TISDALL, William St.Clair. Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire 19.2.1859 — East Ashford, Kent 1.12.1928. Rev. British Missionary in Iran and India. Originally from Pembroke in Wales, son of Major William St.Clair Tisdall (1831–1892, from Dublin) and Maryanne Josephine Cecilia Caulfield. In 1862 the family moved to Auckland, New Zealand. Studied theology in Nelson, NZ, ordained in 1883. Joined Church Missionary Society 1884, worked as Vice-Principal of Lahore Divinity School, from 1886 Principal of C.M.S. Training College in Amritsar, 1887-90 led Bombay Mohammedan Mission, 1892-94 missionary in Iran, 1894-1900 living in Isfahan concentrating on literary work.. From 1913 vicar of St George’s. Hon. D.D. 1903 Edinburgh. Married 1881 Bertha Alice Maclean (1859–1885) and 1887 Marian Louisa Gray (1860–1945), twelve children.
Publications: A simplified grammar and reading book of the Panjabi language. 136 p. Bombay 1889.
– A simplified grammar of the Gujarati language, together with short reading book and vocabulary. 189 p. L. 1892.
– A Conversation Grammar of the Hindūstānī Language. 8+371 p. L. 1911.
– Modern Persian Conversation Grammar. 397 p. 1902.
– The Conversion of Armenia to the Christian Faith. 256 p. L. 1897.
– The Sources of Islam: A Persian Treatise. 100 p. 1900; The Original Sources of the Qur’an. 287 p. 1905; and other polemical works against Islam.
– The Noble Eightfold Path: being the James Long lectures on Buddhism for 1900-1902 A.D. 24+215 p. L. 1903; books on Christian religion.
Sources: Wikipedia briefly (hardly any details of life), Grokipedia better; WikiTree (father elder W.St.Cl.T., died in Auckland – his gravestone is in findagrave.com); geni.com (parents Charles and Catherine Tusdall, but they seem to be his grandparents. I have preferred the account of his father in netlib.govt.nz); with some additional information culled from ancestry.com and www.canterbury-cathedral.org/heritage/history/remembering-world-war-i/wwi-through-the-eyes-of-a-vicar-of-st-georges-deal/. According to gene.com and WikiTree he may have had a third name, either Lomas or Towers.
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