Samuel Beal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Samuel Beal

British oriental scholar

Date of Birth: 27-Nov-1825

Place of Birth: Devonport, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 20-Aug-1889

Profession: writer, translator, sinologist, Indologist

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Samuel Beal (27 November 1825, in Devonport, Devon – 20 August 1889, in Greens Norton, Northamptonshire) was an Oriental scholar, and the first Englishman to translate directly from the Chinese the early records of Buddhism, thus illuminating Indian history.