Author:Thomas Hyde

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Thomas Hyde
(1636–1703)

Also known as Dr. Hyde. English librarian, scholar, translator, and orientalist.

Thomas Hyde

Works[edit]

Works Written[edit]

  • "De Mensuris et Ponderibus Sinensium Epistola" in E. Bernard's De Mensuris et Ponderibus Antiquis (1688)
  • De Ludis Orientalibus Libri II (1694)
  • Historia Religionis Veterum Persarum (1700)

Works Edited[edit]

  • Librorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae (1674)
  • Jang Ampat Evangelia derri Tuan Kita Jesu Christi, daan Berboatan derri Jang Apostoli Bersacti, Bersalin dallam Bassa Malayo, That Is, The Four Gospels of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Acts of the Holy Apostles, Translated into the Malayan Tongue, trans. by A.C. Ruyl, J. Van Heurn, and J. Van Hasel (1677) (external scan)
    • Hyde's Preface & Foreward provide an early introduction to the Malay language and its grammar

Works Translated[edit]

  • Tabulae Long. ac Lat. Stellarum Fixarum ex Observatione Ulugh Beighi, Tamerlanis Magni Nepotis... (1665)
  • שלם אורחות אגרת Id Est Itinera Mundi Sic Dicta Nempe Cosmographia... by Abraham Farissol (1691)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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