S.M. Edwardes (1873-1927) passed into the Indian Civil
Service in 1894, and was posted to the Bombay Presidency. He intimate acquaintance with conditions among the native population of the city which he soon acquired, and his profound knowledge of its history, on which he was widely recognised as the foremost authority, were employed to full advantage in his census volume of 1901, the additional volumes of the Gazetteer which he compiled between 1906 and 1910, and his Rise of Bombay and By-ways of Bombay.
