Scholar of Arabic, Persian, and Islamic studies. He was appointed to the Chair of Persian at the School of Oriental and African Studies SOAS, University of London 1944-47. He subsequently became the Sir Thomas Adams's Professor of Arabic at Cambridge University and a Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge, his alma mater, from 1947 until his death in 1969. He was best known for his translation of the Qur'an (1955).
Scholar of Arabic, Persian, and Islamic studies. He was appointed to the Chair of Persian at the School of Oriental and African Studies SOAS, University of London 1944-47. He subsequently became the Sir Thomas Adams's Professor of Arabic at Cambridge University and a Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge, his alma mater, from 1947 until his death in 1969. He was best known for his translation of the Qur'an (1955).
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Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity for their Lord commanded the blessing even life for ever green. [Psalm 133]
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