William Gifford Palgrave (1826-1888) c1880, English Arabic scholar, Jesuit missonary in Syria. In 1865 he renounced Roman Catholicism, joining the British Foreign Office which he served until his death.

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William Gifford Palgrave (1826-1888) c1880, English Arabic scholar, Jesuit missonary in Syria. In 1865 he renounced Roman Catholicism, joining the British Foreign Office which he served until his death.

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