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British linguist (1912 – 2003)
Judah Benzion "Ben " Segal ,
FBA (21 June 1912 – 23 October 2003,
Edgware ,
Middlesex ) was Professor of
Semitic Languages at the
School of Oriental and African Studies .
His father was Professor
Moshe Zvi Segal and his brother was the doctor and
Labour Party politician
Samuel Segal . He had two daughters; one is Prof.
Naomi Segal .
Education
Magdalen College School, Oxford
St. Catharine's College, Cambridge . Jarrett Scholar, 1932;
John Stewart of Rannoch Scholar in Hebrew , 1933; 1st Class Oriental Langs Tripos, 1935; Tyrwhitt Scholar and Mason Prizeman, 1936. BA (Cambridge), 1935, MA 1938; DPhil (Oxford) 1939.
Colours, Cambridge University Boxing Club, 1935, 1936.
Career
Mansel Research Exhibitioner,
St. John's College, Oxford , 1936–39; James Mew Scholar, 1937.
Deputy Assistant Director, Public Security,
Sudan Government, 1939–41
Served in
World War II , GHQ, MEF, 1942–44, Captain; Education Officer, British Military Administration, Tripolitania, 1945–46. He was awarded a
Military Cross in 1942.
School of Oriental and African Studies from 1946; Head of Department of Near and Middle East, 1961–68; Professor 1961–79, then
Emeritus Professor ; Honorary Fellow 1983.
Visiting Lecturer,
Ain Shams University ,
Cairo , 1979
Research Fellow,
Hebrew University ,
Jerusalem , 1980
Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship , South India, 1981
Principal,
Leo Baeck College , 1982–85; President, 1985-2003
Member,
Council of Christians and Jews
President: North Western Reform Synagogue
President: British Association for Jewish Studies, 1980
Vice-president, Reform Synagogues of Great Britain, 1985–91
Honours
Publications
The Diacritical Point and the Accents in Syriac , 1953
The Hebrew Passover , 1963
The Sabian Mysteries. The planet cult of ancient Harran, Vanished Civilizations , 1963
Edessa, 'the blessed city' , 1970
Aramaic Texts From North Saqqara , 1983
A History of the Jews of Cochin , 1993
Aramaic and Mandaic Incantation Bowls in the British Museum , 2000
Whisper Awhile , 2000
Articles in learned periodicals.
International National Academics People Other