Lane Poole was Born in London, England, the eldest of three children (two sons and a daughter) of Edward Stanley Poole (1830–1867) and his wife, Roberta Elizabeth Louisa (1828–1866), daughter of Charles Reddelien, a naturalized German. His paternal grandmotherSophia Lane Poole, uncleReginald Stuart Poole and great-uncleEdward William Lane were famous for their work in orientalism and archaeology. His other great-uncle wasRichard James Lane, a distinguished Victorian lithographer and engraver. His brotherReginald Lane Poole was an archivist and historian. Both his mother and father died during his childhood, so Poole and his siblings were raised by their grandmother Sophia Lane Poole and their great-uncle Edward William Lane.[2][3] From 1874 to 1892 he worked in theBritish Museum, and after that in Egypt researching onEgyptian archaeology. From 1897 to 1904 he had a chair as Professor of Arabic studies atTrinity College Dublin.
He was married to Charlotte Bell Wilson from 1879 until her death in 1905. The couple had three sons and a daughter; his eldest son predeceased him while of his other two sons,Richard was a Royal Navy officer andCharles was a forester who did much work in Australia.[2][4]
Edward William Lane (1865). Stanley Lane-Poole (ed.).Arabic-English lexicon, Volume 1, Part 2 (reprint ed.). Islamic Book Centre. p. 3064. Retrieved6 July 2011.
Edward William Lane (1872). Stanley Lane-Poole (ed.).Arabic-English lexicon, Volume 1, Part 4 (reprint ed.). Islamic Book Centre. p. 3064. Retrieved6 July 2011.
^Stanley Lane-Poole (1890)."Sir Richard Church".The English Historical Review, Volume V. Longmans, Green and Co., London. pp. 7–30 (Jan), 298–305 (April), 497–522 (July). Retrieved19 December 2010.
