Writer (b.
1864, Beylerbeyi / İstanbul – d. 21 May 1944). He completed his primary and
elementary education in Beylerbeyi Elementary School. He educated at the
Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Law but discontinued. He completed his
education with private lessons. He started his working career as a civil
servant at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Translation Office in 1887. He
passed the exam that was made after one year and he became a teacher of French
at Beylerbeyi Elementary School in 1888. He worked as a professor of Turkish
Literature at İstanbul University and General History of Philosophy at
Süleymaniye Madrasah in 1917 and he was appointed to the İstanbul University,
the Faculty of Letters as a professor of text explanation (1919). He lived
jobless for a time after the National Struggle. He worked as a member of
Ministry of Canonical Law and Religious Foundations, the Council of
Classification and Publication of Islamic Works until it was abolished. He was
appointed to the İstanbul University, Department of Persian Literature as a
professor. He was taken out of office as well as his many friends at the
university reform in 1933. He was appointed to the Ankara University, Faculty
of Language, History and Geography, Department of Persian Literature as a
lecturer. He died after one year while he was at this post.
His articles were published in
the reviews Sırat-ı Mustakim and Sebilür-reşad. Ferid Kam who wrote poems
in Turkish, Arabian and Persian worked closely on the old Turkish Literature,
Persian and Arabian Literature, general philosophy and Islam philosophy.
MAIN WORKS:
Türrehat (Odd Words, poems, 1886), Dinî Felsefî Musahabeler (Religious and Philosophical Conversations, 1911), Vahdet-i Vücud (Unity of Body, 1912), Asâr-ı Edebiye Tedkikatı Dersleri (Study of Literary Works, 1915-16), Mebadi-i Felsefe'den İlm-i Ahlâk (The Science of Morality in the Philosophy, by E. Boriac with notes, 1923), İlm-i Maba'de't-Tabia (İlm-i Maba'de't-Tabia, by E. Boirac with notes, 1925), İran Edebiyatı Tarihi (History of Persian Literature, 1st. Section was not published, 2nd. Section, 1927), Eski İranlılarda Felsefe ve İbn Arabi'de Varlık Düşüncesi (Philosophy in Ancient Persian and Thought of Being in İbn Arabi 1992).
REFERENCE: Âgâh Sırrı Levend / Profesör Ferid Kam, Hayatı ve Eserleri (1946), Mehmet Nazmi Özalp / Türk Musikisinin Yakın Tarihçesi ve Ruşen Ferit Kam (1983), Prof. Dr. Süleyman Hayri Bolay / Ferid Kam (1988) - TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (c. 24, 2001), İhsan Işık / Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006, gen. 2. bas. 2007) - Ünlü Fikir ve Kültür Adamları (Türkiye Ünlüleri Ansiklopedisi, C. 3, 2013) - Encyclopedia of Turkey’s Famous People (2013), Halil Çeltik / Ömer Ferit Kam ve Âsâr-ı Edebiye Tedkikatı (1998), İbnülemin Mahmud Kemal İnal / Son Asır Türk Şairleri (c. I, 1999) Mehmet Nuri Yardım / Edebiyatımızın Güleryüzü (2002).
