Ramchandra Shukla

Ram Chandra Shukla (4 October 1884 – 2 February 1941), better known as Acharya Shukla, was an Indian historian of Hindi literature. He is regarded as the first codifier of the history of Hindi literature in a scientific system by using wide, empirical research with scant resources. As an author he is best known for ''Hindi Sahitya Ka Itihaas'' (1928–29). Provided by Wikipedia