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Professor James Montgomery FBA

Classical Arabic literature, literary translation, literary history, history of ideas.
A portrait photo of James Montgomery FBA in the outdoors.
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2024
Honours
FBA
Sections
Africa, Asia and the Middle East
Website
https://www.ames.cam.ac.uk/people/professor-james-montgomery

Current post

University of Cambridge Sir Thomas Adams’s Professor of Arabic

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Professor Robert Hillenbrand FBA

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