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[[Image:EdwardMoorMemorial.jpg|thumb|240px|right| The memorial to Edward Moor in [[Great Bealings]] church]]

'''Edward Moor''' (1771–1848) was a British soldier and [[Indologist]], known for his book ''[[The Hindu Pantheon]]'', an early treatment in English of [[Hinduism]] as a religion.

==Biography==

He was a soldier for the [[East India Company]], joining in 1782 as a [[cadet]]. He became a [[brevet-captain]] in 1796, having been wounded in 1791 at [[Dooridroog]], a hill fort near [[Bangalore]], and [[Gadjnoor]] (not Doridroog and Gadjmoor, as stated in the ''Dictionary of National Biography''<ref>''A Narrative of the Operations of Captain Little's Detachment'', pages 106 and 154</ref>).

He was made a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] in 1806.<ref name=hall/>

He married Elizabeth Lynn on 10 July 1794. She died on 13 December 1835 and was buried in the churchyard at Great Bealings on 19 December 1835.

He retired to Bealings House, [[Great Bealings]], Suffolk in 1806. His son, Canon Edward James Moor (1800–1866) was Rector of Great Bealings from 1844 to 1886.<ref>Information from Great Bealings church</ref>

He died in at the house of his son-in-law, [[William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley|William Page Wood]], in Westminster on 26 February 1848 and was buried in the churchyard at Great Bealings on 4 March 1848.<ref>Great Bealings church burial records</ref>

==Bealings Bells==

While Major Moor lived in Great Bealings he experienced what he believed was a ghostly ringing of the servants' bells in the house. This began on 2 February 1834 and was alleged to have lasted fifty three days. He described his experiences in the book ''Bealings Bells'', published in 1841.<ref name=hall>{{cite book | title=New Light on Old Ghosts | author=Hall, Trevor H. | author-link=Trevor H. Hall | publisher=Gerald Duckworth | year=1965 | pages=26–34 }}</ref>

The mysterious bell ringing was sensationalised by paranormal writers as evidence for [[poltergeist]] activity. However, the case was critically examined by [[Trevor H. Hall]] who concluded that Moor was not a reliable witness and had been duped by one of his servants playing a practical joke.<ref name=hall/><ref>[[Trevor H. Hall|Hall, Trevor H]]. (1961). ''The Case of Bealings Bells''. ''[[Tomorrow (New York magazine)|Tomorrow]]'' 9 (3): 33-41.</ref> Other writers have suggested that Moor was responsible for the bell ringing and the entire case was a [[hoax]]. Author [[Daniel Cohen (children's writer)|Daniel Cohen]] wrote that there was "more than a suspicion" that Moor had played a joke on everyone and his book "may have been conceived as a gentle satire on investigations of other odd phenomena."<ref>[[Daniel Cohen (children's writer)|Cohen, Daniel]]. (1972). ''In Search of Ghosts''. Dodd, Mead and Company. p. 54</ref>

==Publications==

*''[[The Hindu Pantheon]]'' (1810)
*''Hindu Infanticide'' (1811)
*''Suffolk Words and Phrases'' (1823)
*''Oriental Fragments'' (1834)
*''Bealings Bells'' (1841)

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cite DNB|wstitle=Moor, Edward|volume=38}}
*[http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?235550 Moor the Collector] from [[Outlook India]]

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