Sir Edward Denison Ross (6 June 1871 – 20 September 1940), known as Denison, was a British orientalist and linguist, specializing in languages of the Middle East, Central and East Asia. He was the first director of the University of London's School of Oriental Studies (now SOAS, University of London) from 1916 to 1937.Galambos, "Touched a Nation's heart: Sir E. Denison Ross and Alexandre Csoma de Koros", Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (Third Series) 21.3 (2011): 366
Ross read in 49 languages and spoke in 30. He was the director of the British Information Bureau for the Near East. Ross wrote an Introduction to a reprint of George Sale's translation of the Quran.Sir Edward Denison Ross, after 1877, Introduction to Sale's translation Along with Eileen Power, he wrote and edited a 26-volume series published by George Routledge & Sons, The Broadway Travellers.Current Biography 1940 p. 697. The series included the diary of the 17th-century naval chaplain Henry Teonge. Ross joined the staff of the British Museum in 1914, appointed to catalogue the collections of Sir Aurel Stein. He was an original trustee of the E. J. W. Gibb Memorial Series. In 1934, Edward Denison Ross attended Ferdowsi Millenary Celebration in Tehran.
In January 1940, shortly after the outbreak of World War II in Europe, Ross was named head of the British Information Bureau at Istanbul with the rank of Counsellor. As an acquaintance of the deceased Turkish leader, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Ross was eager to serve his country from Turkey. However, the loss of his wife Dora in April 1940 was more than he could bear, and Sir Denison himself died in Istanbul at age 69 in September 1940. He is buried at the Haydarpasha English Cemetery in Uskudar.
Bibliography Some of these he was the sole author; some he was the translator; some he was a joint author:
1893 - A year amongst the Persians 1895 - History Of The Moghuls Of Central Asia; Tarikh-i-rashidi Of Mirza Muhammad ... 1895 - The Tarikh-i-Rashidi of Mirza Muhammad Haidar, Dughlat: a history of the Mo... 1895 - The Tarikh-i-rashidi; a history of the Moghuls of central Asia; an English version. Muhammad Haidar, Dughlat, d. 1551 1899 - The heart of Asia: a history of Russian Turkestan and the Central Asian khan... Skrine, Francis Henry, 1847–1933 1900 - Modern Persian Literature 1900 - The Ruba'iyat of Omar Khayyam 1901 - Babism 1902 - Catalogue of two collections of Persian and Arabic manuscripts preserved in t... 1904 - The booke of freendeship of Marcus Tullie Cicero 1905 - Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian manuscripts in the library of the Calcutta University 1908 - Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian manuscripts in the Oriental public library ... 1910 - An Arabic history of Gujarat; Zafar ul-walih bi Muzaffar wa alih; by 'Abdallah Muhammad ibn "Ulnar, al-Asaf UlughkhanT, 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn 'Urnar, appr… 1910 - Marharnu l-'ilali 'l-mu'dila Yafi'T, 'Abd Allah ibn As'ad, –1367 1910 - The Persian and Turki divans. 1912 - Great religions of the world Giles, Herbert Allen, 1845–1935 1912 1916 - Stories From Sadis Bustan And Gulistan 1916 - The Panjab North-west Frontier Province And Kashmir 1918 - Catalogue Of The Arabic And Persian Manuscripts Vol VI 1920 - Report of the Calcutta University Commission 1 1921 - An Arabic History Of Gujarat Vol LI 1922 - The Journal Of The Royal Asiatic Society Of Great Britain Ireland 1925 - Hong Kong Daily Press, 19 March 1925 1927 - A year amongst the Persians. Impressions as to the life, character, & thought... 1928 - An index to the Arabic history of Gujarat. Zafar ul-walih bi Muzaffar wa alih 1928 - Gertrude Bell's Persian pictures 1928 - Hue and Gabet: travels in Tartary, Tibet and China, 1844–1846 1928 - Islam 1928 - Persian Pictures 1928 - THE BROADWAY TRAVELLERS 1928 - Turkestan Down To The Mongol In Asion 1929 - Islam: beliefs and institutions 1930 - Jahangir and the Jesuits 1930 - Jahangir And The Jesuits 1930 - Jahangir And The Jesuits With An Account Of The Travels Of Benedictr Goes 1930 - Jewish Travels 1930 - Persian Art 1930 - The Orkhon Inscriptions: Being a Translation of Professor Vilhelm Thomsen's .. 1931 - Persians 1931 - The Broadway Travellers 1936 - The Central Structure Of The Mughal Empire 1938 - Humayun Badshah 1939 - THIS ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1950 - The travels of Marco Polo 1972 - History of the Moghuls of Central Asia, Being the Tarikh-I-Rashidi 1986 - Dangerous Heart 2018 - Three Turki manuscripts from Kashghar Undated - Early Turkish Inscriptions Undated - The Early Years Of Shah Ismail The Founder Of The Safavi Dynasty Undated - The first Englishmen in India: letters and narratives of sundry Elizabethans Undated - The Tarikh-i-rashidi – Murad Butt.Berbercan, M. T. (2013). Edward Denison Ross Bibliyografyası (Hayatı ve Eserleri). Çankırı Karatekin Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 4(1), 61–76.
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Further reading Sir Edward Dennison Ross (1871–1940): A Persian Scholar and Orientalist Par Excellence by R. M. Chopra, INDO-IRANICA, Vol. LXVI, Nos. 1 to 4, 2013
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