Palmer, Edward Henry, 1840-1882 (orientalist)

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1840 - 1882

Biography

Edward Henry Palmer (1840-82), orientalist, was born on 7 August 1840 in Green Street, Cambridge. He matriculated at St John's College in November 1864 and in 1865 was awarded a foundation scholarship. He graduated BA in 1867, with only a third class in the classical tripos, and proceeded MA in 1870; but his main energies as an undergraduate were given to oriental studies. During this period he catalogued the Persian, Arabic, and Turkish manuscripts of King's College and Trinity College (1870), and also of the university library. Palmer was elected to a fellowship at St John's College on 5 November 1867. He was appointed the lord almoner's professor of Arabic in 1871. He was murdered in Egypt on 11 August 1882.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Fonds

Edward Henry Palmer: Correspondence to E. Atkinson and Henry Bradshaw, 1869-1878

Fonds

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4251/1054-1061

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.

Dates: 1869-1878

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Found in: Cambridge University Library / Miscellaneous Accessions

Series

Letter from E.H. Palmer to E.B. Cowell, 1879 (n.d. 'Saturday' [1879])

Series

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6377/444

Dates: 1879 (n.d. 'Saturday' [1879])

Found in: Cambridge University Library / Edward Byers Cowell: Correspondence