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	Born on 30 September 1781, was the only son of Thomas Keene, and was a grandson of [[Henry Keene]] the architect; his mother was Jane, sister of [[George Harris, 1st Baron Harris]]. He was educated privately, partly by [[Jacques-François Menou]].<ref name="DNB">{{cite DNB\|wstitle=Keene, Henry George\|volume=30}}</ref>		Born on 30 September 1781, was the only son of Thomas Keene, and was a grandson of [[Henry Keene (architect)\|Henry Keene]] the architect; his mother was Jane, sister of [[George Harris, 1st Baron Harris]]. He was educated privately, partly by [[Jacques-François Menou]].<ref name="DNB">{{cite DNB\|wstitle=Keene, Henry George\|volume=30}}</ref>

	Keene went to India as a cadet in the [[Madras Presidency]] army about 1798, and shortly after became adjutant of a [[sepoy]] regiment, which formed part of the brigade commanded by Colonel [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington\|Arthur Wellesley]]. In May 1799 it took part in the [[Battle of Seringapatam#Siege\|siege of Seringapatam]], where Keene led the company carrying the scaling-ladders for the storming party (4 May). In poor health, he obtained an appointment in the Madras civil service through his uncle, Lord Harris, the commander-in-chief, in February 1801. After a short visit to England he entered [[Fort William College]] in [[Calcutta]], then newly established, for the training of young civil officers.<ref name="DNB"/>		Keene went to India as a cadet in the [[Madras Presidency]] army about 1798, and shortly after became adjutant of a [[sepoy]] regiment, which formed part of the brigade commanded by Colonel [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington\|Arthur Wellesley]]. In May 1799 it took part in the [[Battle of Seringapatam#Siege\|siege of Seringapatam]], where Keene led the company carrying the scaling-ladders for the storming party (4 May). In poor health, he obtained an appointment in the Madras civil service through his uncle, Lord Harris, the commander-in-chief, in February 1801. After a short visit to England he entered [[Fort William College]] in [[Calcutta]], then newly established, for the training of young civil officers.<ref name="DNB"/>

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'''Henry George Keene''' (30 September 1781–29 January 1864) was an English employee of the [[East India Company]], as soldier, civil servant, and orientalist. He was known as a [[Persian language|Persian]] scholar, and also was a churchman and academic.

==Life==
Born on 30 September 1781, was the only son of Thomas Keene, and was a grandson of [[Henry Keene]] the architect; his mother was Jane, sister of [[George Harris, 1st Baron Harris]]. He was educated privately, partly by [[Jacques-François Menou]].<ref name="DNB">{{cite DNB|wstitle=Keene, Henry George|volume=30}}</ref>

Keene went to India as a cadet in the [[Madras Presidency]] army about 1798, and shortly after became adjutant of a [[sepoy]] regiment, which formed part of the brigade commanded by Colonel [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Arthur Wellesley]]. In May 1799 it took part in the [[Battle of Seringapatam#Siege|siege of Seringapatam]], where Keene led the company carrying the scaling-ladders for the storming party (4 May). In poor health, he obtained an appointment in the Madras civil service through his uncle, Lord Harris, the commander-in-chief, in February 1801. After a short visit to England he entered [[Fort William College]] in [[Calcutta]], then newly established, for the training of young civil officers.<ref name="DNB"/>

In January 1804 Keene passed out at Fort William in the first class. He had honours in Persian and Arabic, with prizes in classics, English composition, French, and gold medal in Islamic law, having held public disputations in Arabic and Persian. Joining the East India Company service at Madras, he became in turn registrar of the district court at [[Rajamundri]], and assistant-registrar to the [[sudder]] courts at the presidency. In 1805 he went to Europe, and in 1809 returned to India, where he incurred the displeasure of [[Sir George Barlow, 1st Baronet|Sir George Barlow]], the governor. As a result, he gave up his post.<ref name="DNB"/>

On 13 November 1811 Keene matriculated at [[Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge]], where he graduated in 1815. Shortly afterwards he retired from the Indian civil service. He was admitted fellow of his college on 13 November 1817, and took holy orders, being ordained priest in 1819.<ref>{{acad|id=KN811HG|name=Keene, Henry George}}</ref> At this period he visited the continent, in company with [[Philip Henry Stanhope, 4th Earl Stanhope]], and met [[Archduke John of Austria]] and [[Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall]], with both of whom he kept up a correspondence. In March 1819 he unsuccessfully contested [[Sir Thomas Adams's Chair of Arabic]] at Cambridge University.<ref name="DNB"/>

In 1824 Keene became professor of Arabic and Persian at the [[East India College, Haileybury]], where he was later appointed registrar. There his celebrity attracted visitors. In 1834 he resigned his posts at Haileybury, and went to live at [[Royal Tunbridge Wells|Tunbridge Wells]], where he spent the rest of his life. He died there on 29 January 1864.<ref name="DNB"/>

==Works==
Around 1804, in India, Keene wrote a book on law in Arabic, for which the British government awarded him 10,000 rupees. Other published works were:<ref name="DNB"/>

* ''Akhlák-i-Mahsini'', lithograph text and translation, and a book of the ''Anwár-i-Suhaili'', also text and translation (Hertford);
* ''Persian Fables'' (London), 1833;
* ''Persian Stories'' (London), 1835;
* ''Sermons of Rev. W. Sharpe'', with a memoir, 1836.

The ''Persian Fables'' were translated into Tamil in 1840, and a new edition was published in 1880 by his daughter Katharine.<ref name="DNB"/>

Keene assisted his friend [[Adam Clarke]] in the philological part of his ''Commentary on the Bible''. He stopped work on a Persian grammar, because [[Mirza Muhammed Ibrahim]], his assistant, had written one, and never published his writing on Persian history.<ref name="DNB"/>

He wrote three titles in Thacker's Hand-books of Hindostan, published by Thacker, Spink, & Co., Calcutta.<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=hotseries&q=se%3A%22Thacker%27s+hand-books+of+Hindostan%22 Thacker's Hand-books of Hindostan], worldcat.org. Retrieved 28 May 2021.</ref>

==Family==
In 1824 Keene married Anne, daughter of Charles Apthorp Wheelwright, formerly of [[Boston, Massachusetts]], a loyalist refugee. He left two sons and two daughters.<ref name="DNB"/>

==Notes==
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==Further reading==
* {{Cite ODNB|id=15249|title=Keene, Henry George}}

==External links==
* {{Librivox author |id=13071}}
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Henry George Keene}}

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