William Guise

Life

He went to Oriel College, Oxford at age 16. He was Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford from 1674 to 1680, being granted an MA in 1677. He spent the last years of his life in St Mary's College, Oxford.

Works

He is known for his scholarly work on Zeraim, an order of the Mishnah, for which he produced a Latin translation and commentary. He made use of a wide range of Islamic literature, and particularly relied on the Arabic dictionaries of Fairuzabadi and Jauhari. It was published as Misnae Pars (1690), edited by Edward Bernard.