The traveler and writer Henry Yule
In May 1820, Henry Yule, a researcher of Oriental culture and a writer, was born. In his early years, he studied in Edinburgh (Scotland), then moved to London, where he continued his education at University College. In the 1840s, Yul lived in Bengal, participated in the Anglo-Sikh wars, but was forced to return to his homeland due to health problems. He taught at the Scottish Military Academy for a while, and then went back to Bengal.
Henry Yule began studying the geography of the Central Asian states and medieval history after his retirement in 1862. The researcher has written a number of books and articles about his travels. For two publications, "Cathay and the Way There" (1866) and "The Book of Marco Polo" (1871), he received the Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society. Juhl worked on a work written by the 14th-century Dominican monk Jordanus Catalani, editing the book "Mirabilia Descripta" , and then focused on the diary entries of William Hedges, the administrator of the British East India Company. In 1876, Nikolai Przhevalsky's book "Mongolia and the Tangut Country" was published, to which Yul wrote a preface.
At Royal Engineers' Many biographical articles of Henry Yule have been published in the Journal, and his texts can also be found in the Encyclopedia Britannica. In the late 1880s, he was offered to become the president of the Royal Geographical Society, but the traveler refused, thereby protesting against the harsh methods of Fraternization that she used in Africa.
Henry Yule began studying the geography of the Central Asian states and medieval history after his retirement in 1862. The researcher has written a number of books and articles about his travels. For two publications, "Cathay and the Way There" (1866) and "The Book of Marco Polo" (1871), he received the Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society. Juhl worked on a work written by the 14th-century Dominican monk Jordanus Catalani, editing the book "Mirabilia Descripta" , and then focused on the diary entries of William Hedges, the administrator of the British East India Company. In 1876, Nikolai Przhevalsky's book "Mongolia and the Tangut Country" was published, to which Yul wrote a preface.
At Royal Engineers' Many biographical articles of Henry Yule have been published in the Journal, and his texts can also be found in the Encyclopedia Britannica. In the late 1880s, he was offered to become the president of the Royal Geographical Society, but the traveler refused, thereby protesting against the harsh methods of Fraternization that she used in Africa.
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