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WRIGHT, WILLIAM.
Hon. LL.D. 1868; M.A. 1872. [S. of Capt.
Alexander, of the Hon. East India Company's service (and Johanna Leonora Christina, 2nd dau. of Daniel Anthony Overbeek, the last Dutch Governor of Chinsura, and widow of Capt.
John Gordon, 20th Bengal India , N.I.). B. Jan. 17, 1830, in Nepal . Educated at St Andrew's Univ. and at Halle and Leyden.] Fellow of Queens', 1870-89.
Sir Thomas Adams's Professor of Arabic, 1870-89.
Hon. D.C.L., Oxford, 1887.
Professor of Arabic at University College, London , 1855-6; at Trinity College, Dublin, 1856-61.
Assistant in the Department of MSS. at the British Museum, 1861-9; Assistant Keeper, 1869-70.
Member of the Old Testament Revision Committee.
He was most influential both as a student and as a teacher, and to his active mediation the University Library owes the possession of the finest European collection of Early Indian manuscripts.
Author, Travels of Ibn Jubair; Opuscula Arabica ; the Syriac Book of Kalilah and Dimnah, etc.
Married Emily Littledale, of Dublin, Died, s.p., May 22, 1889, at his House in Station Road, Cambridge.
Memorial window in Queens' Chapel.
( Boase; Historical Reg., 82; D.N.B.; Al. Oxon. ; V. Hodson.)
William WRIGHT
Approx. lifespan: 1830–1889
Hon.LLD 1868
MA 1872
s. of Captain: Alexander, of the Hon. East India Company's service (and Johanna Leonora Christina OVERBEEK 2nd dau. of Daniel Anthony OVERBEEK the last Dutch Governor of Chinsura, [ India ] and widow of Captain: John Gordon, 20th Bengal N.I.)
b. 1830:01:17 in Nepal
Educated at Sch: St Andrew's University [ Fife ] and Halle, [ Germany ] and Leyden, [ Holland ]
Fellow of: : Queens' College 1870-89
Sir Thomas Adams'
Professor of: Arabic 1870-89
Hon. DCL OX 1887
Professor of: Arabic Sch: University College, London 1855-56 ;at Trinity College, Dublin 1856-61
Assistant in: : Department of MSS. at the British: <wrk> Museum </wrk> [ London ] 1861-69
Assistant Keeper: 1869-70
Member of: Old Testament Revision Committee
He was most influential both as a
Student: and as a teacher, and to his active mediation University Library owes the possession of the finest European collection of Early Indian manuscripts.
Publ.: Travels of Ibn Jubair; Opuscula Arabica ; the Syriac Book of Kalilah and Dimnah etc.
m. Emily Littledale, of Dublin, [ Ireland ]
d., s.p. 1889:05:22,at his House in Station Road CB, [ Cambridgeshire ]
Memorial window in Queens' College Chapel.
( Boase; Historical Reg. 82; D.N.B.; Al. Oxon. ; V. Hodson.)
[add:]Photograph: CAS: H.176; Bust, by J. Hutchinson, in Fitzwilliam Museum[:add]
[add:]Goodison: CP : 202[:add]

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