Edward Henry Whinfield

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Edward Henry Whinfield (1836-1922) was a translator of Persian literature. He composed the first well-commented English translations of Hafez and Rumi,^[1] as well as a side-by-side translation of 500 quatrains of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám in 1883.

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↑ http://riowang.blogspot.com/2008/03/through-veil-darkly-translations-of.html

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Edward Henry Whinfield

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 50589897 LCCN: n82251056 ISNI: 0000 0001 1949 7182 GND: 142145327

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Name	Whinfield, Edward Henry
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Short description	Translator of Persian literature
Date of birth	1836
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Date of death	1922
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