Aquinas medal from American Catholic Philosophical Association (2008), David Bakewell Burrell CSC (March 1, 1933 – October 1, 2023) was an American educator, theologian, writer and translator who was a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross.
He was the Theodore Hesburgh Professor emeritus in Philosophy and Theology at University of Notre Dame, US.
He knew several languages; he translated two books of Al-Ghazali from Arabic into English.
He also taught comparative theology, ethics and development at Uganda Martyrs University, Nkozi, Uganda; Tangaza College, Nairobi, Kenya; and Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
[3] Burrell died in Notre Dame, Indiana on October 1, 2023, at the age of 90.