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Edward Sell (January 24, 1839 – February 15, 1932) was an Anglican orientalist, writer, and
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in India.


Biography

Sell was born on 24 January 1839 in
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in Berkshire. He was educated at the Church Missionary College in Islington, London, completing his studies in 1862. In 1874 Sell was appointed as a fellow of
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and he received a
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from Lambeth in 1881. Sell received an honorary
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from the
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in 1907. He was a member of the
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and was awarded the Kaiser-i-Hind Gold Medal in 1906. He was also appointed "Chairman of the Arabic, Persian, and Hindustani Studies". After finishing his studies in 1862, Sell was ordained
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and in 1867, priest. Sell served as the examining chaplain for the Bishop of Madras and in 1889 he was appointed
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at St George's Cathedral, Madras. He is commemorated by a plaque in the Cathedral. In 1865 Sell became the principal of the Harris High School for Muslims in
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in which capacity he continued until 1881. It was also during this time that he was secretary of the
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for the dioceses of Madras and
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. He officially retired from the CMS in 1923, but continued to live in India, involving himself in scholarship and ministry. When he died in
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on 15 February 1932, he was working on his fiftieth book.Zwemer, S. M. "Obituary Notices: The Reverend Canon Edward Sell, D.D." ''Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland'' (1932): 730–731. Sell wrote extensively on Islam and biblical subjects, in particular, the Old Testament. His works include: *''The Faith of Islam'', London, 1880 *''ʼIlm-I-Tajwīd; or, The Art of Reading the Qurān With an Account of the Rules for the Rasm-Ul-Khat, and a List of the Various Readings of the Last Sura,'' 1882 *''Jāmi'-Ul-Qavānīn. An Urdu Grammar, with Chapters on Rhetoric and Prosody'', 1885 *''The Historical Development of the Quran'', 1897 *''Essays on Islam'', 1901 *''Islam: its Rise and Progress'', 1907 *''The Religious Orders of Islam'', 1908 *''The Khulafar-Rashidun'', 1909 *''The Cult of Ali'', 1909 *''The Battles of Badr and Uhud'', 1909 *''Al-Quran'', 1909 *''Sufiism'', 1910 *''The Druses'', 1910 *''Ghazwas and Sariyas'', 1911 *''The Hanífs'', 1912 *''Outlines of Islám'', 1912 *''The Life of Muhammad'', 1913 *''The Historical Development of the Quran'' *''Manʹaziruʹl-qawaʹid; a Persian grammar, with chapters on rhetoric and prosody'', 1911. *''Baháism'', 1912 *''Muslims in China'', 1913 *''Steadfast and Abounding'', 1914 *''Muslim Conquests in North Africa'', 1914 *''Muslim Conquests in Spain'', 1914 *''The Mamluks in Egypt'', 1914 *''The Umayyad and the ʻAbbasid Khalifates'', 1914 *''The Ottoman Turks'', 1915 *''The Minor Prophets'', 1922 *''The Songs of the Outlaw and Other Songs, Being an Exposition of Some Historical Psalms'', 1922 *''Daniel'', 1923 *''After Malachi'', 1923 *''The Making of a Nation (Judges)'',1923 *''Isaiah (I-XXXIX),'' 1923 *''The Life and Times of Jeremiah'', 1923 *''Ithna ʻAsharíyya, or, The Twelve Shiʻah Imams'', 1923 *''The Megilloth'', 1924 *''Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah'', 1924 *''Deuteronomy'', 1924 *''The Book of Job'', 1924 *''The Kingdom of Israel'', 1925 *''The Book of Genesis'', 1925 *''Exodus and Numbers'', 1925 *''Leviticus'', 1925 *''The Apocalypses'', 1925 *''The Kingdom of Judah'', 1926 *''The Undivided Kingdom'', 1926 *''The Samaritan and Other Jewish Sects'', 1927 *''A Guide to the Study of the Canon of the Old and New Testaments'', 1927 *''The Talmud, Mishnah, and Midrash'', 1928 *''Studies in Islam'', 1928 *''Islam in Spain'', 1929 *''The Áyyub and Mamluk Sultans'', 1929 *''Messianic Hope'', 1929 *''Inspiration'', 1930 *''The Exile'', 1931 *''Covenants: The Day of the Lord'', 1931 *''The Glorious Company of the Apostles and Other Sermons'', n.d.


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sell, Edward English Anglican missionaries Anglican missionaries in India Anglican writers 19th-century English Anglican priests Holders of a Lambeth degree Recipients of the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal Christian scholars of Islam 1839 births 1932 deaths People from Wantage Alumni of the Church Missionary Society College, Islington English emigrants to India