Ion Keith Falconer

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Ion Grant Neville Keith-Falconer (1856-07-05 – 1887-05-11) was a missionary and Arabic scholar, the third son of the 8th Earl of Kintore. After passing through Harrow School and the University of Cambridge, his ardent temperament carried him into successful evangelistic work in London. In 1886 he was appointed Arabic professor at Cambridge, but his promising career was cut short near Aden while engaged in missionary work. He translated the Fables of Bidpaï. He was a noted athlete, and champion cyclist of the world in 1878.

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• Keith-Falconer, I.G.N., Kalilah and Dimnah, or, The Fables of Bidpai : being an account of their literary history / with an English translation of the later Syriac version of the same, and notes, Cambridge : University Press, (1885)
• Sinker, Robert, Memorials of the Hon. Ion Keith-Falconer, M.A. : late Lord Almoner's Professor of Arabic in the University of Cambridge, and missionary to the Mohammedans of Southern Arabia, Cambridge : Deighton, Bell and Co., (1888)
• Robson, James, Ion Keith-Falconer of Arabia, London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1923)
• Sons of the Covenant, by Marcus Lawrence Loane, Archbishop of Sydney. Sydney: Angus & Robertson (1963)

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.