Arnold, Edwin, Sir, 1832-1904

LC control no.	n 50004222
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	PR4010 PR4014
Personal name heading	Arnold, Edwin, Sir, 1832-1904 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated place	Poona (India) London (England)
Birth date	18320610
Death date	19040324
Place of birth	Gravesend (Kent, England)
Field of activity	Poetry Oriental languages Journalism
Profession or occupation	Poets Newspaper editors Translators
Found in	Potiphar's wife, and other poems, 1892: title page (Sir Edwin Arnold) Wikipedia, Dec. 18, 2008 (Sir Edwin Arnold, CSI, CIE; b. June 10, 1832; d. Mar. 24, 1904) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, viewed online May 5, 2015 (Arnold, Sir Edwin (1832-1904), poet and journalist, was born at Gravesend on 10 June 1832 ... educated at University College, Oxford ... obtained the position of principal of the Deccan Sanskrit College at Poona, India, in November 1857 ... On settling there he was elected a fellow of Bombay University. He soon studied Eastern languages, and mastered not only those of India but also Turkish and Persian ... Returning to England he responded to an advertisement for the post of leader writer on the Daily Telegraph. This appointment finally determined his career. He wrote six leading articles in his first week, and went on to produce well over six thousand more over the next twenty years. On Thornton Hunt's death in 1873 Arnold became a chief editor of the Daily Telegraph. Arnold died at his house at 31 Bolton Gardens, London, on 24 March 1904) The Bhagavad Gita [SR]: audio sample (translated by Sir Edwin Arnold) Wikipedia website, Mar. 13, 2024 (Sir Edwin Arnold; in "The Song Celestial" Sir Edwin produced a well-known poetic rendering of the sacred Hindu scripture Bhagavad Gita) Harvard Library website, Mar. 13, 2024 (Sir Edwin Arnold; English author; translator of Asian literature; his epic poem, The Light of Asia (1879); other writings include poetry and travel books)