Keene, Henry George 1781-1864

Epithet: Reverend

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Henry George Keene (1781-1864), Persian scholar, was born in London on 30 September 1781. After a private education, he joined the Madras army as a cadet, taking part in the siege and storming of Seringapatam in 1799. He entered the Madras civil service in 1801, and attended Fort William College, Calcutta, 1801-1804. In 1809 he resigned from the service and returned to England. Keene entered Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, in 1811, where he became a Fellow in 1817. He was ordained deacon in 1818, and priest in 1819, and was Professor of Arabic and Persian at the East India College, Haileybury, 1824-1834. He died at Tunbridge Wells on 29 January 1864.

From the guide to the Henry Keene: Travel journal in Germany and Austria, 1815-1817, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives)

Of the East India Company College, Hertford.

Epithet: clergyman

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