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 Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C

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Date transcribed2011-01-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Brockhaus    
First Name(s)  Herman    
Year of Birth  1806    
Year of Death  1877    
Entry  Born at Amsterdam, Jan. 28, 1806 : son of Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, founder of the Leipzig publishing house : studied Oriental literature at Leipzig, Gottingen, Bonn, and frequented Oriental libraries at Copenhagen, Paris, London, Oxford : Professor Extraordinarius of Oriental Languages at Jena, 1839 : and Professor Ordinarius of Indian Lanugages and Literature, at Leipzig, 1848 : lectured chiefly on Sanskrit, which was his speciality, though he had studied Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, and lectured on Pali, Zend and Chinese : edited the Katha-sarit-sagara of Sanskrit stories, 1839-66, which first led to the scientific study of the origin of Popular Tales : also edited the Prabodha- Chandrodaya, a comedy, 1834-45 : the Zend Vendidad Sade : Hafiz and the Seven Wise Masters : was a founder of the Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenlandischen Gesellschaft : wrote for scientific journals : died Jan. 5, 1877.     
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