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Cowell, Professor : Edward Byles Cowell (1826-1903): educated at Ipswich: attracted to William Jones’ works studied Persian: went to Magdalen Hall, Oxford, studied under H.H. Wilson, 1st class 1854: joined Educ. Dept. as Prof of History & Political Economy at Presidency College, Calcutta 1856: Principal of Sanskrit College 1858: left India 1864: LLD of Edinburg: D.C.L. at Oxford: Fellow of corpus Christi College, Cambridge: after he was elected 1st Prof of Sanskrit at Cambridge 1867, the study of Oriental languages increased at Cambridge, he taught Sanskrit, Indian Philosophy, Comparative Philology, Persian, Pāli, Zend, etc.: a Board of Oriental Studies was formed & a Board of ICS studies, the Semite Languages Tripos was established 1878, the Indian Languages Tripos 1893, the Oriental Languages Tripos 1895; he wrote on Persian poetry, the Hindu drama etc., in Westminster Review, also in Asiatic Journal, Journal of Philology, Gentleman’s Magazine, Journal of Asiatic Socy. Bengal, Calcutta Review: he wrote a Prakrit grammar, translated & edited many Sanskrit works both at Calcutta & Cambridge: knew Welsh & the Classics: In 1872 he reviewed in Macmillan’s Magazine Bankim Chandra’s first novel Durgesh Nandini which was written in 1862-64 & published in 1865. [Buckland]