Summary

1922 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 31…

But his greatest claim to distinction lay in his studies in Arabic literature. He published two volumes of translations of Arabic poetry (1885 and 1894) , a translation of two ancient Arabic Diwāns (1913) , as well as articles on Hindustani and Arabic literature in the E.B. 9th and 11th editions. He was made K.C.S.I, in 1897, and was elected a fellow of the British Academy, and he received hon. degrees from the universities of Oxford, Edinburgh and Strassburg. He died in London Sept.
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