John Beams,IAS [1837-1902] had done many research work on Philology of Bengali literature and wrote books 1. Outlines of Indian Philology [1867], 2. Comparative Grammar of the modern Aryan languages of India, 3 vols [ 1872-79] and 3. A grammar of thge Bengali Language, literary and coloquial [1894].John Beames (21 June 1837 – 24 May 1902) was a civil servant in British India and an author. He served in the Punjab from March 1859, to late 1861 and in Bengal from December 1861 until the conclusion of his service in 1893. He was also a scholar of Indian history, literature and linguistics. His great work was a comparative grammar of Indo-Aryan languages, published in 3 volumes in 1872–1879.
While serving in Baleshwar, Orissa, as a collector he wrote a booklet suggesting formation of a Parishad to discuss about Bengali language [Suggestions for the formation of an academy of literature in Bengali by John Beams ]
There had been much improvement in the English, The French, the Germany, The italian; and the Spanish with joint effort, Beams mentioned.
The famous writer of Bengali literature, Rajnarayan Basu gave a lecture for three hours on the proposed "Bangla Sahityer Bhasa O Riti sangsthapani Sabha" on 11 Aug 1873. The minutes of the lecture was published in different papers .
Ultimately, Jyotirindranath and Rabindranath formed The Bengal Academy of Literature or Bangiya Sahitya Parishad on 23 Jul 1893.
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