1888 Memorials Of The Hon. Ion Keith-Falconer, M.A.

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First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

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In publisher's original red cloth binding. 

With a frontispiece, map and plate. Collated, complete. 

Ion Grant Neville Keith-Falconer was a Scottish missionary and Arabic scholar, the third son of the Earl of Kintore. He was educated at Harrow and Cambridge and became interested in evangelistic work while in Cambridge and London. He studied Arabic and the Quran, whilst also being an athlete. He was described as a world cycling champion in 1878.

This work is an account of his life, written by Robert Sinker, librarian of Trinity College, Cambridge.