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Marmaduke Pickthall was a writer who is best known for his translation of the Quran into English. In November 1917, during a lecture he was giving in Notting Hill, he publically announced his conversion to Islam. Marmaduke Pickthall was branded a traitor by some. As an avowed Turkophile he refused to be involved in the fight against Turkey and the Ottoman Empire. He was conscripted towards the end of the war and served in a hospital for influenza patients. Muhammed Marmaduke Pickthall died in 1936 and is buried in Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey. Location: 111 Campden Hill Road, Notting Hill, London W8 7TL
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