Robert Needham Cust was a British administrator and judge in colonial India apart from being an Anglican evangelist and linguist. He was part of the Orientalism movement and active within the British and Foreign Bible Society. He was a prolific writer and wrote on a range of subjects. He promoted the translation of the Bible into the Punjabi language as he believed it would help standardise the language's grammar and lead to the development of a strong literary tradition in the language.
- Occupation
- linguist, Indologist, barrister, missionary
- Position held
- judge
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- February 24, 1821
