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'''William Francis Prideaux''' (30 April 1840-1914) was a British scholar on the ancient kingdom of [[Sheba]].<ref name=Phillips2007>{{cite journal |last1=Phillips |first1=Carl |last2=Simpson |first2=St J. |title=A biographical sketch of Britain's first Sabaeologist — Colonel W.F. Prideaux, CSI |journal=Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies |date=2007 |volume=37 |pages=201–218 |jstor=41224067 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41224067 |issn=0308-8421}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
William Prideaux was born on 30 April 1840 in London, the eldest son of F. W. Prideaux, Revenue Secretary of the [[India Office]] in London.<ref name=Buckland>{{cite book |last1=Buckland |first1=C. E. |title=Dictionary of Indian Biography |date=1971 |publisher=Ardent Media |page=343 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y8AKI2nqPBQC&pg=PA343 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=BMus>{{cite web |title=Collections Online {{!}} British Museum |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG84997#:~:text=Also%20known%20as%20Col%20W%20F,(1873%2D75%2C%20part) |website=www.britishmuseum.org |publisher=British Museum |access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref> He attended [[Aldenham School]].<ref name=BMus/> <br />
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==Early career==<br />
Prideaux began a career with the [[India Office]] in 1859, but left to join the [[Bombay Army]] as an [[Ensign (rank)|Ensign]].<ref name=BMus/> In 1864, he served with [[Hormuzd Rassam]] in the Abyssinian Mission to [[Tewodros II|Emperor Theodore II of Ethiopia]], but was imprisoned for almost two-years from July 1866.<ref name=BMus/> <br />
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