SettingsEnglish orientalists
Alexander Hamilton (linguist)
Alexander Hamilton (1762-1824) was a British linguist who was one of the first Europeans to study the Sanskrit language.
Alexander Hamilton (1762-1824) was a British linguist who was one of the first Europeans to study the Sanskrit language.
Alfred Felix Landon Beeston
Alfred Felix Landon Beeston (February 23, 1911 – September 29, 1995) was an English Orientalist best known for his studies of Arabic language and literature, and of ancient Yemeni inscriptions, ...
Alfred Felix Landon Beeston (February 23, 1911 – September 29, 1995) was an English Orientalist best known for his studies of Arabic language and literature, and of ancient Yemeni inscriptions, ...
Bart Moore-Gilbert
Bart Moore-Gilbert (born 8 December 1952) is a Tanzanian born British academic, orientalist and political campaigner, most widely known for his work in the field of postcolonial literary studies...
Bart Moore-Gilbert (born 8 December 1952) is a Tanzanian born British academic, orientalist and political campaigner, most widely known for his work in the field of postcolonial literary studies...
Basil Hall Chamberlain
Basil Hall Chamberlain was a professor of Tokyo Imperial University and one of the foremost British Japanologists active in Japan during the late 19th century.
Basil Hall Chamberlain was a professor of Tokyo Imperial University and one of the foremost British Japanologists active in Japan during the late 19th century.
Charles Wilkins
Sir Charles Wilkins, KH, FRS, was an English typographer and Orientalist, notable as the first translator of Bhagavad Gita into English, and as the creator of the first Devanagari typeface.
Sir Charles Wilkins, KH, FRS, was an English typographer and Orientalist, notable as the first translator of Bhagavad Gita into English, and as the creator of the first Devanagari typeface.
David Samuel Margoliouth
David Samuel Margoliouth was an orientalist.
David Samuel Margoliouth was an orientalist.
Dorina Neave
Lady Dorina Neave (1880–1955) was the author of three books about Turkey.
Lady Dorina Neave (1880–1955) was the author of three books about Turkey.
E. A. Wallis Budge
Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient Near East.
Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient Near East.
Edward Angelo Goodall
Edward Angelo Goodall (8 June 1819 – 16 April 1908) was an English landscape and orientalist painter, a member of the distinguished Goodall family of artists.
Edward Angelo Goodall (8 June 1819 – 16 April 1908) was an English landscape and orientalist painter, a member of the distinguished Goodall family of artists.
Edward Colborne Baber
Edward Colborne Baber (30 April 1843 – 16 June 1890) was an English orientalist and traveller.
Edward Colborne Baber (30 April 1843 – 16 June 1890) was an English orientalist and traveller.
Edward Granville Browne
Edward Granville Browne (1862 – 1926), born in Stouts Hill, Uley, Gloucestershire, England, was a British orientalist who published numerous articles and books of academic value, mainly in the a...
Edward Granville Browne (1862 – 1926), born in Stouts Hill, Uley, Gloucestershire, England, was a British orientalist who published numerous articles and books of academic value, mainly in the a...
Edward William Lane
Edward William Lane (17 September 1801, Hereford, England—10 August 1876, Worthing, Sussex) was a British Orientalist, translator and lexicographer.
Edward William Lane (17 September 1801, Hereford, England—10 August 1876, Worthing, Sussex) was a British Orientalist, translator and lexicographer.
Edwin Long
Edwin Longsden Long RA (12 July 1829 – 15 May 1891) was an English genre, history, biblical and portrait painter.
Edwin Longsden Long RA (12 July 1829 – 15 May 1891) was an English genre, history, biblical and portrait painter.
Emmeline Lott
Emmeline Lott was the author of "The English Governess in Egypt: Harem Life in Egypt and Constantinople", an account of her employment as governess to the young son of Isma'il Pasha, Viceroy of ...
Emmeline Lott was the author of "The English Governess in Egypt: Harem Life in Egypt and Constantinople", an account of her employment as governess to the young son of Isma'il Pasha, Viceroy of ...
Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot
Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot (21 May 1833 – 25 May 1901) was a notable British Orientalist and translator.
Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot (21 May 1833 – 25 May 1901) was a notable British Orientalist and translator.
Francis Wilford
Francis Wilford(1761–1822) was an Indologist, Orientalist, fellow member of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, and a constant collaborator of its journal - Asiatic Researches - contributing a nu...
Francis Wilford(1761–1822) was an Indologist, Orientalist, fellow member of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, and a constant collaborator of its journal - Asiatic Researches - contributing a nu...
Frederick William Thomas (philologist)
Frederick William (F. W.) Thomas (1867-1956) was an Indologist and Tibetologist.
Frederick William (F. W.) Thomas (1867-1956) was an Indologist and Tibetologist.
George Cecil Renouard
George Cecil Renouard (7 September 1780–15 February 1867) was an English classical and oriental scholar.
George Cecil Renouard (7 September 1780–15 February 1867) was an English classical and oriental scholar.
George Sale
George Sale (1697, Canterbury, Kent, England–1736, London, England) was an Orientalist and practising solicitor, best known for his 1734 translation of the Qur'an into English.
George Sale (1697, Canterbury, Kent, England–1736, London, England) was an Orientalist and practising solicitor, best known for his 1734 translation of the Qur'an into English.
Gerard Clauson
Sir Gerard Leslie Makins Clauson was an English civil servant, businessman, and Orientalist best known for his studies of the Turkish language.
Sir Gerard Leslie Makins Clauson was an English civil servant, businessman, and Orientalist best known for his studies of the Turkish language.
Godfrey Rolles Driver
Godfrey Rolles Driver (August 20, 1892 - April 22, 1975) was an English Orientalist noted for his studies of Semitic languages and Assyriology.
Godfrey Rolles Driver (August 20, 1892 - April 22, 1975) was an English Orientalist noted for his studies of Semitic languages and Assyriology.
Gordon Luce
Gordon Hannington Luce was a colonial scholar in Burma.
Gordon Hannington Luce was a colonial scholar in Burma.
H. R. P. Dickson
Lieutenant Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson (4 February 1881 – 14 June 1959) was a British colonial administrator in the Middle East from the 1920s until the 1940s, and author of sev...
Lieutenant Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson (4 February 1881 – 14 June 1959) was a British colonial administrator in the Middle East from the 1920s until the 1940s, and author of sev...
H. V. F. Winstone
Harry Victor Frederick Winstone FRGS, known as Victor, was an English author and journalist, who specialised in Middle Eastern topics.
Harry Victor Frederick Winstone FRGS, known as Victor, was an English author and journalist, who specialised in Middle Eastern topics.
Harold Walter Bailey
Sir Harold Walter Bailey (16 December 1899 – 11 January 1996), who published as H. W. Bailey, was an eminent English scholar of Khotanese, Sanskrit, and the comparative study of Iranian la...
Sir Harold Walter Bailey (16 December 1899 – 11 January 1996), who published as H. W. Bailey, was an eminent English scholar of Khotanese, Sanskrit, and the comparative study of Iranian la...
Henry Pitts Forster
Henry Pitts Forster (1766?–1815) was an orientalist.
Henry Pitts Forster (1766?–1815) was an orientalist.
Henry Tattam
Henry Tattam (28 December 1788 – 8 January 1868, Stanford Rivers, Essex) was a Church of England clergyman and Coptic scholar.
Henry Tattam (28 December 1788 – 8 January 1868, Stanford Rivers, Essex) was a Church of England clergyman and Coptic scholar.
J.N. Farquhar
John Nicol Farquhar was a Scottish educational missionary to Calcutta, and an Orientalist.
John Nicol Farquhar was a Scottish educational missionary to Calcutta, and an Orientalist.
John Brande Morris
John Brande Morris, known to friends as Jack Morris (born at Brentford, Middlesex, 4 September 1812; died at Hammersmith, London, 9 April 1880) was an English Anglican theologian, later a ...
John Brande Morris, known to friends as Jack Morris (born at Brentford, Middlesex, 4 September 1812; died at Hammersmith, London, 9 April 1880) was an English Anglican theologian, later a ...
John Cripps Pembrey Jnr
John Cripps Pembrey Jnr (28 December 1831, Jericho, Oxford - 1 May 1918, Oxford) was a distinguished Oriental proof reader.
John Cripps Pembrey Jnr (28 December 1831, Jericho, Oxford - 1 May 1918, Oxford) was a distinguished Oriental proof reader.
John Frederick Lewis
John Frederick Lewis (July 14, 1804 – August 15, 1876) was an Orientalist English painter.
John Frederick Lewis (July 14, 1804 – August 15, 1876) was an Orientalist English painter.
John Gregory (scholar)
John Gregory was an English orientalist.
John Gregory was an English orientalist.
John Macbride (professor)
John David Macbride (28 June 1778 – 24 January 1868) was an academic at the University of Oxford in the 19th century, John David Macbride, the son of John MacBride (a naval officer and politici...
John David Macbride (28 June 1778 – 24 January 1868) was an academic at the University of Oxford in the 19th century, John David Macbride, the son of John MacBride (a naval officer and politici...
John Richardson (orientalist)
John Richardson (1740/1741 – 1795), FAS of Wadham College, Oxford was the editor of the first Persian-Arabic-English dictionary in 1778-1780.
John Richardson (1740/1741 – 1795), FAS of Wadham College, Oxford was the editor of the first Persian-Arabic-English dictionary in 1778-1780.
John Selden
John Selden (16 December 1584 – 30 November 1654) was an English jurist and a scholar of England's ancient laws and constitution and scholar of Jewish law.
John Selden (16 December 1584 – 30 November 1654) was an English jurist and a scholar of England's ancient laws and constitution and scholar of Jewish law.
Joseph Dacre Carlyle
Joseph Dacre Carlyle (4 June 1759 – 18 April 1804) was an English orientalist, born in Carlisle, England, where his father was a physician.
Joseph Dacre Carlyle (4 June 1759 – 18 April 1804) was an English orientalist, born in Carlisle, England, where his father was a physician.
Joseph White (Orientalist)
Joseph White (1745–1814) was an English orientalist and theologian, Laudian Professor of Arabic and then Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Oxford.
Joseph White (1745–1814) was an English orientalist and theologian, Laudian Professor of Arabic and then Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Oxford.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
The Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (15 May 1689 – 21 August 1762) was an English aristocrat and writer.
The Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (15 May 1689 – 21 August 1762) was an English aristocrat and writer.
Laurence Aldersey
Laurence Aldersey (fl. 1581–1586) was an English adventurer who made two journeys to the Levant, the accounts of which, ‘set downe by himself,’ are preserved to us in the pages of Hakluyt.
Laurence Aldersey (fl. 1581–1586) was an English adventurer who made two journeys to the Levant, the accounts of which, ‘set downe by himself,’ are preserved to us in the pages of Hakluyt.
Leonard Chappelow
Leonard Chappelow (1683-1768) was an English clergyman and orientalist.
Leonard Chappelow (1683-1768) was an English clergyman and orientalist.
Lionel Barnett
Lionel David Barnett CB FBA (21 October 1871 – 28 January 1960) was an English orientalist.
Lionel David Barnett CB FBA (21 October 1871 – 28 January 1960) was an English orientalist.
M. A. Sherring
Matthew Atmore Sherring (M.A. Sherring) (1826–1880) was a Protestant missionary in India who was also a reputed scholar and Indologist and wrote a number of works related to India.
Matthew Atmore Sherring (M.A. Sherring) (1826–1880) was a Protestant missionary in India who was also a reputed scholar and Indologist and wrote a number of works related to India.
Marcus Bourne Huish
Marcus Bourne Huish (25 November 1843-4 May 1921) was a British barrister, writer and art dealer.
Marcus Bourne Huish (25 November 1843-4 May 1921) was a British barrister, writer and art dealer.
Nathaniel Brassey Halhed
Nathaniel Brassey Halhed was an English Orientalist and philologist.
Nathaniel Brassey Halhed was an English Orientalist and philologist.
Peter Avery
Peter Avery OBE (May 15, 1923 – October 6, 2008) was an eminent British scholar of Persian and a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge.
Peter Avery OBE (May 15, 1923 – October 6, 2008) was an eminent British scholar of Persian and a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge.
Ralph Lilley Turner
Sir Ralph Lilley Turner MC (5 October 1888 – 22 April 1983) was an English Indian languages philologist and university administrator.
Sir Ralph Lilley Turner MC (5 October 1888 – 22 April 1983) was an English Indian languages philologist and university administrator.
Reuben Burrow
Reuben Burrow (30 December 1747 – 7 June 1792) was an English mathematician and orientalist.
Reuben Burrow (30 December 1747 – 7 June 1792) was an English mathematician and orientalist.
Reynold A. Nicholson
Reynold Alleyne Nicholson, or R. A. Nicholson, (August 18, 1868 — August 27, 1945) was an eminent English orientalist, scholar of both Islamic literature and Islamic mysticism, and widely ...
Reynold Alleyne Nicholson, or R. A. Nicholson, (August 18, 1868 — August 27, 1945) was an eminent English orientalist, scholar of both Islamic literature and Islamic mysticism, and widely ...
Richard Fleming St Andrew St John
Richard Fleming St Andrew St John (1839-1919) of Ealing was an English orientalist.
Richard Fleming St Andrew St John (1839-1919) of Ealing was an English orientalist.
Richard Francis Burton
Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS was a British geographer, explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer and diplomat.
Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS was a British geographer, explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer and diplomat.
Richard Laurence
Richard Laurence (1760–1838) was an English Hebraist and Anglican churchman.
Richard Laurence (1760–1838) was an English Hebraist and Anglican churchman.
Richard Olaf Winstedt
Sir Richard Olaf Winstedt (2 August 1878 - 2 June 1966), or more commonly R.O. Winstedt, was an English Orientalist and colonial administrator with expertise in British Malaya.
Sir Richard Olaf Winstedt (2 August 1878 - 2 June 1966), or more commonly R.O. Winstedt, was an English Orientalist and colonial administrator with expertise in British Malaya.
Robert Huntington
Robert Huntington (1637–1701) was an English churchman, orientalist and manuscript collector.
Robert Huntington (1637–1701) was an English churchman, orientalist and manuscript collector.
Robert Lubbock Bensly
Robert Lubbock Bensly (born Eaton, Norwich, England, August 24, 1831; died at Cambridge, April 23, 1893) was an English Orientalist.
Robert Lubbock Bensly (born Eaton, Norwich, England, August 24, 1831; died at Cambridge, April 23, 1893) was an English Orientalist.
Robert of Ketton
Robert of Ketton (Latin: Robertus Ketenensis) (1110? – 1160?) was an English medieval theologian, astronomer and Arabist.
Robert of Ketton (Latin: Robertus Ketenensis) (1110? – 1160?) was an English medieval theologian, astronomer and Arabist.
Robert Talbot Kelly
Robert Talbot Kelly (1861 – 1934) was an English orientalist landscape and genre painter, author and illustrator.
Robert Talbot Kelly (1861 – 1934) was an English orientalist landscape and genre painter, author and illustrator.
Samuel Lee (linguist)
Samuel Lee (1783 – 1852) was an English Orientalist, born in Shropshire; professor at Cambridge, first of Arabic and then of Hebrew language; was the author of a Hebrew grammar and lexicon...
Samuel Lee (1783 – 1852) was an English Orientalist, born in Shropshire; professor at Cambridge, first of Arabic and then of Hebrew language; was the author of a Hebrew grammar and lexicon...
Samuel Rolles Driver
Samuel Rolles Driver (October 2, 1846 - February 26, 1914) was an English divine and Hebrew scholar.
Samuel Rolles Driver (October 2, 1846 - February 26, 1914) was an English divine and Hebrew scholar.
Simon Digby (oriental scholar)
Professor Simon Everard Digby MA (17 October 1932 – 10 January 2010) was an English oriental scholar, translator, writer and collector who was awarded the Burton Medal of the Royal Asiatic...
Professor Simon Everard Digby MA (17 October 1932 – 10 January 2010) was an English oriental scholar, translator, writer and collector who was awarded the Burton Medal of the Royal Asiatic...
Sir George Staunton, 2nd Baronet
Sir George Thomas Staunton, 2nd Baronet (26 May 1781 – 10 August 1859) was an English traveller and Orientalist.
Sir George Thomas Staunton, 2nd Baronet (26 May 1781 – 10 August 1859) was an English traveller and Orientalist.
Sir John Woodroffe
Sir John George Woodroffe (1865–1936), also known by his pseudonym Arthur Avalon, was a British Orientalist whose work helped to unleash in the West a deep and wide interest in Hind...
Sir John George Woodroffe (1865–1936), also known by his pseudonym Arthur Avalon, was a British Orientalist whose work helped to unleash in the West a deep and wide interest in Hind...
Sophia Lane Poole
Sophia Lane Poole was the author of The Englishwoman in Egypt: Letters from Cairo, written during a residence there in 1842, 3 & 4, with E.W. Lane Esq., Author of “The Modern Egyptians.” Sh...
Sophia Lane Poole was the author of The Englishwoman in Egypt: Letters from Cairo, written during a residence there in 1842, 3 & 4, with E.W. Lane Esq., Author of “The Modern Egyptians.” Sh...
Stephen Wootton Bushell
Stephen Wootton Bushell CMG MD (28 July 1844 – 19 September 1908) was an English physician and amateur Orientalist who made important contributions to the study of Chinese ceramics, Chinese num...
Stephen Wootton Bushell CMG MD (28 July 1844 – 19 September 1908) was an English physician and amateur Orientalist who made important contributions to the study of Chinese ceramics, Chinese num...
Thomas Greaves (orientalist)
Thomas Greaves was an English orientalist, a contributor to the London Polyglot of Brian Walton.
Thomas Greaves was an English orientalist, a contributor to the London Polyglot of Brian Walton.
Thomas Hyde
Thomas Hyde (29 June 1636 – 18 February 1703) was an English orientalist.
Thomas Hyde (29 June 1636 – 18 February 1703) was an English orientalist.
Thomas Jarrett
Thomas Jarrett, DD, (1805–1882) was an English churchman and orientalist.
Thomas Jarrett, DD, (1805–1882) was an English churchman and orientalist.
Thomas Maurice
The son of a schoolmaster, Thomas Maurice was educated at the Wesleyan seminary at Bristol before entering University College, Oxford in 1774, aged 19 (B.A. 1778, M.A. 1808); he was chaplain to ...
The son of a schoolmaster, Thomas Maurice was educated at the Wesleyan seminary at Bristol before entering University College, Oxford in 1774, aged 19 (B.A. 1778, M.A. 1808); he was chaplain to ...
Thomas Walker Arnold
Sir Thomas Walker Arnold was an eminent British orientalist and historian of Islamic art who taught at MAO College, Aligarh Muslim University, then Aligarh College, and Government College Univer...
Sir Thomas Walker Arnold was an eminent British orientalist and historian of Islamic art who taught at MAO College, Aligarh Muslim University, then Aligarh College, and Government College Univer...
Thomas William Rhys Davids
Thomas William Rhys Davids was a British scholar of the Pāli language and founder of the Pali Text Society.
Thomas William Rhys Davids was a British scholar of the Pāli language and founder of the Pali Text Society.
Thomas Yeates (orientalist)
Thomas Yeates (1768–1869) was an oriental linguist.
Thomas Yeates (1768–1869) was an oriental linguist.
Violet Dickson
Dame Violet Penelope Dickson, DBE (3 September 1896 – 4 January 1991) was the wife of British colonial administrator H. R. P. Dickson.
Dame Violet Penelope Dickson, DBE (3 September 1896 – 4 January 1991) was the wife of British colonial administrator H. R. P. Dickson.
Walter Tyndale
Walter Frederick Roofe Tyndale (1855-1943) was an English watercolour painter of landscapes, architecture and street scenes, book illustrator and travel writer.
Walter Frederick Roofe Tyndale (1855-1943) was an English watercolour painter of landscapes, architecture and street scenes, book illustrator and travel writer.
William Cureton
William Cureton (1808 – 17 June 1864) was an English Orientalist.
William Cureton (1808 – 17 June 1864) was an English Orientalist.
William Gifford Palgrave
William Gifford Palgrave (1826–1888) was an Arabic scholar, born at Westminster, England.
William Gifford Palgrave (1826–1888) was an Arabic scholar, born at Westminster, England.
William Guise
William Guise (Guilelmus Guisius) (c.1653–1683), was an English orientalist.
William Guise (Guilelmus Guisius) (c.1653–1683), was an English orientalist.
William Hodge Mill
William Hodge Mill (1792–1853) was an English churchman and orientalist, the first principal of Bishop's College, Calcutta and later Regius Professor of Hebrew at Cambridge.
William Hodge Mill (1792–1853) was an English churchman and orientalist, the first principal of Bishop's College, Calcutta and later Regius Professor of Hebrew at Cambridge.
William Jones (philologist)
Sir William Jones (28 September 1746 – 27 April 1794) was an English philologist and scholar of ancient India, particularly known for his proposition of the existence of a relationship amo...
Sir William Jones (28 September 1746 – 27 April 1794) was an English philologist and scholar of ancient India, particularly known for his proposition of the existence of a relationship amo...
William Marsden (orientalist)
William Marsden DCL FRS was an English orientalist, linguist, numismatist and pioneer in the scientific study of Indonesia.
William Marsden DCL FRS was an English orientalist, linguist, numismatist and pioneer in the scientific study of Indonesia.
William Yates (missionary)
William Yates (15 November 1792 - June 1845) was an English Baptist missionary and orientalist.
William Yates (15 November 1792 - June 1845) was an English Baptist missionary and orientalist.