Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot
Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot (21 May 1833 – 25 May 1901) was a notable British Orientalist and translator.
Biography
Arbuthnot's early career was spent as a civil servant in
Sir John FitzGerald
. His first name is sometimes spelled "Foster".
Arbuthnot was well versed in the ancient literature of India. He collaborated with his close friend
Mīr-Khvānd, translated by the Orientalist Edward Rehatsek
from 1891 to 1894.
It is largely due to his work that several of the masterpieces of Arabic, Persian and Indian literature first became available in English translation.
Publications
Written
- Early Ideas : A Group of Hindoo Stories. London: W. H. Allen and Co. 1881. OCLC 1080679008.
- Free Trade in Land. London: Cassell & Company. 1885. OCLC 1051491107.
- Persian Portraits. A Sketch of Persian History, Literature and Politics. London: Bernard Quaritch. 1887. OCLC 634978922.
- Arabic Authors; a Manual of Arabian History and Literature. London: William Heinemann. 1890. OCLC 1051484584.
- The Mysteries of Chronology, with Proposal for a New English Era, to be called the Victorian. London: William Heinemann. 1900. OCLC 1013417308.
Translated
- Kama Shastra Society.
- Kama Shastra Society.
Edited
References
- ^ Ben Grant, "Translating/'The' “Kama Sutra”", Third World Quarterly, Vol. 26, No. 3, Connecting Cultures (2005), 509-516
- Mrs P S-M Arbuthnot Memories of the Arbuthnots (1920). George Allen & Unwin Ltd.
External links
- Works by Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot at Project Gutenberg
- Arbuthnot, F.F. Arabic Authors: A Manual of Arabian History and Literature (Full text)
- Works by or about Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot at Internet Archive
- Arbuthnot Family tree[usurped]
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