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:
Selections from the poems of Dafydd ap Gwilym translated into English by EBC, Vol. III, 1878 (Circa)
Ethical and theological extracts and notes, lecture notes on 'mental philosophy,' welsh poetry and Michaelangelo's sonnets, both translated into English.
Selections from the poems of Dafydd ap Gwilym translated into English by EBC, Vol.IV, 1878 (Circa.)
There is a reference index at the beginning. The versos are blank throughout.
Telegram from E.B. Cowell to Mrs E.S. Cowell, 7 June 1867
Translation into English verse by EBC of Michelangelo's sonnets, 1884-1888
Ethical and theological extracts and notes, lecture notes on 'mental philosophy,' welsh poetry and Michaelangelo's sonnets, both translated into English.
Translation of Howel's poems by EBC, Jan 1879-1882
Includes: (fo. 1) translations of Howel's poems; (fo. 14) translation of the 'Dialogue between Taliessin and Ugnach', from the 'Black Book of Caermaerthen'; (fo. 15) translation of 'Cyfeiliawg's Circuit of Wales', with notes; (fo. 20) translation of Gwalchmai's poems, with nos 4, 8 and 10 omitted. Fos 25-27, 33-35 and 39-42 are blank.
Translations by EBC of a selection of the poems of Cynddelw, 1887
Ethical and theological extracts and notes, lecture notes on 'mental philosophy,' welsh poetry and Michaelangelo's sonnets, both translated into English.
Translations into English verse by EBC of seven of the poems of Dafydd ap Gwilym, 1890
Ethical and theological extracts and notes, lecture notes on 'mental philosophy,' welsh poetry and Michaelangelo's sonnets, both translated into English.
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