A Short History of the Gibb Memorial Trust and its Trustees: A Century of Oriental Scholarship

Biography & Memoir, Featured, History & Geography, New

Editor: Charles Melville
Year: 2023
ISBN: 9781399516259
Language: English
208p, H216 x W138 (mm) 

Table of Contents

Note on Transliteration and Abbreviations Used

Introduction Charles Melville 

1. E. J. W. Gibb Christine Woodhead 

2. E. G. Browne Rob Gleave 

3. G. Le Strange Hugh Kennedy 

4. H. F. Amedroz Andrew Marsham 

5. A. G. EllisCharles Melville 

6. R. A. Nicholson Alan Williams 

7. Sir E. Denison Ross Andrew Peacock 

8. Sir James Lyall James Montgomery 

9. C. A. Storey Charles Melville

10. H. A. R. Gibb Hugh Kennedy 

11. Reuben Levy Charles Melville

12. A. J. Arberry Charles Melville

13. A. F. L. Beeston Carole Hillenbrand

14. Bernard Lewis Carole Hillenbrand

15. A. K. S. Lambton Carole Hillenbrand

16. Geoffrey L. Lewis Christine Woodhead

17. J. D. Pearson Charles Melville

18. M. C. Lyons Carole Hillenbrand

19. R. B. Serjeant Andrew Marsham

20. R. C. Zaehner Alan Williams

21. J. A. Boyle Charles Melville

22. J. Derek Latham Carole Hillenbrand

23. A. H. Morton Charles Melville

24. G. Rex Smith Interview by Robert Gleave

Appendix A: List of Trustees

Appendix B: List of Gibb Memorial Series Publications Index

The Gibb Memorial Trust, founded at the start of the 20th century, comprised among its trustees some of the most celebrated and prominent orientalists of their day. Together, they sponsored and supported research on editing and translating Arabic, Persian and Turkish manuscripts on a range of subjects, from history, literature, geography and poetry to Sufism and the Islamic sciences. This volume covers the development of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies over the last 120 years or so, as seen through the biographies of the leading scholars of the period. It opens with a short history of the Trust, before presenting a series of short biographical and often personal appreciations of these eminent Middle Eastern scholars of the past, written by existing trustees. In providing a history of this important institution, the book shines a light on the history and development of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies in Britain more broadly.

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