Edward Denison Ross

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Sir Edward Denison Ross (June 6, 1871 - September 20, 1940) was an Orientalist and one of the world's foremost linguists, specializing in languages of the Far East. He could read 49 languages, and speak 30 of them. He was director of the British Information Bureau for the Near East. Along with Eileen Power, he wrote and edited a 26 volume series on India, The Broadway Travellers. ^[1]