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| | Forsskal and his contribution to the study of local natural history |
 | | Forsskål opted for the University of Göttingen, Germany, where he commenced reading Theology, Philology and Oriental Philosophy on 13 October 1753, under that most distinguished, then 36 year old, German theologian and Orientalist, Professor Johann David Michaelis. |
 | | In 1760, the eminent theologian and orientalist, Professor Johann David Michaelis – Forsskål’s former lecturer at the University of Göttingen, and mastermind of the Danish Government’s Expedition for the scientific exploration of Egypt, Arabia and Syria – recommended him to J.H.E. Bernstorff, the Danish Foreign Minister. |
 | | Gottlieb Buhle, Johann David Michaelis: Literarischer Briefwechsel, (Correspondence), pt. |
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