Cowell, Edward Byles, 1826-1903 (orientalist)
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:
Albrecht Friedrich Weber: Correspondence to E.B. Cowell, 1866-1868
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Charles J. Pickering: Correspondence with E. Cowell, 1890-1891
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Charles Rockwell Lanman: Letter to E.B. Cowell, 1892
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Copy of letter from E.B. Cowell to Charles Edward Searle, 23 Jan. 1889
Correspondence and translation from Welsh, 1873-1887
Miscellaneous papers, including passports, reports, certificates, University information, correspondence, translations from Welsh and a copy of 'Bird Parliament' by Edward Fitzgerald
E.B. Cowell: 'Mr. Rouse's Translation of the Jataka, Vols. II & IV', draft, 3 Nov. 1902
Edward Byles Cowell: Letter to Henry Bradshaw, 1869
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Edward Heron Allen: Letter to E.B. Cowell, 1898
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Ernst Windisch: Letter to E.B. Cowell, 1872
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Ethical extracts, 1855-1856
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.
From E.B. Cowell, Cambridge, 21 July 1894
From E.B. Cowell, Cambridge, 25 Oct. 1897
H. Dharmapala: Letter to Edward Cowell, 1894
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Henry Cobbe Sutherland: Letter to E.B. Cowell, 1859
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
J. M. Wilson lecture notes, 1854
A series of notes taken by EBC of lectures given by J.M. Wilson on Mental Philosophy, 1854, 32 folios.
Joseph Hélidore Sagesse Vertu Garcin de Tassy: Letter to E.B. Cowell, 1859
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Letter from E.B. Cowell to J. Peile, 27 Dec. 1895
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Includes correspondence, verses, notes and miscellaneous papers.
Letter from Edward B. Cowell to John Willis Clark, 7 Jan. 1878
Seeks a ticket for unveiling of Prince Consort's statue
Miscellaneous papers, 1841-1902
Miscellaneous papers, 1857-1899
Includes transcripts, articles, Sanskrit examiniation papers, items concerning the Calcutta Vernacular Literature Society and Calcutta Sanskrit College
Miscellaneous papers, 1835-1889
Miscellaneous papers, including passports, reports, certificates, University information, correspondence, translations from Welsh and a copy of 'Bird Parliament' by Edward Fitzgerald
Miscellaneous papers, 1842-1899
Printed leaflet containing hymns and order of procession at the funeral service of E.B. Cowell, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 13 Feb. 1903
Selections from the poems of Dafydd ap Gwilym translated into English by EBC, Vol. 1, 1878 (Circa)
There is a reference index at the beginning. Attached to fo. 67 is a letter from Robert Williams to [ ], 7 May 1878.
Selections from the poems of Dafydd ap Gwilym translated into English by EBC, Vol. II, 1878 (Circa)
There is a reference index at the beginning. The versos are blank throughout.
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