Persian literature
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
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Fonds
Correspondence of E.G. Browne and Sir E.D. Ross
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7605
Scope and Contents
Edward Granville Browne was a noted scholar and Fellow of Pembroke, with a deep knowledge of the languages, history and culture of the Middle East. Apart from the many books and articles which bore his name, Browne also undertook as a labour of love the wearisome task of cataloguing the Islamic manuscripts in the Cambridge University Library and some of the college libraries, as well as two smaller collections at the India Office Library. He was also responsible for the publication of many...
Dates:
20th February 1891-15th July 1925
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Cambridge University Library
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'Poems from the Persian' E. G. Browne, 1926
Item
Reference Code: GBR/1058/BRO/3/8
Scope and Contents
The Augustan Books of English Poetry, Second Series, Number 10 featuring translations of Persian poetry by Browne. The volume was published posthumously and includes a tribute to Browne by Sidney Jerrold.
Dates:
Publication: 1926