Charles Henry Tawney

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Charles Henry Tawney
Born26 December 1837
Died29 July 1922
Known fortranslations of Sanskrit classics
Academic background
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge

Charles Henry Tawney

Persian.[3]

Biography

Tawney was the son of Rev. Richard Tawney, and educated at

Asiatic Society of Bengal in a small series called Bibliotheca Indica
between 1880 and 1884.

One of the professors of Presidency College during Tawney's tenure was Jagadish Chandra Bose. Initially Tawney, along with the Director of Public Instruction, was reluctant to appoint Bose to the post which in those days was usually reserved for Europeans. Bose worked in a temporary post for the first three years. After this, Tawney, along with the Director of Public Instruction, Sir Alfred Croft, recognized the value of Bose's professorial work and his unyielding principles. Through their efforts Bose's position was made permanent.[4]

After retirement, Tawney was made Librarian of the India Office.

Translations from Sanskrit

Tawney translated the

Kālidāsa whose first edition was published in 1875 and second edition in 1891.[5]

His other works include:

Notes

  1. JSTOR 25210014
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  2. JSTOR 1256118
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  3. ^ a b c Penzer 1924, pp. vii–x
  4. ^ Geddes, Patrick. The Life and Work of Sir Jagadis C. Bose. p. 38.
  5. JSTOR 592384
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External links

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