Cowell, Edward Byles, 1826-1903 (orientalist)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1826 - 1903
Biography
Edward Byles Cowell (1826-1903), scholar and man of letters, was born at 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 England in 1864, and became the first Professor of Sanskrit at Cambridge University, 1867-1903. He founded the Cambridge Philological Society in 1868, and became a Fellow of Corpus Christi College in 1874. Cowell died at Cambridge on 9 February 1903.
Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:
Fonds
Albrecht Friedrich Weber: Correspondence to E.B. Cowell, 1866-1868
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4251/1467-1468
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Dates:
1866-1868
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Miscellaneous Accessions
Fonds
Charles J. Pickering: Correspondence with E. Cowell, 1890-1891
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4251/1098-1099
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Dates:
1890-1891
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Miscellaneous Accessions
Fonds
Charles Rockwell Lanman: Letter to E.B. Cowell, 1892
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4251/790
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Dates:
1892
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Miscellaneous Accessions
Series
Copy of letter from E.B. Cowell to Charles Edward Searle, 23 Jan. 1889
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6377/266
Dates:
23 Jan. 1889
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Series
Correspondence and translation from Welsh, 1873-1887
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4503
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Miscellaneous papers, including passports, reports, certificates, University information, correspondence, translations from Welsh and a copy of 'Bird Parliament' by Edward Fitzgerald
Dates:
1873-1887
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Series
E.B. Cowell: 'Mr. Rouse's Translation of the Jataka, Vols. II & IV', draft, 3 Nov. 1902
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6377/402
Dates:
3 Nov. 1902
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Fonds
Edward Byles Cowell: Letter to Henry Bradshaw, 1869
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4251/310
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Dates:
1869
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Miscellaneous Accessions
Fonds
Edward Heron Allen: Letter to E.B. Cowell, 1898
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4251/14
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Dates:
1898
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Miscellaneous Accessions
Fonds
Ernst Windisch: Letter to E.B. Cowell, 1872
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4251/1501
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Dates:
1872
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Miscellaneous Accessions
File
Ethical extracts, 1855-1856
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4193
Scope and Contents
A series of ethical and theological extracts and notes compiled by EBC. Fos 51-47r are written from the opposite end of the book. On fo. 1v: 'Edwd B. Cowell, Oxford'. Fos 28-46 and 52 are blank.
Dates:
1855-1856
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
From E.B. Cowell, Cambridge, 21 July 1894
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7603/9
Dates:
21 July 1894
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
From E.B. Cowell, Cambridge, 25 Oct. 1897
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7603/10
Dates:
25 Oct. 1897
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Fonds
H. Dharmapala: Letter to Edward Cowell, 1894
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4251/363
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Dates:
1894
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Miscellaneous Accessions
Fonds
Henry Cobbe Sutherland: Letter to E.B. Cowell, 1859
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4251/1359
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Dates:
1859
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Miscellaneous Accessions
File
J. M. Wilson lecture notes, 1854
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4195
Scope and Contents
A series of notes taken by EBC of lectures given by J.M. Wilson on Mental Philosophy, 1854, 32 folios.
Dates:
1854
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Fonds
Joseph Hélidore Sagesse Vertu Garcin de Tassy: Letter to E.B. Cowell, 1859
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4251/512
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Dates:
1859
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Miscellaneous Accessions
File
Letter from E.B. Cowell to J. Peile, 27 Dec. 1895
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.5944/37/3
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Includes correspondence, verses, notes and miscellaneous papers.
Dates:
27 Dec. 1895
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Item
Letter from Edward B. Cowell to John Willis Clark, 7 Jan. 1878
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8954/25
Scope and Contents
Seeks a ticket for unveiling of Prince Consort's statue
Dates:
7 Jan. 1878
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Series
Miscellaneous papers, 1841-1902
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4501
Scope and Contents
The papers include passports; proverbs; letters; deeds of covenant; a short story; a report on an examination in Urdu; certificates of election to various institutions; reports on the Sanskrit College and Nuddea schools, Bengal; vouchers of the Great Eastern Hotel, Calcutta; lectures; Oude claims; papers concerning the Calcutta Public Library; a report of the syndicate of the University of Bengal; a cheque-book; and the announcement of the resolution to offer Cowell the Hon. Degree of Doctor...
Dates:
1841-1902
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Series
Miscellaneous papers, 1857-1899
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4502
Scope and Contents
Includes transcripts, articles, Sanskrit examiniation papers, items concerning the Calcutta Vernacular Literature Society and Calcutta Sanskrit College
Dates:
1857-1899
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Series
Miscellaneous papers, 1835-1889
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4509
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Miscellaneous papers, including passports, reports, certificates, University information, correspondence, translations from Welsh and a copy of 'Bird Parliament' by Edward Fitzgerald
Dates:
1835-1889
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Series
Miscellaneous papers, 1842-1899
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4510
Scope and Contents
The papers include various notes and verses; a letter from W.W. Skeat to [E.B. Cowell], 17 March 1873; a letter from Mrs S.L.M. Westcott to Cowell, 29 March 1899, with photographs; notes on Plato's Phaedrus, 1842; Cowell's transcript of Bodleian MS Ouseley 140, 'Omar Khayyam' (1856), with two letters from Cowell to Edward Fitzgerald (22 July and 20 December 1856), and the following note in Cowell's hand: 'This is the copy which I made from my own transcript of the Bodleian MS of Omar Khayyam...
Dates:
1842-1899
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
Printed leaflet containing hymns and order of procession at the funeral service of E.B. Cowell, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 13 Feb. 1903
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7603/11
Dates:
13 Feb. 1903
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
Selections from the poems of Dafydd ap Gwilym translated into English by EBC, Vol. 1, 1878 (Circa)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4196
Scope and Contents
There is a reference index at the beginning. Attached to fo. 67 is a letter from Robert Williams to [ ], 7 May 1878.
Dates:
1878 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
Selections from the poems of Dafydd ap Gwilym translated into English by EBC, Vol. II, 1878 (Circa)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4197
Scope and Contents
There is a reference index at the beginning. The versos are blank throughout.
Dates:
1878 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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