Thomas Walker Arnold: Difference between revisions

Arnold was born on 19 April 1864, and educated at the [[City of London School]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/arnold-sir-thomas-walker-british-orientalist-1864-1930|title=ARNOLD, THOMAS WALKER – Encyclopaedia Iranica|last=electricpulp.com|website=www.iranicaonline.org|access-date=2016-08-08}}</ref> From 1888 he worked as a teacher at the [[Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College]], [[Aligarh]]. 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>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/arnold-sir-thomas-walker-british-orientalist-1864-1930|title=ARNOLD, THOMAS WALKER – Encyclopaedia Iranica|last=electricpulp.com|website=www.iranicaonline.org|access-date=2016-08-08}}</ref> 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>{{Cite web|url=http://www.open.ac.uk/researchprojects/makingbritain/content/thomas-w-arnold|title=Thomas W. Arnold {{!}} Making Britain|website=www.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>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/arnold-sir-thomas-walker-british-orientalist-1864-1930|title=ARNOLD, THOMAS WALKER – Encyclopaedia Iranica|last=electricpulp.com|website=www.iranicaonline.org|access-date=2016-08-08}}</ref> Arnold became the first English editor for the first edition of ''[[The Encyclopaedia of Islam]]''.<ref>[http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/arnold-sir-thomas-walker-british-orientalist-1864-1930]</ref>