See also:SOLOMON See also:CAESAR See also:MALAN (1812-1894)
, See also:British divine and orientalist, was by See also:birth a Swiss descended from an exiled See also:French See also:family, and was See also:born at See also:Geneva on the 22nd of See also:April 1812, where his See also:father, Dr See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Abraham See also:Caesar See also:Malan (1787-1864) enjoyed a See also:great reputation as a See also:Protestant divine
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From his earliest youth he manifested a remarkable See also:faculty for the study of See also:languages, and when he came to See also:Scotland as See also:tutor in the See also:marquis of See also:Tweeddale's family at the See also:age of 18 he had already made progress in See also:Sanskrit, Arabic and See also:Hebrew
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In 1833 he matriculated at St See also:Edmund See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall, See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford; and See also:English being almost an unknown See also:tongue to him, he petitioned the examiners to allow him to do his See also:paper See also:work of the examination in French, See also:German, See also:Spanish, See also:Italian, Latin or See also:Greek, rather than in English
.
But his See also:request was not granted
.
After gaining the Boden and the See also:Pusey and Ellerton scholarships, he graduated 2nd class in Lit. hum. in 1837
.
He then proceeded to See also:India as classical lecturer at See also:Bishop's See also:College, See also:Calcutta, to which See also:post he added the duties of secretary to the See also:Bengal See also:branch of the Royal See also:Asiatic Society; and although compelled by illness to return in 184o, laid the See also:foundation of a knowledge of Tibetan and See also:Chinese
.
After serving various curacies, he was presented in 1845 to the living of Broadwindsor, See also:Dorset, which he held until 1886
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During this entire See also:period he continued to See also:augment his linguistic knowledge, which he carried so far as to be able to preach in that most difficult See also:language, Georgian, on a visit which he paid to See also:Nineveh in 1872
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His See also:translations from the Armenian, Georgian and Coptic were numerous
.
He applied his Chinese learning to the determination of important points connected with Chinese See also:religion, and published a vast number of parallel passages illustrative of the See also:Book of See also:Proverbs
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In 188o the university of See also:Edinburgh conferred upon him the honorary degree of D.D
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No See also:modern See also:scholar, perhaps, has so nearly approached the linguistic omniscience of See also:Mezzofanti; but, like Mezzofanti, Dr Malan was more of a linguist than a critic
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He made himself conspicuous by the vehemence of his opposition to See also:Westcott and See also:Hort's See also:text of the New Testament, and to the transliteration of See also:Oriental languages, on neither of which points did he in See also:general obtain the suffrages of scholars
.
His extensive and valuable library, some See also:special collections excepted, was presented by him in his lifetime to the See also:Indian See also:Institute at Oxford
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He died at See also:Bournemouth on the 25th of See also:November 1894
.
His See also:life has been written by his son
.
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