Rudolph Ernst Brünnow (February 7, 1858 in Ann Arbor, Michigan – April 14, 1917 in Bar Harbor, Maine) was a German-American orientalist and philologist.
Brünnow, Rudolph Ernst
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Rudolph Ernst Brünnow (1892)
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| Born | (1858-02-07)February 7, 1858 |
| Died | (1917-04-14)April 14, 1917 |
| Education | University of Strasbourg |
| Occupation | Orientalist |
| Spouse | Marguerite Beckwith |
| Children | Eric, Marguerite, Katherine, Richard, and Hildegard Brünnow |
| Parent(s) | Franz Friedrich Ernst Brünnow, Rebecca Lloyd Tappan Brünnow |
The son of the Berlin-born astronomer Franz Friedrich Ernst Brünnow, Rudolph Ernst was born during the period his father was living in the United States. In 1863 the father and son returned to Europe. In 1882 he was awarded a doctorate in philosophy at the University of Strasbourg.
In 1897 and 1898, Brünnow and Alfred von Domaszewski, took two trips together to Arabia to gain new insights into the former Roman province Arabia Petraea. They surveyed the site at Petra and made the first modern map of this former capital of the Nabatean empire.
In 1909 Brünnow was the recipient of the Lucy Wharton Drexel Medal for his archeological work in Assyria and Arabia.[1]
In 1910 Brünnow was appointed the chair of Semitic LanguagesatPrinceton. In addition to the German and English languages he mastered French, ancient Greek, Latin, Turkish and Assyrian.
Brünnow was appointed as the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Path Committee Chairman in 1912, a position he remained at until his death in 1917. He is credited with designing the Precipice Trail, the Orange & Black Path, and the Beehive Trail at Acadia National Park.[2]