Henry Yule, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henry Yule

Scottish orientalist

Date of Birth: 01-May-1820

Place of Birth: Inveresk, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 30-Dec-1889

Profession: writer, military personnel, translator, geographer, lexicographer

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Sir Henry Yule (1 May 1820 – 30 December 1889) was a Scottish Orientalist and geographer.
He published many travel books, including translations of the work of Marco Polo and Mirabilia by the 14th-century Dominican Friar Jordanus.
He was also the compiler of a dictionary of Anglo-Indian terms, the Hobson-Jobson, with Arthur Coke Burnell.