William Owen Cole

William Owen Cole
Born(1931-09-22)22 September 1931
Sheffield
Died26 October 2013(2013-10-26) (aged 82)
Academic background
EducationDurham University

William Owen Cole (22 September 1931 - 26 October 2013), was a British scholar in religious studies, including Sikhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism, and Buddhism.[1]

Early life and education

William Owen Cole was born in 1931 in Sheffield.[2] His father was a Congregational minister.[2] Cole completed his early education in Bradford and Newcastle.[2][3] He graduated from Durham University with a BA in History in 1954, and earned a Diploma of Education the year after.[2][4] He later served the Friends' Ambulance Unit, where he became acquainted with Quakers.[2]

Career

Cole worked with Eleanor Nesbitt, and authored several works with Sikh scholar Piara Singh Sambhi.[2] He was a lecturer at West Sussex Institute of Higher Education

Death

Cole died on 26 October 2013.[2]

Selected publications

  • The Sikhs : their religious beliefs and practices. New Delhi: New Delhi : Vikas Pub. House ; Queens Village, N.Y. : Distributed by Asia Book Corp. of America. 1978. (Co-author)
  • The Guru in Sikhism. London: Darton, Longman & Todd. 1982. ISBN 978-0-232-51509-1.
  • Sikhism and Its Indian Context 1469–1708 (1984)

References

  1. ↑ Morgan, Peggy (4 May 2014). "Dr William Owen Cole 1931–26 October 2013". British Journal of Religious Education. 36 (2): 244–245. doi:10.1080/01416200.2013.868074. ISSN 0141-6200.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Nesbitt, Eleanor (5 November 2013). "Owen Cole obituary". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 26 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  3. ↑ Nesbitt, Eleanor (1 January 1986). "Sikhism and its Indian context 1469-1708. The attitude of Guru Nanak and early Sikhism to Indian religious beliefs and practices by W. Owen Cole". Religion: 395–397. doi:10.1016/0048-721X(86)90030-8.
  4. ↑ "Supplement to the Graduate List last published in 1954". University of Durham. 1960. p. 33. Retrieved 24 January 2025.

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