John Dowson

John Dowson (* 1820, † 1881) was a British historian and orientalist.

He edited the eight-volume The History of India as told by its own Historians by Henry M. Elliot (1808-1853), in which the Indian history of India's own historians is told. He is also the author of many editions published until very recently, popular reference book A classical dictionary of Hindu mythology and religion, geography, history, and literature to mythology and religion, geography, history and literature of the Hindus.

Dowson was a professor of Hindustani at University College London.

Works

  • A classical dictionary of Hindu mythology and religion, geography, history, and literature. London 1879 digitized; 8th edition: Routledge, Kegan Paul, London 1953
  • As editor: Henry M. Elliot: The History of India as told by its own Historians. Trübner, London 1867-1877
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