W. F. Prideaux

William Francis Prideaux (30 April 1840-1914) was a British scholar on the ancient kingdom of Sheba.

[1] 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.

[3] Prideaux began a career with the India Office in 1859, but left to join the Bombay Army as an Ensign.

[3] In 1864, he served with Hormuzd Rassam in the Abyssinian Mission to Emperor Theodore II of Ethiopia, but was imprisoned for almost two-years from July 1866.

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