Edward William West

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Edward William West (1824-1905), usually styled E. W. West, was a scholarly English engineer, orientalist, and translator of Zoroastrian texts. He was educated at King's College London. He prepared five volumes of Pahlavi texts (the Marvels of Zoroastrianism) for Prof. Max Müller's monumental Sacred Books of the East series, published from the years 1880 to 1897.

References

Katz, J. B. "West, Edward William". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/36836. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 73926055 LCCN: n85194314 ISNI: 0000 0000 8394 076X GND: 117318302 BNF: cb12341871r

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Name	West, Edward William
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Short description	British indologist
Date of birth	1824
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Date of death	1905
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