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{{Short description|Egyptian Coptologist}}
{{Infobox scientist
{{Infobox scientist
|name = Aziz Suryal Atiya <br>عزيز سوريال عطية <br>Ⲁⲍⲓⲍ Ϩⲩⲣⲓⲁⲗ Ⲁϯⲁ
| name = Aziz Suryal Atiya
| native_name = عزيز سوريال عطية<br />Ⲁⲍⲓⲍ Ⲥⲟⲩⲣⲓⲁⲗ Ⲁϯⲁ
|image =
| image = Photograph of Professor Atiya from Egypt.jpg
| caption = University of Michigan faculty portrait of Atiya
|image_size = 250px
| birth_date = {{Birth date | mf=yes| 1898|7|4}}
|caption = <small>Professor Aziz Suryal Atiya</small>
| birth_place = [[Zefta]], [[Egypt]]
|birth_date = {{Birth date | mf=yes| 1898|7|5}}
| death_date = {{death-date and age|September 24, 1988|July 4, 1898}}
|birth_place = Zefta , [[Egypt]]
| death_place = [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]], U.S.
|death_date = {{d-da|September 24, 1988|July 5, 1898}}
|death_place = USA
| nationality = [[Egypt]]ian
|nationality = [[Egypt]]ian
| field = [[Coptology]]
| work_institutions = [[Cairo University]]<br />[[Alexandria University]]<br />[[Institute of Coptic Studies]]<br />[[Princeton University]]<br />[[University of Utah]]
|field = [[Coptology]], Author of The [[Coptic Encyclopedia]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Liverpool]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[University of London]] ([[PhD]])
published in 1991
| doctoral_advisor =
New York: Macmillan Publishing Company
| doctoral_students =
|work_institutions = Founder of the [[Institute of Coptic Studies]] in [[Cairo]] in 1950s ,
| footnotes =
founder of the Middle East Center,
| awards = [[University of Liverpool]] ([[Doctor of Letters|DLitt]], 1938)<br />[[Brigham Young University]] ([[Doctor of Laws|LLD]], 1967)
[[University of Utah]] United States
|alma_mater = [[University of Cairo]],
| signature =
[[Alexandria University]],
[[University of Cambridge]] ,
[[University of Utah]] United States
|doctoral_advisor =
|doctoral_students =
|known_for = Coptologist,
Coptic historian
and scholar and an expert in Islamic and Crusades studies.
|influenced = [[Labib Habachi]],Sami Gabra
|prizes = ([[Doctor of Letters]]) [[University of Liverpool]] 1938 ,
honorary [[Doctor of Laws]] (LL.D.),
[[Brigham Young University]] United States 1967
|religion = [[Coptic Orthodox]] Christian
|footnotes =
|signature =
}}
}}
{{Contains special characters|Coptic}}
'''Aziz Suryal Atiya''' ({{lang-ar|عزيز سوريال عطية}}, [[Coptic language|Coptic]]: Ⲁⲍⲓⲍ Ϩⲩⲣⲓⲁⲗ Ⲁϯⲁ; July 5, 1898 &ndash; September 24, 1988)<ref name="ER">[http://www.egyptradio.tv/characters.asp?PageIndex=3&cat_id=9&char_selected=18 Egypt Radio]{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> was an Egyptian [[Coptologist]] who was a [[Coptic history|Coptic]] historian and scholar and an expert in Islamic and [[Crusades]] studies.


'''Aziz Suryal Atiya''' ({{langx|ar|عزيز سوريال عطية}}, {{Langx|cop|Ⲁⲍⲓⲍ Ⲥⲟⲩⲣⲓⲁⲗ Ⲁϯⲁ}}; July 5, 1898 &ndash; September 24, 1988)<ref name="ER">[http://www.egyptradio.tv/characters.asp?PageIndex=3&cat_id=9&char_selected=18 Egypt Radio]{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> was an Egyptian [[Coptologist]] who was a [[Coptic history|Coptic]] historian and scholar and an expert in Islamic and [[Crusades]] studies.
Atiya was the founder of the [[Institute of Coptic Studies]] in Cairo in 1950s, and was also the founder of the [[University of Utah Middle East Center|Middle East Center]], [[University of Utah]].<ref name="AM">[https://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syltguides/fullview/PN1YR1HMUGAQ Coptology Amazon]</ref>


Atiya was the founder of the [[Institute of Coptic Studies]] in Cairo in the 1950s, and was also the founder of the [[University of Utah Middle East Center|Middle East Center]], [[University of Utah]].<ref name="AM">[https://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syltguides/fullview/PN1YR1HMUGAQ Coptology Amazon]</ref>
His library, The Aziz Atiya Library for Middle East Studies at [[University of Utah]], is considered the fifth largest such collection in [[North America]] and is recognized internationally as a major research library in this field.<ref>[http://www.hum.utah.edu/display.php?pageId=250 Aziz Atiya Library] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070223023834/http://www.hum.utah.edu/display.php?pageId=250 |date=February 23, 2007 }}</ref>


His library, the Aziz Atiya Library for Middle East Studies at [[University of Utah]], is considered the fifth largest of such collection in North America.<ref>[http://www.hum.utah.edu/display.php?pageId=250 Aziz Atiya Library] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070223023834/http://www.hum.utah.edu/display.php?pageId=250 |date=February 23, 2007 }}</ref>
While at the University of Utah, Professor Atiya rediscovered ten lost papyri fragments related to the Mormon scripture, [[Book of Abraham]], in the archives of the New York [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]].

While at the University of Utah, Professor Atiya rediscovered ten [[Joseph Smith papyri|lost papyri fragments]] related to the Mormon scripture, [[Book of Abraham]], in the archives of the New York [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]].<ref name=ritner64>{{Harvnb|Ritner|2013|p=64}}.</ref><ref name=wade1967>{{Harvnb|Wade et al.|1967|p=64}}.</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Atiya was born in Egypt on July 4, 1898, and was a [[Copts|Coptic Christian]]. He matriculated at the [[University of Liverpool]], where he earned a [[bachelor's degree]] with first-class honors in medieval and modern history, and obtained a PhD in Arabic and Islamic studies from the [[University of London]]. He was also Egypt's first [[Fulbright scholar]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=1988-09-25 |title=Aziz Suryal Atiya, Founder of Middle East Center, Dies |url=https://www.deseret.com/1988/9/25/18779087/aziz-suryal-atiya-founder-of-middle-east-center-dies |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=Deseret News |language=en}}</ref>


==Work==
==Work==
Atiya published a large study entitled ''The Crusades in the Later Middle Ages'' in 1938, and was also the first author of ''[[The Coptic Encyclopedia]]'', published in 1991.<ref>Bibliothèque nationale de France {BnF Data}. "[https://data.bnf.fr/en/12286079/_aziz_suryal__atiyyat/ ʿAzīz Sūryāl ʿAṭiyyaẗ (1898-1988)]".</ref>
Atiya published a large study entitled ''The Crusades in the Later Middle Ages'' in 1938, and was also the first author of ''[[The Coptic Encyclopedia]]'', published in 1991.<ref>Bibliothèque nationale de France {BnF Data}. "[https://data.bnf.fr/en/12286079/_aziz_suryal__atiyyat/ ʿAzīz Sūryāl ʿAṭiyyaẗ (1898–1988)]".</ref>


The chapters on the Copts in his book ''The History of Eastern Christianity'' (1968, 1980) have become landmarks, not only for specialists but also for the general public.<ref name="AM"/>
The chapters on the Copts in his book ''The History of Eastern Christianity'' (1968, 1980) have become landmarks, not only for specialists but also for the general public.<ref name="AM"/>


It was Atiya who, after many lively debates with the publishers and their readers, had the words '[[Coptology]]' and '[[Coptologist]]' introduced into the English language.<ref>John H. Watson, ''Among the Copts''</ref>
It was Atiya who had the words ''[[Coptology]]'' and ''[[Coptologist]]'' introduced into the English language.<ref>John H. Watson, ''Among the Copts''</ref>


He could speak English, Arabic, French, German, Italian, Latin, and to a lesser extent, Spanish, Greek, Coptic, Turkish, Welsh, and Dutch.
He could speak English, Arabic, French, German, Italian, Latin, and to a lesser extent, Spanish, Greek, Coptic, Turkish, Welsh, and Dutch.


==Academic career==
==Academic career==
*Honorary Professor of Medieval (including Oriental) History for Kahle's Orientalisches Seminar in Bonn, Germany 1935-1939
*Honorary Professor of Medieval (including Oriental) History for Kahle's Orientalisches Seminar in Bonn, Germany 1935–1939
*Professor of Medieval History at [[Cairo University]] 1939–1942.
*Professor of Medieval History at [[Cairo University]] 1939–1942.
*Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Arts (1949–1950) and Chairman of the History Department at [[Alexandria University]] 1952–1954.
*Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Arts (1949–1950) and Chairman of the History Department at [[Alexandria University]] 1952–1954.
*Medieval Academy Visiting Professor of Arabic Studies at [[University of Michigan]].
*Medieval Academy Visiting Professor of Arabic Studies at [[University of Michigan]].
*Positions at the [[Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York|Union Theological Seminary]] and [[Columbia University]].
*Positions at the [[Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York|Union Theological Seminary]] and [[Columbia University]].
*Patten Visiting Professor and Lecturer at [[Indiana University]]1957
*Patten Visiting Professor and Lecturer at [[Indiana University]] 1957
*Professor of Arabic and Islamic History at [[Princeton University]] (1957–1958).
*Professor of Arabic and Islamic History at [[Princeton University]] (1957–1958).
*Professor of Languages and History at [[University of Utah]] 1959.
*Professor of Languages and History at [[University of Utah]] 1959.


==Awards==
==Awards==
*Earned a B.A. with first-class honors in Medieval and Modern History [[University of Liverpool]] in [[England]] 1931.
*Awarded a [[Doctor of Letters]] from the [[University of Liverpool]] 1938.
*Ph.D. in Arabic and [[Islamic Studies]] [[University of London]] 1933.
*Awarded a D.Litt.([[Doctor of Letters]]) [[University of Liverpool]] 1938.
*Granted the honorary degree of [[Doctor of Humane Letters]] and honorary [[Doctor of Laws]] (LL.D.), [[Brigham Young University]] United States 1967.
*Granted the honorary degree of [[Doctor of Humane Letters]] and honorary [[Doctor of Laws]] (LL.D.), [[Brigham Young University]] United States 1967.


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==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
*{{Citation
| last=Ritner
| first=Robert K.
| title=The Joseph Smith Egyptian Papyri: A Complete Edition
| isbn=9781560852209
| publisher=[[Signature Books]]
| date=2013
}}.
*{{citation
|url = http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/dialogue/id/2869
|title = The Facsimile Found
|journal = [[Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought]]
|date = Winter 1967
|access-date = August 7, 2016
|pages = 51–64
|last1 = Wade
|first1 = Glen
|last2 = Tolk
|first2 = Norman
|last3 = Travers
|first3 = Lynn
|last4 = Smith
|first4 = George D
|last5 = Graves
|first5 = F. Charles
|ref = {{harvid|Wade et al.|1967}}
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160819021356/http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/dialogue/id/2869
|archive-date = August 19, 2016
}}.


==External links==
==External links==
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[[Category:Coptologists]]
[[Category:Cairo University faculty]]
[[Category:Academic staff of Cairo University]]
[[Category:University of Michigan faculty]]
[[Category:University of Michigan faculty]]
[[Category:Book of Abraham]]
[[Category:Book of Abraham]]

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Aziz Suryal Atiya
عزيز سوريال عطية
Ⲁⲍⲓⲍ Ⲥⲟⲩⲣⲓⲁⲗ Ⲁϯⲁ
University of Michigan faculty portrait of Atiya
Born( 1898-07-04)July 4, 1898
DiedSeptember 24, 1988 (1988-09-25) (aged 90)
NationalityEgyptian
Alma materUniversity of Liverpool (BA)
University of London (PhD)
AwardsUniversity of Liverpool (DLitt, 1938)
Brigham Young University (LLD, 1967)
Scientific career
FieldsCoptology
InstitutionsCairo University
Alexandria University
Institute of Coptic Studies
Princeton University
University of Utah

Aziz Suryal Atiya (Arabic: عزيز سوريال عطية, Coptic: Ⲁⲍⲓⲍ Ⲥⲟⲩⲣⲓⲁⲗ Ⲁϯⲁ; July 5, 1898 – September 24, 1988)[1] was an Egyptian Coptologist who was a Coptic historian and scholar and an expert in Islamic and Crusades studies.

Atiya was the founder of the Institute of Coptic Studies in Cairo in the 1950s, and was also the founder of the Middle East Center, University of Utah.[2]

His library, the Aziz Atiya Library for Middle East Studies at University of Utah, is considered the fifth largest of such collection in North America.[3]

While at the University of Utah, Professor Atiya rediscovered ten lost papyri fragments related to the Mormon scripture, Book of Abraham, in the archives of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art.[4][5]

Early life and education

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Atiya was born in Egypt on July 4, 1898, and was a Coptic Christian. He matriculated at the University of Liverpool, where he earned a bachelor's degree with first-class honors in medieval and modern history, and obtained a PhD in Arabic and Islamic studies from the University of London. He was also Egypt's first Fulbright scholar.[6]

Work

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Atiya published a large study entitled The Crusades in the Later Middle Ages in 1938, and was also the first author of The Coptic Encyclopedia, published in 1991.[7]

The chapters on the Copts in his book The History of Eastern Christianity (1968, 1980) have become landmarks, not only for specialists but also for the general public.[2]

It was Atiya who had the words Coptology and Coptologist introduced into the English language.[8]

He could speak English, Arabic, French, German, Italian, Latin, and to a lesser extent, Spanish, Greek, Coptic, Turkish, Welsh, and Dutch.

Academic career

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Awards

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Publications

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  • The Arabic Manuscripts of Mount Sinai: A Hand-list of the Arabic Manuscripts and Scrolls Microfilmed at the Library of the Monastery of St. Catherine (1955). ASIN B0006AU4NM.
  • The Coptic Encyclopedia, vol. 1 (1991).[9]
  • The Copts and Christian Civilization (1979). ISBN 978-0-87480-145-3.
  • Crusade, Commerce and Culture (1962). ISBN ASIN B0000CLOTM.
  • The Crusade (1977). ISBN 978-0-8371-8364-0.
  • The Crusade: Historiography and Bibliography (1962). ASIN B0000CLOU1.
  • The Crusade in the Later Middle Ages (1938).[10]
  • The Crusade of Nicopolis (1934).[11]
  • The Crusade (1962). ISBN 978-0-19-690008-7.[12]
  • Egypt and Aragon: Embassies and Diplomatic Correspondence Between 1300 and 1330 A.D. (1966). ASIN B0007J1LYI.
  • A Fourteenth Century Encyclopedist from Alexandria (1977). ASIN B0006XYA4I. About Muḥammad ibn al-Ḳāsim al-Nuwayrī al-Iskandarānī, whose three-volume history of Alexandria Atiya edited and published in six volumes.
  • A History of Eastern Christianity (1980). ISBN 978-0-527-03703-1. This is an expanded edition of the first edition published in 1968. ASIN B000IOZ7AG.
  • The Monastery of St Catherine and the Mount Sinai Expedition (1952). ASIN B0007EBOK4.
  • Atiya published approximately twenty books, many of which are multi-volume projects also journal articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia articles, including authoring or co-authoring dozens in the monumental Coptic Encyclopedia.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Egypt Radio[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b Coptology Amazon
  3. ^ Aziz Atiya Library Archived February 23, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Ritner 2013, p. 64.
  5. ^ Wade et al. 1967, p. 64.
  6. ^ "Aziz Suryal Atiya, Founder of Middle East Center, Dies". Deseret News. 1988-09-25. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
  7. ^ Bibliothèque nationale de France {BnF Data}. "ʿAzīz Sūryāl ʿAṭiyyaẗ (1898–1988)".
  8. ^ John H. Watson, Among the Copts
  9. ^ Atiya, A. Suryal. (1991). The Coptic encyclopedia. New York: Macmillan.
  10. ^ Atiya, A. Suryal. (1938). The crusade in the later middle ages. London: Methuen & co., ltd.
  11. ^ Atiya, A. Suryal., Mézières, P. de., Deschamps, E. (1934). The crusade of Nicopolis. London: Methuen & co. ltd.
  12. ^ Atiya, A. Suryal. (1962). The crusade. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
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