David Matthews (academic)

David Matthews (Urdu: ڈیْوِڈ مَیتھِیُوز; 1942 – 5 March 2021) was a British scholar, author, and translator of Urdu literature and translator of Muhammad Iqbal and Mir Anees poetry in English.^[3] He taught Urdu language and Urdu literature for over 30 years (1965–99) at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London^[4] after graduating in Classics at UCL.

David Matthews[1]
ڈیوڈ میتھیوز
Born	1942
Died	5 March 2021 [2]
Education	St John's College, Cambridge
Known for	British scholar of Urdu literature.

Books

Matthews published a number of works relating to Urdu literature,^[5] including many translations of significant classical Urdu works.^[6] One of his major interests was poetry. His 70 works have appeared in 250 publications in 4 languages and 2091 library holdings.^[5]

• The Courtesan of Lucknow^[7]
• Umrao Jan Ada^[8][9]
• Urdu Literature^[10]
• Complete Urdu Beginner to Intermediate Course^[11]
• Essential Urdu Dictionary^[12]

See also

• Ralph Russell
• Gopi Chand Narang