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* Primary studies at Portmouth Grammar school
* Primary studies at Portmouth Grammar school


= Career =
== Career ==


* Appointed head of the classics department at Cairo University in 1932
* Appointed head of the classics department at Cairo University in 1932
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* Appointed to the Sir Thomas Adams professorship of Arabic at Cambridge, where he remained until his death in 1947
* Appointed to the Sir Thomas Adams professorship of Arabic at Cambridge, where he remained until his death in 1947


= Honors and rewards =
== Honors and rewards ==


* ''Nešān-e Dāneš'' First Class awarded by the shah of Iran (1964)
* ''Nešān-e Dāneš'' First Class awarded by the shah of Iran (1964)
* An honorary doctorate from the University of Malta (1963)
* An honorary doctorate from the University of Malta (1963)


= Activities =
== Activities ==
Membership in the Iranian Academy, the Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo, and the Arab Academy of Damascus
Membership in the Iranian Academy, the Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo, and the Arab Academy of Damascus