Solomon Caesar (César Jean Salomon) Malan (1812–94)

Swiss-born orientalist and biblical scholar. BA, Oxford (St Edmund Hall), 1837. Senior classical professor at Bishop’s College, Calcutta, 1838–40. Ordained as an Anglican priest, 1843. Naturalised as a British subject, 1845. Rector of Broadwindsor, Dorset, 1845–85. Author of a history of the Georgian church. Travelled extensively and was conversant with about eighty languages.