Elijah Hoole (1798–1872) was an English orientalist andWesleyan Methodist missionary.
The son of Holland Hoole, a Manchester shoemaker, he was born there; he enteredManchester 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.[1]
Hoole arrived inMadras (nowChennai) in September 1820, having lost his library and outfit by shipwreck on the way. After short stays there and atNegapatam, he settled atBangalore in April 1821. He was recalled to Madras in March 1822, and was elected a member of the committee for revising theTamil version of the Bible.[1]
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 theWesleyan Missionary Society.[1]Hoole died on 17 June 1872[1] and is buried in a family grave in the dissenters section of the west side ofHighgate Cemetery, in front of the grave ofCharles Chubb, the lock and safe manufacturer.
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 ofJohn Wesley. He wrote:[1]
Hoole also contributed articles to theJournal of the Royal Asiatic Society andLondon Quarterly Review, and edited two books on missions byWalter Lawry, 1850 and 1851.[1]
Hoole married in 1835 Elizabeth, third daughter ofCharles Chubb.[1] His sonElijah (1837-1912) was an architect of Methodist churches and social housing.[2]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1891). "Hoole, Elijah".Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 27. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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