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W Beeston (Middlesex Cricketer)
Beeston is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alfred Felix Landon Beeston (1911–1995), professor of Arabic *Carl Beeston (born 1967), English footballer *Christopher Beeston (c. 1579 – 1638), actor *James Beeston (1778-?), English cricketer *John Beeston, an alternative name of James Beeston, cricketer *Julian Beeston, English musician *Kevin Beeston (born 1962), Welsh businessman *Paul Beeston (born 1945), Canadian baseball executive *W Beeston (Middlesex cricketer) (floruit, fl. 1789–1799) *William Beeston (c. 1606 – 1682), actor *Luke Beeston (born 1984), English Safety Professional {{surname, Beeston English toponymic surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Felix Landon Beeston
Alfred Felix Landon Beeston, FBA (23 February 1911 – 29 September 1995) was an English Orientalist best known for his studies of Arabic language and literature, and of ancient Yemeni inscriptions, as well as the history of pre-Islamic Arabia. His works were generally published under the name A. F. L. Beeston. Beeston was born at Barnes in southwest London, and educated at Westminster School where he was a King's Scholar. At age 14 he grew fascinated with South Arabian inscriptions at the British Museum, which he attempted to decipher by means of an appendix in James Theodore Bent's ''Sacred City of the Ethiopians'', asking for a Koran and Arabic dictionary as school prizes. In 1929 he entered Christ Church, Oxford, already determined to become a librarian in oriental studies; in 1933 he got a first in Arabic and Persian. In 1935, during the course of his D.Phil. under D. S. Margoliouth, on the subject of several Sabaic inscriptions, he accepted a post at the Bodleian Library. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |