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'''Sir Thomas Walker Arnold''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|CIE|FBA}} (19 April 1864 – 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/>
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