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 Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I
| Date transcribed | 2011-04-00 | | 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. |
| | Surnames | Goldstucker | | | First Name(s) | Theodore | | | Year of Birth | 1821 | | | Year of Death | 1872 | | | Entry | Born Jan. 18, 1821, at Konigsberg : educated at the University, Konigsberg, 1836, and at Bonn, studying Sanskrit under Schlegel and Lassen, devoting himself chiefly to philosophy and Oriental languages : stayed in Paris and Berlin, but finally lived in England, 1850, when he was appointed Professor of Sanskrit, University College, London : held this post till his death : an authority on Sanskrit philology : he wrote on Panini, his Place in Sanskrit Literature, 1861 ; an unfinished Dictionary, Sanskrit and English ; an edition de luxe of the Mahabhashya, an Indian Commentary on Panini's Grammar, published in 1874 by the Indian Government after Goldstiicker's death. He also wrote for the English public, in various Encyclopaedias, popular articles on Indian philosophy and mythology, published after his death as Literary Remains, 1879 : founded the Society for the Publication of Sanskrit Texts in London, 1866 : Member of the Royal Asiatic Society and of its Council : President of the Philological Society, before which he read papers, but would not publish them : respected as an authority on ancient Hindu literature and law, and consulted on the Hindu Law of Inheritance by the Government of India : referred to also by scholars and statesmen, in Europe and India. His last work was On the Deficiencies in the Present Administration of Hindu Law : he died March 6, 1872. |
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