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• Cowell, E.  + (Edward+Byles+Cowell%2C+FBA+%2823+January+1 … Edward+Byles+Cowell%2C+FBA+%2823+January+1826+%E2%80%93+9+February+1903%29+was+a+noted+translator+of+Persian+poetry+and+the+first+professor+of+Sanskrit+at+Cambridge+University.%0A%0ACowell+was+born+in+Ipswich%2C+the+son+of+Charles+Cowell+and+Marianne+Byles.+Elizabeth+%22Beth%22+Cowell%2C+the+painter%2C+was+his+sister.%0A%0AHe+became+interested+in+Oriental+languages+at+the+age+of+fifteen%2C+when+he+found+a+copy+of+Sir+William+Jones%27s+works+%28including+his+%27%27Persian+Grammar%27%27%29+in+the+public+library.+Self-taught%2C+he+began+translating+and+publishing+Hafez+within+the+year.%0A%0AOn+the+death+of+his+father+in+1842+he+took+over+the+family+business.+He+married+in+1845%2C+and+in+1850+entered+Magdalen+College%2C+Oxford%2C+where+he+studied+and+catalogued+Persian+manuscripts+for+the+Bodleian+Library.+From+1856+to+1867+he+lived+in+Calcutta+as+professor+of+English+history+at+Presidency+College.+He+was+also+as+principal+of+Sanskrit+College+from+1858+to+1864.+In+this+year+he+discovered+a+manuscript+of+Omar+Khayy%C3%A1m%27s+quatrains+in+the+Asiatic+Society%27s+library+and+sent+a+copy+to+London+for+his+friend+and+student%2C+Edward+Fitzgerald%2C+who+then+produced+the+famous+English+translations+%28the+%27%27Rubaiyat+of+Omar+Khayyam%27%27%2C+1859%29.+He+also+published%2C+unsigned%2C+an+introduction+to+Khayy%C3%A1m+with+translations+of+thirty+quatrains+in+the+%27%27Calcutta+Review%27%27+%281858%29.%0A%0AHaving+studied+Hindustani%2C+Bengali%2C+and+Sanskrit+with+Indian+scholars%2C+he+returned+to+England+to+take+up+an+appointment+as+the+first+professor+of+Sanskrit+at+Cambridge.+He+was+professor+from+1867+until+his+death+in+1903.+He+was+made+an+honorary+member+of+the+German+Oriental+Society+%28DMG%29+in+1895%2C+was+awarded+the+Royal+Asiatic+Society%27s+first+gold+medal+in+1898%2C+and+in+1902+became+a+founding+member+of+the+British+Academy.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FEdward_Byles_Cowell+Source+Accessed+Mar+22%2C+2021%5D%29owell+Source+Accessed+Mar+22%2C+2021%5D%29)