William Delafield Arnold (1828-1859) was a British author and colonial administrator. 1828 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1859 (MDCCCLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ...

He was the fourth son of Thomas Arnold, the headmaster of Rugby School. His older brothers included the poet and critic Matthew Arnold and the literary scholar Tom Arnold. William served as an educational administrator in Punjab, in British India. In 1853, William published a novel of Anglo-Indian life, Oakfield; or, Fellowship in the East. William died aged thirty-one, at Gibraltar, on his way home from India. Matthew Arnold's poem "A Southern Night" mourns his early death. Thomas Arnold, 1840 Thomas Arnold (June 13, 1795 – June 12, 1842) was a famous schoolmaster and historian, head of Rugby School from 1828 to 1841. ... A view of Rugby School from The Close, the playing field where according to legend Rugby was invented Rugby School, located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire, is one of the oldest public schools in England and is perhaps one of the top co-educational boarding schools in the country. ... Matthew Arnold Caricature from Punch, 1881: Admit that Homer sometimes nods, That poets do write trash, Our Bard has written Balder Dead, And also Balder-dash Family tree Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 – 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic, who worked as an inspector of schools. ... Tom Arnold also known as Thomas Arnold the Younger (1823-1900) was a British literary professor. ... Punjab   (Punjabi: , Hindi: , IPA: ) (Also spelled Panjab) is a state in northwest India. ... British India (otherwise known as The British Raj) was a historical period during which most of the Indian subcontinent, or present-day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Myanmar, were under the colonial authority of the British Empire (Undivided India). ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended, generally fictional narrative in prose. ... Anglo-Indians are persons who have descended from a mix of British and Indian parentage. ...

References

• Trilling, Lionel (1939) Matthew Arnold. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd.]]