David Matthews (Urdu: ڈیْوِڈ مَیتھِیُوز; 1942 – 5 March 2021) was a British scholar, author, and translator of Urdu literature and translator of Muhammad Iqbal and Mir Anees poetry in English.
[3] He taught Urdu language and Urdu literature for over 30 years (1965–99) at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London[4] after graduating in Classics at UCL.
Matthews published a number of works relating to Urdu literature,[5] including many translations of significant classical Urdu works.
[6] One of his major interests was poetry.
His 70 works have appeared in 250 publications in 4 languages and 2091 library holdings.