Statements (28)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:person
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gptkbp:birthDate |
1786
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gptkbp:deathDate |
1860
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gptkbp:education |
gptkb:St_Thomas'_Hospital,_London
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gptkbp:fieldOfWork |
translator
Sanskrit literature lexicography Indology |
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Horace Hayman Wilson
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gptkbp:knownFor |
pioneering Sanskrit studies in Britain
first English translation of the Rigveda |
gptkbp:memberOf |
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:Asiatic_Society_of_Bengal |
gptkbp:nationality |
British
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gptkbp:notableWork |
gptkb:Sanskrit-English_Dictionary
translation of Meghaduta translation of the Rigveda |
gptkbp:occupation |
gptkb:linguist
gptkb:physician Buddhist monk orientalist |
gptkbp:placeOfBirth |
gptkb:London,_England
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gptkbp:placeOfDeath |
gptkb:London,_England
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gptkbp:positionHeld |
Secretary to the Asiatic Society of Bengal
first Boden Professor of Sanskrit at Oxford University |
gptkbp:spouse |
Frances Siddons
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Mudrarakshasa
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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