Yule

Yule

Yule (spr. jūl), Sir Henry, engl. geographischer Schriftsteller, geb. 1. Mai 1820 in Inveresk bei Edinburg, gest. 30. Dez. 1889 in London, kam als Ingenieuroffizier nach Bengalen, begleitete Phaire als Sekretär an den Hof von Ava, kehrte 1862 mit dem Rang eines Colonel nach Europa zurück, erhielt 1875 einen lebenslänglichen Sitz im Rate von Indien und war seit 1877 Präsident der Hakluyt Society. Er veröffentlichte unter anderm: »Narrative of the mission to the court of Ava in 1855« (Lond. 1858); »Cathay and the way thither etc.« (1866, 2 Bde.); »The book of Ser Marco Polo etc.« (Übersetzung, 1871, 2 Bde.; 2. Ausg. 1875); »Geography and history of the regions on the Oxus« (1872); »The diary of William Hedges« (Lond. 1887–89, 3 Bde.).


http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905. 1905–1909.

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