Calcutta Vernacular Literature Society: Minutes 1851-1860

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Calcutta Vernacular Literature Society: Minutes 1851-1860

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Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives

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Calcutta Vernacular Literature Society

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The Calcutta Vernacular Literature Society produced magazines and translations in Indian vernacular languages of books such as Robinson Crusoe . From the guide to the Calcutta Vernacular Literature Society: Minutes, 1851-1860, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives) ...

Cowell, Edward B. (Edward Byles), 1826-1903

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Edward Byles Cowell (1826-1903), scholar and man of letters, was born in Ipswich on 23 January 1826. He studied Sanskrit, Persian and Arabic, before training in his father's business as a merchant and maltster from 1842. He entered Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1850 (B.A., 1854), and catalogued manuscripts for the Bodleian Library. Cowell was Professor of English History at Presidency College, Calcutta, 1856-1864, and became Principal of the Sanskrit College in Calcutta in 1858. He returned to En...