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Dictionary of Indian Biography M to R
Date transcribed | 2011-08-00 | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work. |
| Surname | Pischel | | First Name(s) | Karl Richard | | Birth Year | 1849 | | Entry | Born Jan. 18, 1849 : son of Ernst Pischel : educated at Breslau and Berlin : studied in London and Oxford, 1872-3 : Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Kiel, 1875-85 : at Halle, 1885-1902 : has held the same position at the University of Berlin since 1902 : in 1901 obtained the Volney Prize from the French Academy : became Privy Councillor in 1904. His chief works are : Kalidasa's Sakuntala, the Bengali Recension edited, 1877 ; Hemacandra's Grammatik der Prakritsprachen, 1877, 1880 ; The Desinamamala of Hemacdndra, 1880 ; The Theri-Gatha, 1883 : Rudrata's Sringaratilaka, 1886 ; Vedische Studien, (published together with Geldner), 1889-1901 ; and a Prakrit grammar, 1900 : is a member of several learned Societies, including the Royal Asiatic Society, the American Oriental Society, the Royal Academy of Sciences at Berlin, etc., and corresponding member of others. |
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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each
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