Henry Yule

Colonel Sir Henry Yule KCSI CB FRSGS (1 May 1820 – 30 December 1889) was a Scottish Orientalist and geographer. He published many travel books, including translations of the work of Marco Polo and Mirabilia by the 14th-century Dominican Friar Jordanus. He was also the compiler of a dictionary of Anglo-Indian terms, the Hobson-Jobson, with Arthur Coke Burnell.


Henry Yule

KCSI CB FRSGS
Born(1820-05-01)1 May 1820
Died30 December 1889(1889-12-30) (aged 69)
London, Middlesex, England
EducationAddiscombe Military Seminary
Occupation(s)Orientalist, geographer
Notable workHobson-Jobson (1886)
Awards
  • Companion of the Order of the Bath (1863)
  • Royal Geographical Society's Founder's Medal (1872)
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (1889)
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