Elijah Hoole
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
Hoole arrived in
In 1828 Hoole was forced by ill-health to leave India, and shortly after his return to Europe was appointed a superintendent of schools in Ireland. He moved to London in 1834, and became assistant-secretary, and from 1836 till his death one of the general secretaries of the Wesleyan Missionary Society.[1] Hoole died on 17 June 1872[1] and is buried in a family grave in the dissenters section of the west side of Highgate Cemetery, in front of the grave of Charles Chubb, the lock and safe manufacturer.
Works
During his stay in Southern India, Hoole published a number of translations into Tamil, including portions of the Bible, a book of hymns (Madras, 1825), tracts on Methodism, and a life of John Wesley. He wrote:[1]
- A Personal Narrative of a Mission to the South of India from 1820–8, London, 1829, an account of his experiences; an enlarged edition, with the title Madras, Mysore, and the South of India appeared in London in 1844.
- The Year-book of Missions, 1847.
- Oglethorpe and the Wesleys.
Hoole also contributed articles to the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society and London Quarterly Review, and edited two books on missions by Walter Lawry, 1850 and 1851.[1]
Family
Hoole married in 1835 Elizabeth, third daughter of Charles Chubb.[1] His son Elijah (1837-1912) was an architect of Methodist churches and social housing.[2]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g Lee, Sidney, ed. (1891). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 27. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Biographical dictionary of architects in Canada 1800-1950
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1891). "Hoole, Elijah". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 27. London: Smith, Elder & Co.