About Elijah Hoole
Lived 1798 – 1872 (aged 73–74). Elijah Hoole was a translator, theologian and orientalist.
Elijah Hoole (1798–1872) was an English orientalist and Wesleyan Methodist missionary.
Life The son of Holland Hoole, a Manchester shoemaker, he was born there; he entered Manchester grammar school 6 April 1809, leaving in 1813 to help in his father's business. After studying privately, he became a probationer for the Wesleyan ministry in 1818, and was chosen a missionary by the Wesleyan Methodist missionary committee in November 1819.
Hoole arrived in Madras (now Chennai) in September 1820, having lost his library and outfit by shipwreck on the way. After short stays there and at Negapatam, he settled at Bangalore in April 1821. He was recalled to Madras in March 1822, and was elected a member of the committee for revising the Tamil version of the Bible.
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English Wesleyan Methodist missionary
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Elijah Hoole was born in 1798 in Manchester.
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Elijah Hoole died on 17 June 1872.
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Elijah Hoole was a translator, theologian and orientalist.
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