Richard Bell (Arabist)

Richard Bell ( * 1876, † 1952) was a British Arabist at the University of Edinburgh, who has created an authoritative until today in the scientific field translation of the Qur'an into English in 1937 until 1939.

Works

• The Qur'an. Translated, with a critical re - arragenment of the Surahs. 2 vols, Edinburgh 1937-39
• The Origin of Islam in its Christian Environment. The Gunning Lectures. Edinburgh University, 1925