Sir Thomas Adams's Professor of Arabic is a title used at

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for the holder of a professorship of Arabic;

Sir Thomas Adams, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Adams, 1st Baronet (1586 – 24 February 1667/1668) was the Lord Mayor of the City of London and a Member of Parliament for the City of London from 1654 to 1655 and from 1656 to 1658. Adams was born in 1586, at Wem, Shropshire, educa ...

(1586–1668),

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in 1645, gave to Cambridge University the money needed to create the first

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Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

. The professorship was partly created to propagate the

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faith "to them who now sit in darkness".

Sir Thomas Adams's Professors

* Abraham Wheelocke (1632) *

Edmund Castell Edmund Castell (1606–1686) was an English orientalist. He was born at Tadlow, in Cambridgeshire. At the age of fifteen he entered Emmanuel College, Cambridge, gaining his BA in 1624-5 and his MA in 1628. Appointed Professor of Arabic in 166 ...

(1666) *

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(1685) * Charles Wright (1702–1710) *

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(1711) * Leonard Chappelow (1720) *

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(1768) * William Craven (1770) *

Joseph Dacre Carlyle Rev Joseph Dacre Carlyle FRSE (4 June 1758 – 12 April 1804) was an English orientalist. He gained church preferment and travelled widely. Carlyle worked with Sarah Hodgson to create a version of the Old Testament printed in Arabic. Life Jose ...

(1795) *

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(1804) * Samuel Lee (1819) *

Thomas Jarrett Thomas Jarrett, DD, (1805–1882) was an English churchman and orientalist. Life He was educated at St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1827 as thirty-fourth wrangler, and seventh in the first class of the classical t ...

(1831) * Henry Griffin Williams (1854) * William Wright (1870) *

William Robertson Smith William Robertson Smith (8 November 184631 March 1894) was a Scottish orientalist, Old Testament scholar, professor of divinity, and minister of the Free Church of Scotland. He was an editor of the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' and contributor ...

(1889) *

Charles Pierre Henri Rieu Charles Pierre Henri Rieu (June 8, 1820 – March 19, 1902) was a Swiss orientalist and Professor of Arabic in London and Cambridge. Biography Rieu was born in Geneva, the son of soldier and politician Jean-Louis Rieu. He studied at Bonn Uni ...

(1894) *

Edward Granville Browne Edward Granville Browne FBA (7 February 1862 – 5 January 1926) was a British Iranologist. He published numerous articles and books, mainly in the areas of history and literature. Life Browne was born in Stouts Hill, Uley, Gloucestershire, ...

(1902) *

Reynold Alleyne Nicholson Reynold Alleyne Nicholson, FBA (18 August 1868 – 27 August 1945), or R. A. Nicholson, was an eminent English orientalist, scholar of both Islamic literature and Islamic mysticism, and widely regarded as one of the greatest Rumi (Mevla ...

(1926) *

Charles Ambrose Storey Charles Ambrose Storey (1888 - 1968) was a British orientalist. His best known contribution was his ''Persian Literature: A Bio-bibliographical Survey'', published in five volumes between 1927 and 2004. It was envisioned by Storey as a counterpa ...

(1933) *

Arthur John Arberry Arthur John Arberry (12 May 1905, in Portsmouth – 2 October 1969, in Cambridge) FBA was a British scholar of Arabic literature, Persian studies, and Islamic studies. He was educated at Portsmouth Grammar School and Pembroke College, Cambrid ...

(1947–1969) *

Robert Bertram Serjeant Robert Bertram Serjeant, FBA (23 March 1915 – 29 April 1993) was a British scholar, traveller, and one of the leading Arabists of his generation. Background and career He was born and raised in Edinburgh and studied at the University o ...

(1970–1982) *

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(1985) *

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(1996–2002) * James Montgomery (2012– )

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Sir Thomas Adams's Professors

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