John Davenport (8 June 1789 – 1877) was a British orientalist and writer. He is best known for his book An Apology for Mohammed and the Koran.[1][2]
John Davenport | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 June 1789 London |
| Died | 1877 |
| Occupation | orientalist, erotica writer |
| Notable works | An Apology for Mohammed and the Koran, Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs |
Life
editHe was born on 8 June 1789, in London. His father was from Staffordshire. Like his father, Davenport was a liveryman. He lost his sight in his later life.[3] Joscelyn Godwin describes him as "a poor scrivener who led a precarious existence teaching Oriental languages and writing hack literature".[4] Davenport is known for writing some books which deal with erotic subjects.[5][6][7][8]
His book An Apology for Mohammed and the Koran has been translated into several different languages.[9][10]
Works
edit- Sexagyma: A Digest of the Works of John Davenport
- Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction
- Curiositates Eroticæ Physiologiæ: Or, Tabooed Subjects Freely Treated
- An apology for Mohammed and the Koran
- Muhammad and teachings of Quran
- A new dictionary of the Italian and English languages
- Life of Ali Pacha of Janina
- Oude Vindicated
- Koorg and its Rajahs
- Aide Mémoire to the History of India
- Historical Class Book
References
edit- ^ "John Davenport (Davenport, John, 1789-1877) | The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu.
- ^ "Nabi Muhammad Saw dalam Pandangan Orientalis (20)". Pars Today (in Indonesian). 23 November 2020.
- ^ Ashbee, Henry Spencer (April 2007). Bibliography of Forbidden Books -. Cosimo, Inc. ISBN 978-1-60206-297-9.
- ^ Godwin, Joscelyn (January 1994). Theosophical Enlightenment. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-2152-9.
- ^ "A CRITICAL STUDY OF JOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN AND THE SLANG DICTIONARY" (PDF).
- ^ Bull, Sarah (2017). "Reading, Writing, and Publishing an Obscene Canon: The Archival Logic of the Secret Museum, c. 1860–c. 1900". Book History. 20 (1): 226–257. doi:10.1353/bh.2017.0007. PMC 5989922. PMID 29888742.
- ^ Bibliography of the History of Medicine. U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, National Library of Medicine.
- ^ Deveney, John Patrick (January 1997). Paschal Beverly Randolph: A Nineteenth-Century Black American Spiritualist, Rosicrucian, and Sex Magician. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-3119-1.
- ^ "ULUSLARARASI TÜRK DÜNYASININ İSLAMİYETE KATKILARI SEMPOZYUMU" (PDF).
- ^ "Prophet Muhammad - A Rarest Genius of the World". IslamiGems. 13 July 2020.
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