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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 | Gubernatis | | | First Name(s) | Angelo De | | | Titles | Count | | | Year of Birth | 1840 | | | Entry | Born April 7, 1840, at Turin : descended from ancient family of Provence : studied first at Turin : in 1862, sent by the Italian Government to continue his philological studies in Berlin under Weber and Bopp : appointed, 1863, Professor of Sanskrit and Comparative Literature at the Institut des Etudes Superieures in Florence : in 1881, King Humbert confirmed to him the title of Count, borne formerly by his ancestors : visited India in 1885 and 1886, and on his return founded an Indian Museum, and an Italian Asiatic Society at Florence : appointed, 1890, to his present position, Professor of Sanskrit and Italian Literature at the University of Rome : has travelled much, and is a prolific and many-sided writer, poet, dramatist, author of many works on Italian literature, and a Sanskritist : has written on the mythology of the Vedas : Le fonti vediche dell' epopea, 1867, etc. : other works are : �Piccola enciclopedia Indiana, 1867 ; Letteratura Indiana, 1883 : Storia dei viaggiatori italiani nelle Indie, 1875 ; II Dio Indra net Rigveda : Primi Venti Inni del Rigveda (translated with notes) : Drammi indiani, in verse : Zoological Mythology, etc. : elected an honorary member of the Royal Asiatic Society, and of its branch in Bombay, besides belonging to other learned Societies : delegate of the Italian Government at International Congresses of Orientalists. |
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