Книга: Marco Polo, Henry Yule, Henri Cordier «Оптимальный прием дискретных сигналов ЦСПИ»

Marco Polo

biographical name — see polo

Источник: Marco Polo

Henry Yule

Sir Henry Yule (May 1, 1820 - December 30, 1889), was a Scottish Orientalist.

He was born at Inveresk, Scotland, near Edinburgh, the son of Major William Yule (1764-1839), translator of the "Apothegms of Ali". Henry Yule was educated at Edinburgh, Addiscombe and Chatham, and joined the Bengal Engineers in 1840. He served in both the Sikh wars, was secretary to Colonel (afterwards Sir) Arthur Phayre's mission to Ava (1855), and wrote his "Narrative of the Mission to the Court of Ana" (1858).

He retired in 1862 with the rank of colonel, and devoted his leisure to the medieval history and geography of Central Asia. He published "Cathay and the Way Thither" (1866), the "Book of Marco Polo", for which he received the gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society. He also brought out, in collaboration with Dr Arthur C. Burnell, Hobson-Jobson (1886), a dictionary of Anglo-Indian colloquial phrases.

For the Hakluyt Society, of which he was for some time president, he edited (1863) the "Mirabilia" descriptor of Jordanus and "The Diary of William Hedges" (1887-89). The latter contains a biography of Governor Pitt, grandfather of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham. From 1875 to 1889 Yule was a member of the Council of India, being appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India on his retirement. Yule was a contributor to the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary, advising in Oriental matters.

See "Memoir" by his daughter, prefixed to the posthumous third edition of "Marco Polo" (1903).

References

*1911

He served in both the Sikh wars, was secretary to Colonel (afterwards Sir) Arthur Phayre's mission to Ava (1855), and wrote his Narrative of the Mission to the Court of Ava (1858).

External links

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* [http://www.thoemmes.com/encyclopedia/yule.htm Henry Yule] at [http://www.thoemmes.com/ Thoemmes Continuum]
* digital versions (page images) of books by sir Henry Yule are available at the [http://dsr.nii.ac.jp/toyobunko/language/en.html.en Toyo Bunko Rare Books Archive] of the Digital Silk Roads Project

Источник: Henry Yule

Henri Cordier

Henri Cordier, Porträt von Gustave Caillebotte (1883)

Henri Cordier (* 1849; † 1925) war ein französischer Orientalist, der seinerzeit die führenden bibliographischen Wörterbücher zu China, Japan und Indochina herausgab. Auch um die Herausgabe der Werke von Henry Yule machte er sich verdient.

Weblinks

• Literatur von und über Henri Cordier im Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek und auf anderen Websites (Datensatz zu Henri Cordier • PICA-Datensatz • Apper-Personensuche)

Источник: Henri Cordier