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Hiob Ludolf (1624–1704)
Ludolf, Hiob (löd’olf). An eminent German Orientalist; born at Erfurt, Jan. 15, 1624; died at Frankfort on the Main, April 8, 1704. He traveled extensively through Europe; and while visiting Rome made the acquaintance of the Abyssinian patriarch Gregorius, and from him acquired a knowledge of the Ethiopian language. He is said to have understood 25 languages. He wrote: ‘Sketch of the History of Ethiopia’ (1681); ‘Grammar of the Amharic Language’ (1698); ‘Ethiopic-Latin Dictionary’; ‘Ethiopic Grammar.’