Thomas Walker Arnold

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<region> scholar Medieval era
Sir Thomas Arnold
Name:	Thomas Walker Arnold
Birth:	1864 ^{[citation needed]}
Death:	1930 ^{[citation needed]}
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Influenced:	Iqbal ^{[citation needed]}

Thomas Walker Arnold (1864-1930) was an eminent British orientalist who taught at MAO College, Aligarh, and Government College, Lahore. He was also the teacher of famous poet-philosopher Iqbal,Syed Sulaiman Nadwi and a very close friend of Shibli Nomani who was also a teacher at Aligarh.

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He was born on 19 April 1864 and educated at the City of London School. He entered Magdalene College, Cambridge University in 1883. From 1888 he worked as a teacher at the MAO College, Aligarh. In 1898, he accepted a post as Professor of Philosophy at the Government College, Lahore and later became Dean of the Oriental Faculty at Punjab University. From 1904 to 1909 he was on the staff of the India Office as Assistant Librarian. In 1909 he was appointed Educational Adviser to Indian students in Britain. From 1917 to 1920 he acted as Adviser to the Secretary of State for India. He was Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the School of Oriental Studies, University of London, 1921-1930. Arnold exposed Indian muslim poetMuhammad Iqbal to western culture and ideas, and served as a bridge for Iqbal between the ideas of the east and west. He was made Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1912, and in 1921 was given a Knighthood by the Crown. He married Celia Mary Hickson in 1892. He died on 9 June 1930.