Goldziher, Ignaz

Ignac (Yitzhaq Yehuda) Goldziher (22 June 1850 - 13 November 1921), often credited as Ignaz Goldziher, was a Hungarian scholar of Islam. Along with the German Theodor Noldeke and the Dutch Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, he is considered the founder of modern Islamic studies in Europe.