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Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F
Date transcribed | 2011-03-01 | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work. |
| Surname | Fausboll | | First Name(s) | Michael Viggo | | Year of Birth | 1821 | | Entry | Son of Rev. Christian Nissen Fausboll : born Sep. 22, 1821, in Jutland : educated at a Latin Grammar School, Aarhus, 1834 -8 : and at Copenhagen University from 1838, studying Oriental languages under N. L. Westergaard (q.v.) : University Gold Medallist, 1843 : Assistant Librarian at the University Library, Copenhagen, 1861-78 : Professor of Indian Philology and Sanskrit at that University, 1 878-1902 : Member of Royal Danish Society of Sciences, 1876 : Bopp's Prizeman, 1888 : Hon. M.R.A.S. 1890 : Commander of the Order of Dannebrog, and possessor of the Silver Cross of that Order : founded the study of Pali in Europe, and was called the Father of ""Pali study"" : has published the Dhammapadani, 1855 : the Suttanipata, 1-2, 1885- 94 : the lataka, 1-7, 1877-97 : an Indian Mythology according to the Mahabharata, 1902 |
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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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