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- 21st Apr 1875 (Creation)
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Sir Edwin Arnold was an English poet and journalist. He was born in Gravesend, Kent, and educated in Rochester and Oxford before becoming a schoolmaster in Birmingham. In 1856 he went to India as Principal of the Government Sanskrit College at Poona. He returned to England in 1861 and worked as a journalist for the Daily Telegraph. He was best known as a poet and specifically for interpreting Eastern philosophy and life in English verse. His chief work with this object is "The Light of Asia", or "The Great Renunciation", a poem of eight books in blank verse.
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News cutting from The Daily Telegraph for 21 April 1875. Sir Edwin Arnold's article on Hodgson and his towering contributions. Hodgson himself has written the name of the author of this article. Printed material, 1 side, 21 April 1875.
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- Arnold Sir Edwin 1832-1904 (Subject)