Thomas Walker Arnold
Sir Thomas Walker Arnold (born April 19, 1864 in London ; † June 9, 1930 ibid) was a British orientalist , religious historian and art historian for Islamic art . Best known is his work: The Preaching of Islam: A History of the Propagation of the Muslim Faith , " A History of the Propagation of the Muslim Faith ".
Life
As the son of a businessman, he received a scholarship to Magdalene College in Cambridge , where he first studied classical languages , but then soon turned to oriental studies. At 24, he became a teacher of philosophy at Muhammedan Anglo-Oriental College in Aligarh , then in British India , this place retained during the next ten years, trying in cooperation with leading local Muslims , including Syed Ahmad Khan and Muhammad Iqbal to a reform of Islam . In 1898 he moved to Lahore , became professor of philosophy at the Government College there and later dean of the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Punjab . On his return to England in 1904, he initially became a training advisor for Indian students. From 1917 to 1920 he was advisor to the State Secretary for India , then from 1921 until his death he was professor of Arabic and Islamic studies at London University . He became the first English editor of the first edition of the Encyclopaedia of Islam .
In 1912 he was honored as a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) and knighted as a Knight Bachelor in 1921 .
Works
- The preaching of Islam: a history of the propagation of the Muslim faith . A. Constable and co., London 1896, 1913, 1935. Digitized second edition
- The Caliphate , Oxford 1924. New edition with an additional chapter by Sylvia G. Haim. Routledge and Kegan Paul, London 1965.
- The Old and New Testaments in Muslim Religious Art ( Schweich Lectures on Biblical Archeology 1928.)
- Painting in Islam, A Study of the Place of Pictorial Art in Muslim Culture (1928, reprinted 1965)
- (with Alfred Guillaume , ed.): The Legacy of Islam. 1931 digitized
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Knights and Dames: A – BEC at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arnold, Thomas Walker |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British orientalist and art historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 19, 1864 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 9, 1930 |
| Place of death | London |