Sir Edwin Arnold (1832–1904) was an English poet, journalist and Orientalist. In 1852 while attending University College in Oxford he won the Newdigate Prize for his poem “Feast of Belshazzar.” Later, after serving as principal of a college in India, he returned to England and joined the Daily Telegraph, where he became editor. His interests remained in the East, and he traveled to Japan and back to India whenever possible. His writing was heavily influenced by that part of the world, and Arnold is most noted for The Light of Asia, an Indian epic about the life of Buddha. […]
