Thomas Yeates (orientalist)

Thomas Yeates (1768–1869) was an oriental linguist.

Life

He was the son of John Yeates, a turner, of

Following a plan which he had formed of rendering the

From about 1808 to 1815 Yeates was employed by

After Buchanan's death he was helped by

In 1818 he published a work called 'Indian Church History,' compiled chiefly from Assemani and the reports of Buchanan and Kerr, and containing an account of the Christian churches in the East, with an ultra-conservative history of their origin. The same year he produced a 'Variation Chart of all the Navigable Oceans and Seas between latitude 60 degrees N. and S. from Documents, and delineated on a new plan;' and in 1819 a Syriac grammar, the first that ever appeared in English. He was also employed by the publishers of Caleb Ashworth's 'Hebrew Grammar' to revise the third and subsequent editions. In 1830 he published 'Remarks on the Bible Chronology, being an Essay towards reconciling the same with the Histories of the Eastern Nations;' in 1833 'A Dissertation on the Antiquity of the Pyramids;' and in 1835 'Remarks on the History of Ancient Egypt.' His astronomical publications involved him in financial difficulties, which the Literary Fund helped him to meet.

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Yeates, Thomas". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.