Thomas Walker Arnold

Sir Thomas Walker Arnold CIE
Sir Thomas Arnold
Born	(1864-04-19)19 April 1864 Devonport, Devon, England
Died	9 June 1930(1930-06-09) (aged 66) London, England

Sir Thomas Walker Arnold CIE FBA (19 April 1864 – 9 June 1930) was a British orientalist and historian of Islamic art. He taught at Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College,^[1] later Aligarh Muslim University, and Government College University, Lahore.^[2]

Arnold was a friend of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, who influenced him to write the famous book The Preaching of Islam,^[2] and of Shibli Nomani, with whom he taught at Aligarh. He taught Syed Sulaiman Nadvi and the poet-philosopher Muhammad Iqbal.^[3] He was the first English editor for the first edition of The Encyclopaedia of Islam.^[2]