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]
References
- ^ a b c Bernardini, Paulo (2001). The Jews and the Expansion of Europe to the West, 1450 to 1800. Berghahn Books. p. 114. ISBN 9781571814302.
- ^ University College School, Temple Orme (1892). Alphabetical and Chronological Register for 1831-1891. Lawrence. p. 63.
- ^ East-India Register and Army List. W.H. Allen. 1853.
- ^ Kidd, Colin (2006). The Forging of Races: Race and Scripture in the Protestant Atlantic World, 1600-2000 (1. publ. ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521797290.
Further reading
- Carew, Mairéad (2003). Tara and the Ark of the Covenant. Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 978-0954385521.
See also
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