Edward Wheler Bird

Edward Wheler Bird (sometimes seen as Edward "Wheeler" Bird) was born in India in 1823, the son of a provincial judge.^[1] He returned to London for schooling and is listed in London's University College School's alumni as having attended from '32-38 and being "a great Tamil scholar."^[2] He went back to India for a career in the Madras Civil Service and is listed as having been "special assistant to collector and magistrate, Masulipatam."^[3]^{[non-primary source needed]}

In 1868, he retired from civil service and moved to Bristol, where he became involved in various missionary organizations, including the London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews and the Bible Society.^[1]

Bird became active in the British Israelite Movement in 1874, after having read a book by John Wilson.^[1] He helped found the Anglo-Israel Association, which merged with the Anglo-Ephraim Association in 1878. Bird became president of the newly formed Metropolitan Anglo-Israel Association.^[4]^: 209 He oversaw an excavation of the Hill of Tara that caused irreparable damage in the early years of the 20th century.^{[citation needed]}

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^ ^a ^b ^c Katz, David S. (2001). "Chapter 5: Israel in America: The Wanderings of the Lost Ten Tribes from Mikveigh Yisrael to Timothy McVeigh". In Fiering, Norman; Bernardini, Paolo (eds.). The Jews and the Expansion of Europe to the West, 1450 to 1800. New York, NY: Berghahn Books. p. 114. ISBN 1-57181-153-2. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
^ University College School (1892). Alphabetical and Chronological Register for 1831-1891. London: H. Walton Lawrence. p. 63. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
^ East-India Register and Army List. W.H. Allen & Co. 1853. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
^ Kidd, Colin (2006). The Forging of Races: Race and Scripture in the Protestant Atlantic World, 1600-2000. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-79729-0. Retrieved 18 February 2021.

Edward Wheler Bird

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