Calcutta Review
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The Calcutta Review is a bi-annual periodical, now published by the Calcutta University press, featuring scholarly articles from a variety of disciplines.
and Reverend Alexander Duff. Through the journal, Sir Kaye aimed "to bring together such useful information, and propagate such sound opinions, relating to Indian affaire, as will, it is hoped, conduce, in some small measure, directly or indirectly, to the amelioration of the condition of the people".
The periodical proved to be successful, and was published as a quarterly up until 1912. Sir Kaye was Editor of four issues, and then retired due to ill health. He remained the owner of the review until 1855, when it was purchased by Meredith Townsend. Thacker, Spink and Company bought it in 1857. It was printed by Sanders and Cowes until 1857, when it moved to the Serampore Press. When Rev. T. Ridsdale took over as editor, it was published by R. C Lepage and Company.
The journal was not published in 1912. In its second series, from 1913 to 1920, it was published bi-annually. In 1921, it was acquired by the Calcutta University press, who now releases it bi-annually.
History
The Calcutta Review was founded in May 1844, by Sir John William KayeJohn William Kaye
Sir John William Kaye was a British military historian.The son of Charles Kaye, a solicitor, he was educated at Eton College and at the Royal Military College, Addiscombe. From 1832 to 1841 he was an officer in the Bengal Artillery, afterwards spending some years in literary pursuits both in...
and Reverend Alexander Duff. Through the journal, Sir Kaye aimed "to bring together such useful information, and propagate such sound opinions, relating to Indian affaire, as will, it is hoped, conduce, in some small measure, directly or indirectly, to the amelioration of the condition of the people".
The periodical proved to be successful, and was published as a quarterly up until 1912. Sir Kaye was Editor of four issues, and then retired due to ill health. He remained the owner of the review until 1855, when it was purchased by Meredith Townsend. Thacker, Spink and Company bought it in 1857. It was printed by Sanders and Cowes until 1857, when it moved to the Serampore Press. When Rev. T. Ridsdale took over as editor, it was published by R. C Lepage and Company.
The journal was not published in 1912. In its second series, from 1913 to 1920, it was published bi-annually. In 1921, it was acquired by the Calcutta University press, who now releases it bi-annually.
Early Editors
- Sir John William KayeJohn William KayeSir John William Kaye was a British military historian.The son of Charles Kaye, a solicitor, he was educated at Eton College and at the Royal Military College, Addiscombe. From 1832 to 1841 he was an officer in the Bengal Artillery, afterwards spending some years in literary pursuits both in...
(1844 - 1845) - Reverend Dr. Alexander Duff (1845 - 1849)
- Reverend W. S. Mackay (1849 - 1852)
- Reverend Thomas Smith (1852 - 1855 and 1857)
- George Smith (1855 - 1856 and 1857)
- Meredith Townsend (1856 - 1857)
- Sir Richard Temple
- Reverend T. Ridsdale
External links
- The Calcutta Review documentation project, by the English Department, Calcutta University