Edward Byles Cowell

E. B. COWELL (1826-1903) was an English-born orientalist who studied under various Indian scholars in Calcutta. He returned to England in 1867 to become the first professor of Sanskrit at Cambridge University. J. TAKAKUSU (1866-1945) was born in Japan and studied Sanskrit at Oxford University, earning his doctorate. He was known worldwide for his knowledge of Buddhism and dedication to higher education. F. MAX MÜLLER (1823-1900) was a German author and orientalist who lived in England most of...See more

E. B. COWELL (1826-1903) was an English-born orientalist who studied under various Indian scholars in Calcutta. He returned to England in 1867 to become the first professor of Sanskrit at Cambridge University. J. TAKAKUSU (1866-1945) was born in Japan and studied Sanskrit at Oxford University, earning his doctorate. He was known worldwide for his knowledge of Buddhism and dedication to higher education. F. MAX MÜLLER (1823-1900) was a German author and orientalist who lived in England most of his life. As a professor at Oxford, he combined the studies of language, culture, and religion to create the discipline of comparative mythology. His body of work included The Sacred Books of the East, which he had edited. See less