Anthony Ashley Bevan
English orientalist
Intro | English orientalist | |
Places | United Kingdom Great Britain England | |
was | Orientalist | |
Work field | Social science | |
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Birth | 1 January 1859 | |
Death | 1 January 1933 (aged 74 years) |
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.