Douglas Craven Phillott

Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas Craven Phillott (28 June 1860 - 11 September 1930) was a British army officer who served in India and later as Consul in Persia. A scholar of Urdu, Persian and Hindustani, he published numerous translations of literary and historical works. He was also interested in falconry and wrote a translation of a Persian treatise on the subject. Provided by Wikipedia