Frederick William Thomas

Name: Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement
Author: Frederick William Thomas

Dictionary of National Biography… (1912)

Summary

“Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement”, published in 1912, is a work by Frederick William Thomas. It explores elements such as Cowell, Sanskrit and Ipswich.

Quotes from Dictionary of National Biography… (Frederick William Thomas)

Frederick William Thomas, Dictionary of National Biography… (1912)

“ On his father's death in 1842 Cowell was taken from school to be trained for the management of the business. But during the next eight years, while engaged in commerce, he read in his spare hours with extraordinary zeal and variety. Of his scholarship and width of knowledge he soon gave proof in a series of contributions to the ‘Westminster Review,’ writing on Oriental and Spanish literature. At the same time he formed the acquaintance of many who shared his interests, among them the Arabic and Persian scholar, William Hook Morley [q. v. Suppl. I] , and Duncan Forbes [q. v.] ”

[↩︎]

Source: Wikisource

Frederick William Thomas, Dictionary of National Biography… (1912)

“ In 1841 he compiled a few numbers of ‘The Ipswich Radical Magazine and Review,’ in which he showed sympathy with his father's politics, combined with a singularly wide reading in classical literature. To Oriental literature he was first drawn by finding (1841) in the public library of Ipswich a copy of Sir William Jones's works, including the ‘Persian Grammar’ and the translation of Kālidāsa's ‘Śakuntalā.’ In the same year Macaulay's essay on Warren Hastings made him aware of Wilson's ‘Sanskrit Grammar,’ a copy of which he promptly acquired. ”

[↩︎]

Source: Wikisource

Frederick William Thomas, Dictionary of National Biography… (1912)

“ Botany remained one of the chief delights of his later life, and his scientific interests extended to geology. He collected a complete flora of Cambridgeshire, and gave expression to his botanical enthusiasm in some charming sonnets.
In 1892 Cowell was prevailed upon to accept the presidency of the Arian section of the International Congress of Orientalists held in London. His inaugural address (comparing Rabbinical and Brahmanical learning) and his charming Sanskrit 'Sloka' made a very favourable impression. In 1895 he was made an honorary member of the German Oriental Society. ”

[↩︎]

Source: Wikisource

Frederick William Thomas, Dictionary of National Biography… (1912)

“ By their aid he acquired a profound familiarity with the scholastic Sanskrit literature in rhetoric and philosophy, while he stimulated the pundits' scholarly activity, and often gratified them with a prepared speech in Bengali and a Sanskrit 'Sloka.' Many native editions of works on rhetoric and poetry which were published in the 'Bibliotheca Indica,' a series issued by the Asiatic Society of Bengal, of which he became early in 1858 a joint philological secretary, express their indebtedness to Cowell. ”

[↩︎]

Source: Wikisource

Frederick William Thomas, Dictionary of National Biography… (1912)

“ Young Sandberg, after attending Liverpool College (1861-3) and Enfield School, Birkenhead (1863-7) , graduated B.A. of Dublin University at nineteen in 1870. His tastes were linguistic and mathematical, with a leaning towards Asiatic languages, such as Chinese and Japanese. He developed an aversion for the medical profession, for which he was originally destined, and on leaving Dublin University was admitted a student at the Inner Temple on 9 June 1871, and was called to the bar on 30 April 1874, and joined the northern circuit. ”

[↩︎]

Source: Wikisource

Frederick William Thomas, Dictionary of National Biography… (1912)

“ Asiat. Soc. of Bengal, 1896, pp. 88 sq.) ; 'Monasteries in Tibet' (Calcutta Review, 1896) ; and 'A Tibetan Poet and Mystic,' i.e. Milaraspa' (Nineteenth Century, 1899) .
Sandberg at the same time proved the width of his interests in 'A Neglected Classical Language (Armenian) ' (in Calcutta Review, 1891) , and in 'Bhotan, the Unknown Indian State' (ibid. 1898) . ”

[↩︎]

Source: Wikisource

Frederick William Thomas, Dictionary of National Biography… (1912)

“ At the same time he was more and more attracted to missionary work. He held Bible readings in his house on Sundays, and latterly a number of conversions resulted, not without some risk of offence to his Hindu connections. ”

[↩︎]

Source: Wikisource

Frederick William Thomas, Dictionary of National Biography… (1912)

“ To Tibetan philology Sandberg's contributions were equally notable. In 1894 there appeared at Calcutta his 'Manual of Colloquial Tibetan,' a practical work embodying much useful information. His most important philological work was his share in 'A Tibetan-English Dictionary' (Calcutta, 1902) , which he was commissioned in 1899 by the Bengal government to prepare in conjunction with the Rev. ”

Frederick William Thomas

Summary

Quotes from Dictionary of National Biography… (Frederick William Thomas)

Common terms

Similar works

Get perspective with Kwize: daily news enlightened by great literature