Anthony Ashley Bevan

Anthony Ashley Bevan (1859-1933) was an English orientalist.

He was the son of the banker Robert Cooper Lee Bevan, and his second wife, the translator and poet Frances Bevan.^[1]

In 1893 he became Lord Almoner's Professor of Arabic at Cambridge and held the post until 1933 when he died. He never visited any Arab countries, and his pronunciation of Arabic was thought "weird" by a former student.^[2] He was well liked by students and faculty, described as generous, and called a "liberal benefactor" to the college.^[3]

References

1. "Bevan, Anthony Ashley (1859–1933)". ODNB. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
2. Leslie J. McLoughlin. In a Sea of Knowledge: British Arabists in the Twentieth Century, pg. 64
3. Joseph John Thomson. Recollections and Reflections, pg. 324

• Anthony Ashley Bevan - Trinity College Chapel