- Thomas Walker Arnold
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region =scholar
era = Medieval era
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image_caption = Sir Thomas Arnold
name = Thomas Walker Arnold
birth =April 19 1864 Fact|date=February 2007
death =June 9 1930 Fact|date=February 2007
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influenced =Iqbal Fact|date=February 2007
notable_ideas =Sir Thomas Walker Arnold (1864-1930) was an eminent British
orientalist who taught atMAO College ,Aligarh , andGovernment College ,Lahore . He was also the teacher of famous poet-philosopherMuhammad Iqbal , Syed Sulaiman Nadwi and a very close friend ofShibli Nomani who was also a teacher at Aligarh.Life
He was born on
19 April 1864 and educated at theCity of London School . He entered Magdalene College,Cambridge University in 1883. From 1888 he worked as a teacher at theMAO College ,Aligarh . In 1898, he accepted a post as Professor of Philosophy at theGovernment College , Lahore and later became Dean of the Oriental Faculty at Punjab University. From 1904 to 1909 he was on the staff of the India Office as Assistant Librarian. In 1909 he was appointed Educational Adviser to Indian students in Britain. From 1917 to 1920 he acted as Adviser to the Secretary of State for India. He was Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the School of Oriental Studies,University of London , 1921-1930. Arnold exposed Indian Muslim poetMuhammad Iqbal to western culture and ideas, and served as a bridge forIqbal between the ideas of the east and west. He was made Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1912, and in 1921 was given aKnighthood by the Crown. He married Celia Mary Hickson in 1892. He died on9 June 1930 .Works
* "The Old and New Testaments in Muslim Religious Art" (
Schweich Lectures for 1928)ee also
*
Iqbal External links
* [http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search2?coll_id=171&inst_id=19 Arnold, Sir Thomas Walker] , School of Oriental and African Studies: home page
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