[Edward Byles]. Sanscrit scholar, born at Ipswich, England, on the 23rd of January 1826. He was educated at Oxford, and resided some years in India, after which he returned to England, and soon after was appointed professor of Sanscrit at the University of Cambridge. He made voluminous translations from the Sanscrit, and as a commentator stands unrivaled. He is the author of the Prákrit Grammar, in Sanskrit and English, and of numerous works relating to Sanskrit.
