Marmaduke Pickthall, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Marmaduke Pickthall

Western Islamic scholar, an English translator of the Qur'an into English

Date of Birth: 07-Apr-1876

Place of Birth: Harrow, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 19-May-1936

Profession: writer, translator, journalist, Islamicist, novelist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall (born Marmaduke William Pickthall; 7 April 1875 – 19 May 1936) was a British Islamic scholar noted for his 1930 English translation of the Quran, called The Meaning of the Glorious Koran.
A convert from Christianity, Pickthall was a novelist, esteemed by D.
H.
Lawrence, H.
G.
Wells, and E.
M.
Forster, as well as a journalist, headmaster, and political and religious leader.
He declared his conversion to Islam in dramatic fashion after delivering a talk on 'Islam and Progress' on 29 November 1917, to the Muslim Literary Society in Notting Hill, West London.