Robert Gandell was a British academic and biblical scholar, who was Laudian Professor of Arabic

Laudian Professor of Arabic

The position of Laudian Professor of Arabic at the University of Oxford was established in 1636 by William Laud, who at the time was Chancellor of the University of Oxford and Archbishop of Canterbury. The first professor was Edward Pococke, who was working as a chaplain in Aleppo in what is now...

 from 1861 until his death.

Life

Gandell, from London, was educated at Mill Hill School

Mill Hill School

Mill Hill School, in Mill Hill, London, is a coeducational independent school for boarding and day pupils aged 13–18. It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, an organisation of public schools in the United Kingdom....

 and King's College, London. He then moved to the University of Oxford

University of Oxford

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, matriculating

Matriculation

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 as a member of St John's College, Oxford

St John's College, Oxford

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 in 1839 but transferring to The Queen's College, Oxford

The Queen's College, Oxford

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 where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

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 degree in 1843. He was a fellow of Queen's between 1845 to 1850, a tutor at Magdalen Hall, Oxford from 1848 to 1872 and a fellow at Hertford College, Oxford

Hertford College, Oxford

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 from 1859 to 1861. He was appointed Laudian Professor of Arabic

Laudian Professor of Arabic

The position of Laudian Professor of Arabic at the University of Oxford was established in 1636 by William Laud, who at the time was Chancellor of the University of Oxford and Archbishop of Canterbury. The first professor was Edward Pococke, who was working as a chaplain in Aleppo in what is now...

 in 1861, and was a prebendary

Prebendary

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 of Wells Cathedral

Wells Cathedral

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 from 1874, becoming a canon

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 in 1880. His publications included a four-volume edition of John Lightfoot

John Lightfoot

John Lightfoot was an English churchman, rabbinical scholar, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge and Master of St Catharine's College, Cambridge.-Life:...

's Horae Hebraicae (1859), and commentaries on some books of the Old Testament. He died in Wells on 24 October 1887.