Edward Sell (priest)

Edward Sell
Born 24 January 1839
Wantage, England
Died 15 February 1932
Bangalore, India
Education Church Missionary College in Islington
Church Church of England
Ordained 1867
Title Canon

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

Biography

Sell was born on 24 January 1839 in Wantage 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 Madras University and he received a Bachelor of Divinity from Lambeth in 1881. Sell received an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Edinburgh University in 1907. He was a member of the Royal Asiatic Society and was awarded the Kaiser-i-Hind Gold Medal in 1906. He was also appointed "Chairman of the Arabic, Persian, and Hindustani Studies".[1]

After finishing his studies in 1862, Sell was ordained deacon and in 1867, priest. Sell served as the examining chaplain for the Bishop of Madras and in 1889 he was appointed canon 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 Madras in which capacity he continued until 1881. It was also during this time that he was secretary of the Church Missionary Society for the dioceses of Madras and Travancore.[2] He officially retired from the CMS in 1923, but continued to live in India, involving himself in scholarship and ministry. When he died in Bangalore on 15 February 1932, he was working on his fiftieth book.[3] Sell wrote extensively on Islam and biblical subjects, in particular, the Old Testament. His works include:

References

  1. C. E. Buckland. Dictionary of Indian Biography. London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co. Lim., 1906, p. 382.
  2. Guenther, Alan M. The Hadith in Christian-Muslim Discourse in British India, 1857–1888 Master of Arts Thesis. McGill University, November 1997. p. 93
  3. 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.
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