Abstract of Four Lectures on Buddhist Literature in China Delivered at University College, London

Rev. Samuel Beal (1825-89), graduated in 1847 from Trinity College, Cambridge. Between 1852 and 1887 he worked as a Bishop in the British Navy and after retirement in 1888 became the Rector of Greens-Norton, Towcester. In 18777 he was appointed a lecturer in Chinese in the University College, London. His main contribution was to Buddhist studies and translations of the accounts of the Chinese travelers. His main publications include: Travels of Buddhist Pftgrims (translated from the Chinese, 1869); Catena of Buddhist Scriptures (translated from the Chinese, 1872); Romantic Legend of Buddha (1875); and Dhamma-pada, or Texts from the Buddhist Canon (1878).