Kantilal Vyas

Kantilal Baldevram Vyas (21 November 1910 – 23 March 1991) was a Gujarati linguist, critic and editor from Gujarat, India. He published several works in the field of linguistics including Bhasha Vijnan, Bhasha, Vrutt ane Kavyalankar, Gujarati Bhashano Udgam, Vikas and Swaroop (Origin, Development and Form of Gujarati language) and Bhasha Sanshodhan. Kantilal Vyas was born on 21 November 1910 at Hampura, a village in the Surendranagar district of Gujarat in India. After finishing his schooling in 1926, he studied Bachelor of Arts and received a degree in History and Economics in the year 1930 from Gujarat College, Ahmedabad. He further studied Master of Arts and received a degree in Gujarati and Sanskrit in the year 1933 from M.T.B. College, Surat. He received the degree of D.Lit. in 1968 from Gujarat University for his research in linguistics and old Gujarati.