Edward Fitzgerald: Bird-Parliament and Letters 1857-1870
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Fitzgerald, Edward
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Epithet: Major Baron British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001161.0x0002ec Epithet: of Add MS 37538 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001161.0x0002ef Epithet: Captain; of Stowe MS 202 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001161.0x0002eb Epithet: translato...
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...
Fitzgerald, Edward, 1809-1883
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Edward FitzGerald was an English author and translator, best known for his popular translation of The Rubáiyát. Born Edward Marlborough Purcell into one of the wealthiest families in England, the family name was changed when his mother inherited her family fortune. He was educated at Oxford University, after which he travelled constantly for a time and wrote poetry, as well as translating verse from several languages. Although talented, he lacked the motivation to devote himself to writing; he...
