Edwin Arnold
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Sir Edwin Arnold was an English poet and journalist. He is best known for his 1879 work, The Light of Asia.
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Blue plaque, 31 Bolton Gardens, Kensington, London
The Light of Asia
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The Light of Asia, or The Great Renunciation, is a book by Sir Edwin Arnold. The first edition of the book was published in London in July 1879.
Edwin Arnold
…Sir Edwin Arnold (10 June 1832 – 24 March 1904) was an English poet and journalist. He is best known for his 1879 work, The Light of Asia. Born in Gravesend, Kent, Arnold's early education at King's School, Rochester, and later at King's College London and University College, Oxford, laid…
Title page of the 1885 edition
Frontispiece to the 1885 edition.