ari, Abu’l Hasan (260–324/873–935)

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Muammer İskenderoğlu

Al-Baghdadi, Abu Mansur ‘Abd al-Qahir b. Tahir (d. 429/1037–8)

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I.H. İnal

Al-Baghdadi, ‘Abd al-Latif (557–629/1162–1231)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Balkhi, Abu al-Qasim (al-Ka‘bi) (d. 319/931)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Balkhi, Abu Zayd (c. 235–322/849–934)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Banjari, Muhammad Arshad (1122–1233/1710–1818)

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Zaid Ahmad

Al-Banna’, Hasan (1906–49)

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Patrick S. O’Donnell

Al-Basri, Abu’l Husayn (d. 436/1044)

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Muammer İskenderoğlu

Albee, Ernest (1865–1927)

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Brendan Sweetman

Alberti, Michael (1682–1757)

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Steve Naragon

Al-Biruni, Abu Raihan Muhammad (362–440 or 453/973–1048 or 1061)

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S. Leyla Gürkan

Al-Bistami, Abu Yazid (161–234/777–848)

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Rifat Atay

Albright, Arthur (1811–1900)

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Mark H. Dorfman

Albritton, Rogers Garland (1923–2002)

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David E. Schrader

Alchian, Armen Albert (1914– )

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David Ashbury

Alcock, Rachel (1862–1939)

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Marsha L. Richmond

Alcott, Amos Bronson (1799 – 1888)

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Scott Bartlett

Al-Dabbagh (d. 696/1296)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Dashtaki, Sadr al-Din (d. 903/1497–8)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Dawwani, Jalal al-Din Muhammad ibn As‘ad (830–908/1426–1502)

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Oliver Leaman

Alden, Joseph (1807 – 1885)

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Charles Comer

Alden, Timothy, Jr. (1771–1839)

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Jonathan E. Helmreich

Alder, Joshua (1792–1867)

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Shelley Innes

Aldrich, Henry (1647–1710)

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Andrew Pyle

Aldrich, Virgil Charles (1903–98)

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Erica Wagner

Aldwinckle, Russell Foster (1911–92)

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R. Forsman

Al-E Ahmad, Jalal (1923–69)

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Oliver Leaman

Alexander, Archibald (1772–1851)

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James Moorhead

Alexander, Archibald (1855–1917)

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John R. Shook

Alexander, Hartley Burr (1873–1939)

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Richard T. Hull and John R. Shook

Alexander, Peter (1917–2006)

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Andrew John Pyle

Alexander, Robert Jocelyn (fl. 1877)

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Gabriele De Anna

Alexander, Sadie Tanner Mossell (1898–1989)

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Katharine Norley

Alexander, Samuel (1859–1938)

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John G. Slater

Alexander, William Lindsay (1808–84)

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Alan P.F. Sell

Alexandre, Noël (1639-1724)

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Jacob Schmutz

Al-Falimbani, ‘Abdul Samad (c. 1116–1254/c. 1704–1838)

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Zaid Ahmad

Al-Farabi, Abu Nasr (c. 258–c. 339/c. 871–c. 950)

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Sevket Yavuz

Al-Farghani, Sa‘id al-Din (seventh/thirteenth century)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Farisi, Kamal al-Din (c. 658–c. 720/1260–c. 1320)

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Nader El-Bizri

Al-Fatani, Dawud (c. 1183–1263/c. 1770–1847)

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Zaid Ahmad

Al-Firuzabadi, Muhammad b. Yaqub (729–817/1328–1414)

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Bilal Gökkır

Al-Fuwati, Hisham ibn ‘Amr (third/ninth century)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Ghazali, Abu Hamid (451–504/1058–1111)

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Sevket Yavuz

Al-Hallaj, Abu al-Mughith al-Husayn (244–309/857–922)

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Maha El-Kaisy

Al-Hamadhani, ‘Ayn al-Qudat (492–525/1098–1131)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Harawi, ‘Abdullah Ansari (396–481/1006–89)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Helmy, Burhanuddin (1329–89/1911–69)

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Zaid Ahmad

Al-Hilli, ‘Allama (648–726/1250–1325)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Hindi, Rahmat Allah (d. 1306/1888)

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Ibrahim Sumer

Al-Hudhayl, Abu’l Hudhayl al-‘Allaf (c.135–235/c.752–850)

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Muammar İskenderoğlu

Al-Idrisi (493–c.555/1099–c.1162)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Iji, ‘Adud al-Din (c.700–756/c.1300–55)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Isfahani, Abu Nu‘aym (d. 430/1038)

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Yusuf Ziya Keskin

Al-Isfahani, al-Raghib (d. 502/1108)

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Harun Sahin

Alison, Archibald (1757–1839)

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Martin Kallich

Alison, Francis (1705 – 1779)

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John Fea

Alison, Francis (1705–79)

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John W. Clarke

Al-Jahiz (d. 255/868)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Jawaliqi, Hisham b. Salim (d. after 183/799)

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M. Ali Buyukkara

Al-Jilani, ‘Abd al-Qadir (470–562/1077–1166)

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Patrick S. O’Donnell

Al-Jili, ‘Abd al-Karim (c. 1366–1408 or 1417)

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Ibrahim Kalin

Al-Junayd, Abu al-Qasim (215–296 to 298/827–908 to 910)

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Maha El-Kaisy

Al-Jurjani, ‘Abd al-Qahir (d. 471/1078 or 474/1081)

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Sevket Yavuz and Oliver Leaman

Al-Kashani, Afdal al-Din (c. 1006–90/1598–1679)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Kayseri, Dawud (658–751/1260–1350)

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Adnan Aslan

Al-Kharakani, Abu’l-Hasan (d. 425–1033)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Kho’i, Ayatullah al-Uzma Sayyid Abul-Qasim (1317–1413/1899–1992)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Khwarizmi, Abu Ja‘far Muhammad ibn Musa (early third century/c. 780–850)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Kindi, Abu Yusuf Ya‘qub ibn Ishaq (185–252/801–66)

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Maha El-Kaisy

Al-Kubra, Abu’l Jannab Ahmad ibn ‘Umar Najm al-Din (540–617/1145–1220)

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Patrick S. O’Donnell

Allaire, Edwin Bonar, Jr. (1930–2013)

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John R. Shook

Allamand, Jean Nicolas Sébastien (1713–87)

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Cornelis de Pater

Allan, Donald James (1907–78)

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Ronald Knox

Allan, Thomas (1777–1833)

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Julie R. Cribb

Al-Lawkari, Fadl b. Muhammad (d. 517/1123–4)

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Ibrahim Kalin

Allbutt, Thomas Clifford (1836–1925)

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W.F. Bynum

Allen, Charles Grant Blairfindie (1848–99)

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Richard Landon

Allen, Ethan (1738–89)

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Willard Sterne Randall

Allen, George Cyril (1900–82)

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Morgen Witzel

Allen, George (fl. 1745–55)

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John Valdimir Price

Allen, John (1771–1843)

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Godfrey Vesey

Allen, John (fl. 1740s–70s, d.1780s)

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Jose R. Torre

Allen, Roy George Douglas (1906–83)

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Cliff Pratten

Allen, Ruth Alice (1889–1979)

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David Charles Lewis

Allen, Thomas (1540–1632)

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Mordechai Feingold

Allen, Thomas William (1862–1950)

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William Musgrave Calder

Allen, William (1784 – 1868)

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John R. Shook

Allestree, Richard (1619–81)

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Martyn P. Thompson

Allinga, Petrus (d. 1692)

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Willem J. van Asselt

Allinson, Thomas Richard (1858–1918)

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James Gregory

Alliott, Richard (1804–63)

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Alan P.F. Sell

Allison, Henry Edward (1937– )

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John R. Shook

Allix, Peter (1641–1717)

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Martyn P. Thompson

Allix, Pierre (1641–1717)

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Hubert Bost

Allman, George James (1812–98)

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Morgen L. Witzel

Allman, George Johnston (1824–1904)

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Alan C. Bowen

Allon, Henry (1818–92)

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Alan P.F. Sell

Allport, Gordon Willard (1897–1967)

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John R. Shook

Allston, Washington (1779–1843)

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David Bjelajac

Al-Malati, Abu ’l-Husayn (d. 337/987)

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Ibrahim Hakki Inal

Al-Maqassari, Muhammad Yusuf (1036–1110/1626–99)

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Zailan Moris

Al-Marwazi, al-Husayn ibn ‘Ali (d. after 306/918)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Mas‘udi, Abu al-Hasan (c.283–345/896–956)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Mawardi, Abu’l Hasan (364–450/974–1058)

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Muammer İskenderoğlu

Al-Mawdudi, Sayyid Abul A’la (1903–79)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Mawsili (c. third–fourth centuries/tenth century)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Ma‘Arri, Abu’l ‘Ala’ (363–449/973–1058)

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Muhsin Akbaş

Al-Mubarrad, Abu’l ‘Abbas (d. c. 286/900)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Mubashshir (fifth/eleventh century)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Muhasibi, Abu ‘Abdillah al-Harith (c. 165–243/c. 781–857)

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Maha El-Kaisy

Al-Mu’ayyad Fi’l-Din Shirazi (c. 390–470/999–1077)

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Mehdi Aminrazavi

Al-Nabulusi, ‘Abd al-Ghani (1050–1143/1641–1731)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Nadim, Abu’l Faraj (c. fourth/tenth century)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Najjar, al-Husayn b. Muhammad (d. 220/835)

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Ibrahim Hakki Inal

Al-Naysaburi, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim (fl. early fifth/eleventh centuries)

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Arzina R. Lalani

Al-Nazzam (c. 145 to 150–230/c. 760 to 765–845)

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Maha El-Kaisy

Al-Nisaburi, al-Fadl ibn Shadhan (d. 260/874)

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M. Ali Buyukkara

Al-Nu‘man, Al-Qadi (d. 363/974)

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Farhad Daftary

Alphen, Hieronymus van (1746–1803)

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Jacqueline de Man

Al-Quhistani, Hakim Nizari (645–721/1247–1321)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Qushayri, Abu’l-Qasim ‘Abdulkarim ibn Hawazin (376–465/986–1072)

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Bilal Kuşpınar

Al-Raniri, Nur al-Din (d. 1068/1658)

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Zailan Moris

Al-Razi, Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyya’ (c. 250–313 or 323/c. 854–925 or 935)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Razi, Fakhr al-Din (543–606/1149–1209)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Rumi, Jalal al-Din (604–72/1207–73)

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Rifat Atay

Al-Sabzawari, Al-Hajj Mulla Hadi (1212–89/1797–1873)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Sarakhsi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad (400–83/1009–90)

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Muharrem Kılıç

Al-Shadhili, Abu’l Hasan (c. 583–656/c. 1187–1258)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Shafi‘i, Muhammed ibn Idris (150–204/767–819)

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Muharrem Kılıç

Al-Shahrastani, Abu’l Fath (c. 479–548/c. 1087–1153)

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Muammar İskenderoğlu

Al-Sha‘Arani, ‘Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ahmad (c. 898–973/c. 1493–1565)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Shirazi, Qutb al-Din (634–710/1236–1311)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Sijistani, Abu Sulayman (c. 320–91/c. 932–1000)

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Ibrahim Kalin

Al-Singkili, ‘Abd al-Ra’uf (c.1024–1105/1615–93)

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Zailan Moris

Al-Sirafi (279 or 289–368/892 or 902–79)

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Bilal Gökkır

Alston, Edward Richard (1845–81)

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Ann Datta

Alston, William Payne (1921–2009)

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Daniel Howard-Snyder

Al-Suhrawardi, Abu Hafs (539–632/1145–1234)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Suhrawardi, Abu’l Najib (c. 490–563/c. 1097–1168)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Suhrawardi, Shihab al-Din (549–87/1154–91)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Sulami, Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman (325–412/937–1021)

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Patrick S. O’Donnell

Al-Suyuti (849–911/1445–1505)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Tabari, Muhammad ibn Jarir (c.224–314/c.839–923)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Taftazani, Sa‘d al-Din (722–93/1322–90)

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Muammar İskenderoğlu

Al-Tahawi, Abu Ja‘far (239–321/853–933)

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Muammar İskenderoğlu

Al-Tahtawi, Rifa‘a Rafi‘ (1801–73)

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Oliver Leaman

Al-Tawhidi, Abu Hayyan (c. 315–414/c. 927–1023)

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Muhsin Akbaş

Althusius, Johannes (1557? 1563?–1638)

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Andreas Scheib

Bryan, Margaret (fl. 1790s–1810s)

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Mary R.S. Creese

Bryant, Jacob (1715–1804)

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John Stephens

Bryant, Sophie (née Willock: 1850–1922)

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Luke Gibbons

Bryant, William Cullen (1794–1873)

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Asher Walden

Bryant, William McKendree (1843–1919)

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Michael H. DeArmey

Bryce, James, the younger (1806–77)

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William J. Davis

Bryce, James, Viscount Bryce (1838–1922)

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John Morrow

Brydges, Samuel Egerton (1762–1837)

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Morgen Witzel

Buchan, Alexander (1829–1907)

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Amy Ackerberg-Hastings

Buchan John (1875–1940)

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Michael Morris

Buchanan, David (1779–1848)

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Donald Rutherford

Buchanan, George (1506–82)

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Roger A. Mason

Buchanan, James McGill (1919–2013)

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Peter J. Boettke and Christopher J. Coyne

Buchanan, John Young (1844–1925)

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Pedro Ruiz-Castell

Buchanan, Joseph (1785–1829)

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Cornelis de Waal

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Judith A. Wiener

Buchanan, Robert (1786–1873)

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James A. Harris

Buchdahl, Gerd (1914–2001)

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Nick Jardine

Bucher, Urban Gottfried (1679–1724)

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Martin Mulsow

Buchius, Paulus (c. 1657–?)

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Stuart Brown

Buchler, Justus (1914–91)

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Kathleen A. Wallace

Buck, Friedrich Johann (1722–86)

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Steve Naragon

Buckham, John Wright (1864–1945)

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Gary Dorrien

Buckland, Francis Trevelyan (1826–1880)

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Bernard Lightman

Buckland, Mary (née Morland: 1797–1857)

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M. Kölbl-Ebert

Buckland, William (1784–1856)

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Marianne Sommer

Buckle, Henry Thomas (1821–1862)

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Marjorie Bloy

Buckle, Henry Thomas (1821–62)

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Theodore M. Porter

Buckler, William (1814–84)

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Michael A. Salmon

Buckley, Arabella Burton (1840–1929)

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Barbara T. Gates

Buckley, Theodore William Alois (1825–56)

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Max Nelson

Buckmaster, John Charles (1819–1908)

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W.H. Brock

Buckton, George Bowdler (1818–1905)

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Hugh David Loxdale

Budde, Johann Franz (1667–1729)

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Vladimir Abaschnik

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Edward F. Mooney

Bugis, Pierre de (1590–1680)

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Jacob Schmutz

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Vladimir Abaschnik

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Michiel Wielema

Bulfinch, Charles (1763–1844)

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Thomas E. Conroy

Bulkeley, John (d. 1718)

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Godfrey Vesey

Buller, Charles (1806–48)

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Bullough, Edward (1880–1934)

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Diané Collinson

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Çelebi, Katib Mustafa ibn ‘Abdullah (1017–67/1609–57)

Éloi de Bassée (1590/91–1670)

Ó hUallacháin, Colmán (1922–79)

Ülken, Hilmi Ziya (1901–74)

Ĉapek, Miliĉ (1909–97)

‘Abd Al-Jabbar, Qadi (c. 325–415/c. 937–1025)

‘Abdu, Muhammad (1849–1905)

‘Ali Ibn Abi Talib (d. 40/660)

‘Assar, Sayyid Muhammad Kazim (1302–96/1884–1975)

‘Attar (c. 1117–1231)

’s Gravesande, Willem Jacob (1688–1742)

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Aalstius, Joannes (c. 1660–1712)

Aaron, Richard Ithamar (1901–87)

Abbadie, Jacques (1654–1727)

Abbot, Francis Ellingwood (1836–1903)

Abbott, Edith (1876–1957)

Abbott, Edwin (1838–1926)

Abbott, Lyman (1835–1922)

Abbott, Thomas Kingsmill (1829–1913)

Abbt, Thomas (1738–66)

Abel, Clarke (?1780–1826)

Abel, Frederick Augustus (1827–1902)

Abel, Jakob Friedrich von (1751–1829)

Abelly, Louis (1603–91)

Abendana, Isaac (d. 1699)

Abercrombie, John (1780–1844)

Abercrombie, Lascelles (1881–1938)

Abercromby, David (d. 1702?)

Abernethy, John (1680–1740)

Abicht, Johann Georg (1672–1740)

Abicht, Johann Heinrich (1762–1816)

Abney, William de Wiveleslie (1843–1920)

Abra de Raconis, Charles-François d’ (1580–1646)

Abramovitz, Moses (1912–2000)

Abrams, Meyer Howard (1912–2015)

Abu Hanifa, Numan b. Sabit (80–150/699–767)

Abu Ja‘Far Al-Ahwal, Muhammad b. al-Nu‘man (d. after 183/799)

Accum, Friedrich Christian (1769–1838)

Achenwall, Gottfried (1719–72)

Ackley, Hugh Gardner (1915–1998)

Ackrill, John Lloyd (1921–2007)

Acland, Henry Wentworth Dyke (1815–1900)

Acland, John (c.1729–after 1796)

Acton, Frances (née Knight) (1793–1881)

Acton, Harold Burrows (1908–74)

Acworth, William Mitchell (1850–1925)

Adair, James MaKittrick (1728–1802)

Adam, Adela Marion (née Kensington: 1866–1944)

Adam, Alexander (1741–1809)

Adam, James (1860–1907)

Adam, Jean (1608–84)

Adama, Lollius (1544–1609)

Adams, Abigail Smith (1744–1818)

Adams, Charles Francis (1807–86)

Adams, Elie Maynard (1919–2003)

Adams, Francis (1796–1861)

Adams, George Plimpton (1882–1961)

Adams, Hannah (1755–1831)

Adams, Henry Brooks (1838–1918)

Adams, Henry Carter (1851–1921)

Adams, James Luther (1901–94)

Adams, Jasper (1793 – 1841)

Adams, John (1735 – 1826)

Adams, John (1735–1826)

Adams, John (c.1750–1814)

Adams, John Couch (1819–92)

Adams, John Quincy (1767–1848)

Adams, Marilyn McCord (1943–2017)

Adams, Robert Merrihew (1937–)

Adams, Samuel (1722–1803)

Adams, Thomas Sewell (1873–1933)

Adams, Walter (1922–98)

Adams, William (1706–89)

Adamson, Robert (1852–1902)

Adcock, Frank Ezra (1886–1968; Kt 1954)

Addams, Jane (1860–1935)