Wells, Charles

Title ^Ref: *1

Prof

First name(s)

Charles

Surname

Wells

Position(s) held at King's College London ^Ref: *4

Professor of Turkish, 1890-1908

Education & professional details

Qualifications

PhD

Position(s) held (non King's College London) ^Ref: *5

• Professor Imperial Naval College, Constantinople
• Private Secretary to Sir Arnold Kemball on the Turko-Persian Frontier Commission, (1875)
• Turkish 'lexicographer', living in London (1885)

Professional activities ^Ref: *6

In recognition of his services in connection with Oriental languages and literature, granted a pension from the civil list of 50 per annum (1882).

Publications ^Ref: *7

A Practical Grammar of the Turkish Language, as Spoken and Written: With Exercises for Translation Into Turkish, Quotations from Turkish Authors Illustrating Turkish Syntax and Composition, and Such Rules of the Arabic and Persian Grammars as Have Been Adopted by the Osmanlis, the Pronunciation Being Given in English Letters Throughout (1880); The Literature of the Turks, An Essay on Political Economy in Turkish, of Mehemet the Surd and other tales from Eastern sources (1891)

Personal details

Date of birth ^Ref: *2

1838

Date of death ^Ref: *2

1917

Place of death ^Ref: *3

Sussex, England