LANE-POOLE, Stanley Edward. London 18.17.1854 — London 29.12.1931. British Historian, Archaeologist and Oriental (Arabic) Scholar. Son of Edward Stanley Poole (1830–1867, also an Arabic scholar) and Roberta Reddelien (1820–1866), through his paternal grandmother grand-nephew of Edward William Lane (1801–1876, famous Arabist). After parents’ early death raised by his grandmother and her brother E. W. Lane. Educated by private tutors, studies at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. M.A. Oxford and Dublin. In 1874-92 worked at Coin Department, British Museum. In 1883 visited Egypt and 1886 Russia on behalf of the Museum, in 1890 in Australia. In 1895-97 employed by Egyptian Government on archaeological research in Cairo. In 1898-1904 Professor of Arabic at Trinity College in Dublin. After 1904 concentrated on literary work without teaching any longer. Married 1879 Charlotte Bell Wilson (d. 1905), one daughter, three sons.

Publications: Catalogue of the Oriental and Indian Coins in the British Museum. 1-14. 4500 p. L. 1875-92, incl. The Coins of the Moghul Emperors of Hindustan in the British Museum. 142+401 p. 33 pl. L. 1892; Coins of the Sultans of Delhi. 44+199 p. 9 pl. L. 1884; further Indian volumes in collaboration with others.

– Life of E. W. Lane. L. 1877; Aurangzib. 212 p. Rulers of India 4. Oxford 1892; Babur. 206 p. Rulers of India. Oxford 1899; other biographies unrelated to India.

– History of the Mogul Emperors of Hindustan, illustrated by their coins. 177 p. 1892; The Mohammadan Dynasties. 28+361 p. Hertford 1894; Mediaeval India under Mohammedan Rule, AD 712-1764. 18+449 p. L. 1902, 9th ed. 1915; A short history of India in the Middle Ages. 1917.

– A. V. W. Jackson (ed.): History of India. Vol. 3. From the Mohammedan Conquest to the Reign of Akbar the Great. 14+281 p. L. 1907.

– Numerous works on Near Eastern, esp. Egyptian history and Islamic culture.

Sources: *D.N.B. 1931–1940; Who Was Who 1929–1940; *R.S. Simpson, Oxford D.N.B.; Wikipedia; briefly; photo in M. Mansoor, The Story of Irish Orientalism. Dublin & L. 1944a.