PENNELL, Theodore Leighton. Clifton, Bristol 7.10.1867 — Bannu (now in Pakistan) 23.12.1912. British Missionary Physician in India. Lost early his physician father, educated at Eastbourne College. Studies at London University College and Hospital, M.D. 1891. Sent by Church Missionary Society arrived at Karachi in 1892, accompanied by his mother (d. 1908), first stationed in Dera Khasi Khan and in 1893 moved to Bannu near Afghanistan border. Lived among local tribes, founded a school (Pennell High School) and a missionary hospital. Married 1908 Alice Sorabji (1874–1951), a Parsi doctor, one son. Died of a serious infection. He knew well Urdu, Pashtu, Pañjabi and Persian.

Publications: Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier. 324 p. L. 1909.

­– Things seen in Northern India. 253 p.  50 ill. L. 1914.

Sources: *A.M. Pennell (his widow), Pennell of the Afghan Frontier. L. 1914; livesonline.reseng.az.uk; Wikipedia with photo.