Anthony Ashley Bevan

English orientalist
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IntroEnglish orientalist
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain England
wasOrientalist
Work fieldSocial science
Gender
Male
Birth1 January 1859
Death1 January 1933 (aged 74 years)
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Biography

Anthony Ashley Bevan (1859-1933) was an English orientalist.
He was the son of the banker Robert Cooper Lee Bevan, and his second wife, the translator and poet Frances Bevan.
In 1893 he became Lord Almoner's Professor of Arabic at Cambridge and held the post until 1933 when he died. He never visited any Arab countries, and his pronunciation of Arabic was thought "weird" by a former student. He was well liked by students and faculty, described as generous, and called a "liberal benefactor" to the college.

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