Arthur John Arberry
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Portsmouth, England
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Cambridge, England
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Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge
|education=
Portsmouth Grammar School
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Pembroke College, Cambridge
|notable_works=
The Koran Interpreted
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Cairo University &
Cambridge University
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Arthur John Arberry (12 May 1905, in
Portsmouth – 2 October 1969, in
Cambridge)
FBA was a British scholar of
Arabic literature,
Persian studies, and
Islamic studies. He was educated at
Portsmouth Grammar School and
Pembroke College, Cambridge. His English translation of the
Qur'an, ''
The Koran Interpreted'', is popular amongst academics worldwide.
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