About Henry Yule

Colonel Sir Henry Yule was a Scottish Orientalist and geographer. He published many travel books, including translations of the works of Marco Polo and of the Mirabilia Descripta 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.

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Henry Yule

Scottish orientalist (1820–1889)

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About Henry Yule

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Occupation: writer, military personnel, translator, geographer
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born: May 1, 1820
Died: December 30, 1889

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