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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Noer    
First Name(s)  Frederic Christian Charles Augustus    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, Count Von    
Birth Year  1830    
Death Year  1881    
Entry  Born Nov. 16, 1830, at Schleswig : son of Friedrich Emile August of Noer : served under his father in the insurrectionary Army of Schleswig-Holstein, 1848- 9 : travelled through Egypt, Australia, India, and Asia Minor, 1849-50 : entered, as a Fellow-Commoner, at Trinity College, Cambridge, 1852 : stayed there 18 months : studied at Heidelburg, and Paris, languages and historic documents : published Altes und Neues aus den Lindern des Ostens, 1859, under the name of Onomander : read Sanskrit with Goldstucker (g.v.) in London : to S. India in 1865 : returned to Noer, near Kiel : again visited India, June, 1867-April, 1869, travelled in Mysore, to Calcutta, and Upper India : became enthusiastic about Akbar : published the first volume of a Life of Akbar, 1880-1, and, after his death, the second volume was issued, 1885 : left to Cambridge University the bulk of his valuable Oriental, principally Indian, literature, including some very rare works : resided many years in England and France : attained considerable literary eminence : his widow published his memoirs, 1886 : died Dec. 25, 1881.     
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