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 Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F

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Date transcribed2011-03-01
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  Feer    
First Name(s)  Henri Leon    
Year of Birth  1830    
Year of Death  1902    
Entry  Born at Rouen, Nov. 22, 1830 : Professor of Tibetan, 1864, at the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, and at the Ecole des Langues Orientales, 1865 : Lecturer in Tibetan and Mongol at the College de France, 1869 : Librarian of the MSS. Department of the National Library, Paris, 1872 : and, later, Conservateur- Adjoint : wrote in the learned French Reviews : knew Tibetan, Mongol, Sanskrit and Pali : translated from Tibetan : was learned in Buddhist literature : by his translations, made known the Buddhist literature of Nipal and Tibet : wrote for the Grande Encyclopedie and the lournal Asiatique : edited Pali texts : wrote Textes tires du Kandjour : translated from the Tibetan : Etudes Buddhiques, 1871-85 : Le Thibet, pays, peuple, et religion, 1886 : edited the Samyutta-Nikaya for the Pali Text Society : Member of the Societe Asiatique from 1856, of its Council, 1869 : died March, 10, 1902.     
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