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'''Elijah Hoole''' (1798–1872) was an English orientalist and [[Wesleyan Methodist Church (Great Britain)|Wesleyan Methodist]] missionary.<br />
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==Life==<br />
The son of Holland Hoole, a Manchester shoemaker, he was born there; he entered [[Manchester grammar school]] 6 April 1809, leaving in 1813 to help in his father's business. After studying privately, he became a probationer for the Wesleyan ministry in 1818, and was chosen a missionary by the Wesleyan Methodist missionary committee in November 1819.<ref name="DNB">{{cite DNB|wstitle=Hoole, Elijah|volume=27}}</ref><br />
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Hoole arrived in [[Madras]] (now [[Chennai]]) in September 1820, having lost his library and outfit by shipwreck on the way. After short stays there and at [[Negapatam]], he settled at [[Bangalore]] in April 1821. He was recalled to Madras in March 1822, and was elected a member of the committee for revising the [[Tamil version of the Bible]].<ref name="DNB"/><br />
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In 1828 Hoole was forced by ill-health to leave India, and shortly after his return to Europe was appointed a superintendent of schools in Ireland. He moved to London in 1834, and became assistant-secretary, and from 1836 till his death one of the general secretaries of the [[Wesleyan Missionary Society]].<ref name="DNB"/><br />
Hoole died on 17 June 1872<ref name="DNB"/> and is buried in a family grave on the west side of [[Highgate Cemetery]].<br />
[[File:Family grave of Elijah Hoole in Highgate Cemetery.jpg|thumb|Family grave of Elijah Hoole in [[Highgate Cemetery]]]]<br />
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==Works==<br />
During his stay in Southern India, Hoole published a number of translations into Tamil, including portions of the Bible, a book of hymns (Madras, 1825), tracts on Methodism, and a life of [[John Wesley]]. He wrote:<ref name="DNB"/><br />
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* ''A Personal Narrative of a Mission to the South of India from 1820–8'', London, 1829, an account of his experiences; an enlarged edition, with the title ''Madras, Mysore, and the South of India'' appeared in London in 1844. <br />
* ''The Year-book of Missions'', 1847. <br />
* ''Oglethorpe and the Wesleys''.<br />
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Hoole also contributed articles to the ''Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society'' and ''London Quarterly Review'', and edited two books on missions by [[Walter Lawry]], 1850 and 1851.<ref name="DNB"/><br />
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==Family==<br />
Hoole married in 1835 Elizabeth, third daughter of [[Charles Chubb (businessman)|Charles Chubb]] the lock maker.<ref name="DNB"/> His son [[Elijah Hoole (architect)|Elijah]] (1837-1912) was an architect of Methodist churches and social housing.<ref>[http://dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/node/266 Biographical dictionary of architects in Canada 1800-1950]</ref><br />
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[[Category:Methodist missionaries in India]]<br />
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[[Category:Clergy from Manchester]]<br />
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[[Category:Burials at Highgate Cemetery]]<br />
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