Background
He was born on 9 March 1836 at Surat in Gujarat.
editor educationist essayist journalist literary critic playwright reformer translator poet
He was born on 9 March 1836 at Surat in Gujarat.
He is considered as the first critic of modern Gujarati literature. He passed matriculation in 1853. He was a prodigy in mathematics but did not join college.
He later became the vice principal of Ahmedabad Training College from 1870 to 1876 and the principal of Rajkot Training College from 1876.
He died on 7 August 1988.