M. A. Sherring

Matthew Atmore Sherring (1826–1880), usually cited as M. A. Sherring, was a Anglican missionary in British India who was also an Indologist and wrote a number of works related to India. He was educated at Coward College, a dissenting academy in London that trained people for nonconformist ministry.

Sherring joined the London Missionary Society and worked in the city of Varanasi, about which he wrote a significant book (''The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times''). Provided by Wikipedia