George Henry Gwilliam (28 July 1846 – 17 November 1913) was an English Aramaicist and

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. Gwilliam was born in

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, the second son of Samuel Gwilliam. He was educated at

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and

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(BA 1871, MA 1874). He was a fellow of

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for nearly 40 years. He continued the work of

Philip E. Pusey Philip Edward Pusey (1830-1880), son of the Hebrew scholar and leader of the Anglo-Catholic Oxford Movement, Edward Bouverie Pusey, was an English Aramaicist. He started the work continued by George Gwilliam on making an edition of the Aramaic New ...

on making an edition of the Aramaic New Testament of the

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. The utility of the edition is however limited by its reliance on late sources. He died in

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, aged 67.''England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gwilliam, George Henry 1846 births 1913 deaths Alumni of King's College London Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford Academics from Bristol British Hebraists Syriacists Fellows of Hertford College, Oxford