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Stanley Lane-Poole
1854–1931
A leading Victorian scholar of the Middle East, he brought together archaeology, numismatics, Arabic studies, and vivid historical writing. His books on medieval Egypt, Cairo, Saladin, and Islamic history helped introduce these subjects to a wide English-speaking audience.
4 Audiobooks
The Moors in Spain
by Stanley Lane-Poole
The Story of the Barbary Corsairs
by Stanley Lane-Poole, J. D. Jerrold (James Douglas Jerrold) Kelley
The art of the Saracens in Egypt
by Stanley Lane-Poole
The story of Cairo
by Stanley Lane-Poole
About the author
Born in London on December 18, 1854, Stanley Edward Lane-Poole grew up in a family closely connected with Oriental studies: his uncle was the noted Arabic scholar Edward William Lane. He worked at the British Museum from 1874 to 1892, specializing in Islamic coins, and later conducted research in Egypt. By the late 1890s, he was Professor of Arabic Studies at Trinity College Dublin.
Lane-Poole wrote widely on Islamic history, Egypt, India, and Arabic literature. His best-known works include Saladin and the Fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem (1898), A History of Egypt in the Middle Ages (1901), and The Story of Cairo. He also completed the first book of his uncle’s Arabic-English Lexicon and edited or revised works connected with the Arabian Nights. He died in London on December 29, 1931.