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Sir Edwin Arnold was an English poet and journalist. He is best known for his 1879 work, The Light of Asia.

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culture · English poet and journalist (1832–1904) · journalist · poet · writer · orientalist · editor · translator · philologist · also Edwin Arnold, Sir Edwin Arnold, Arnold

Born 10 June 1832 · Died 24 March 1904 · Q115371

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Awarded Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (1888).
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1931· 1 entry

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Commemorates Arnold at 31 Bolton Gardens in South Kensington

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1904· 1 entry

Mar 24, 1904Documented record86% confidence

Died 1904-03-24.

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1891· 1 entry

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With Josiah Oldfield as president and Mahatma Gandhi as secretary

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1888· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1888Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (1888).

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1879· 1 entry

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And was an immediate success, going through numerous editions in England and America, though its permanent place in literature is quite uncertain

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1874· 1 entry

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First employed the phrase "Cape to Cairo Railway" subsequently popularised by Cecil Rhodes

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1861· 1 entry

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Worked as a journalist on the staff of The Daily Telegraph, a newspaper with which he continued to be associated as editor for more than forty years, and of which he later became editor-in-chief

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1856· 1 entry

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Went to India as Principal of the Deccan College at Poona, a post which he held for seven years, which includes a period during the mutiny of 1857, when he was able to render services for which he was publicly thanked by

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1832· 1 entry

Jun 10, 1832Documented record86% confidence

Born 1832-06-10.

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