Arthur Venis

Arthur Venis CIE was a British educator and Sanskrit scholar. He was also a Member of the Legislative Council of the United Province.

Career

Venis studied in Balliol College, Oxford and passed with an MA from the University of Edinburgh. He joined service in the Indian Educational Department and started his teaching career as Professor of English, Queen's College, Varanasi in 1881. In 1885 Venis was appointed as the principal of Government Sanskrit College, Varanasi.[1] In 1888, he became Principal, Queen's College. In 1897, Venis received Boden Scholarship. He also taught post Vedic Sanskrit in Allahabad University and became a fellow of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. He received the CIE in the 1911 Delhi Durbar Honours[2] and was a Member of the Legislative Council of the United Province.[3]

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References
  1. Gaurinath Bhattacharyya Shastri, Gaurīnātha Śāstrī. "A Concise History of Classical Sanskrit Literature". Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  2. Venis, Arthur. "The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)". Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  3. Sidney Webb. "The Webbs in Asia: The 1911–12 Travel Diary". Retrieved June 17, 2018.
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