Samuel Beal
British oriental scholar (1825–1889) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Samuel Beal (27 November 1825, in Devonport, Devon – 20 August 1889, in Greens Norton, Northamptonshire) was an Oriental scholar, and the first Englishman to translate directly from the Chinese the early records of Buddhism, thus illuminating Indian history.
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