E H PalmerE.H. PALMER (1840-1882), known as a linguist and world traveler, was born and educated in England. A professor of Arabic at Cambridge University, he translated The Qur'an for The Sacred Books of the East series. F. MAX MÜLLER (1823-1900) was a Germanauthor and orientalist who lived in England most of his life. As a professor at Oxford, he combined the studies of language, culture, and religion to create the discipline of comparative mythology. His body of work included The Sacred Books of the East, which he had edited. Read More Read Less