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'''Sir Thomas Walker Arnold''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|CIE|FBA}} (19 April 1864&ndash;9 June 1930) was a [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] [[Oriental studies|orientalist]] and historian of [[Islamic art]]. He taught at [[Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.britishempire.co.uk/article/plymouth/thomasarnold.htm|title=Empire in Your Backyard: Imperial Plymouth|website=britishempire.co.uk|access-date=2016-05-05}}</ref> later [[Aligarh Muslim University]], and [[Government College University, Lahore]].<ref name="Iranica">{{Cite web|last=Robinson|first=B.W.|title=ARNOLD, THOMAS WALKER – Encyclopaedia Iranica|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/arnold-sir-thomas-walker-british-orientalist-1864-1930|access-date=2016-08-08|website=iranicaonline.org}}</ref>▼

Arnold was a friend of [[Sir Syed Ahmed Khan]], who influenced him to write the famous book ''The Preaching of Islam'',<ref name=Iranica/> and of [[Shibli Nomani]], with whom he taught at Aligarh. He taught [[Syed Sulaiman Nadvi]] and the poet-philosopher [[Muhammad Iqbal]].<ref name=aligarhmovement>{{Cite web|url=http://aligarhmovement.com/karwaan_e_aligarh/sir_thomas_walker_arnold|title=Sir Thomas Walker Arnold {{!}} Aligarh Movement|website=aligarhmovement.com|access-date=2016-08-08}}</ref> He was the first English editor for the first edition of ''[[The Encyclopaedia of Islam]]''.<ref name=Iranica/>▼

Thomas Walker Arnold was born in [[Devonport, Plymouth]] on 19 April 1864,<ref name=MakingBritain/> and educated at the [[City of London School]]. From 1888 he worked as a teacher at the [[Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College]], [[Aligarh]]. In 1892 he married Celia Mary Hickson,<ref name=Iranica/> a niece of [[Theodore Beck]].<ref name=MakingBritain/> In 1898, he accepted a post as Professor of Philosophy at the [[Government College, Lahore]] and later became Dean of the Oriental Faculty at [[University of the Punjab|Punjab University]].<ref name=Iranica/> 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.<ref name=MakingBritain>{{Cite web|url=http://www.open.ac.uk/researchprojects/makingbritain/content/thomas-w-arnold|title=Thomas W. Arnold {{!}} Making Britain|website=open.ac.uk|access-date=2016-08-08}}</ref> From 1917 to 1920 he acted as Adviser to the [[Secretary of State for India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/949681.Thomas_Walker_Arnold|title=Thomas Walker Arnold|website=Goodreads|access-date=2016-08-08}}</ref> He was Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the [[School of Oriental and African Studies|School of Oriental Studies]], [[University of London]], from 1921 to 1930.<ref name=Iranica/>▼