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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 | Haug | | | First Name(s) | Martin H. | | | Year of Birth | 1827 | | | Year of Death | 1876 | | | Entry | Born Jan. 30, 1827, at Ostdorf in Wurtemburg : son of a peasant : early showed an aptitude for languages : studied Oriental languages, at Stuttgart and Tubingen, where he graduated Phil.D. in 1851, and at Gottingen : was admitted "" Privat-docent,"" 1854, at Bonn : studied at Zend under Lassen, for 6 years, under great privations : became temporarily Secretary to Baron Bunsen in Heidelberg. In 1859 he was appointed Professor of Sanskrit at Poona : stayed in India till 1866 : acquired great knowledge of Brahminisim, and of the ancient Zoroastrian religion : collected in Gujarat, 1863-4, ancient MSS. Zend-Pahlavi and Vedic documents, which the State Library at Munich bought after his death : returned to Europe on account of ill-health : appointed Professor of Sanskrit and Comparative Philology at the University of Munich, retaining this post till his death : published Die funf Gathas, 1858, 1860 ; Essays on the Sacred Language, Writings and Religion of the Parsees, 1862-78 ; an edition, with translation, of the Aitareya Brahmana, 1863, and a Zend-Pahlavi glossary, 1868. His Pahlavi - Pazand glossary, brought out in conjunction with a Parsi scholar, 1870, the Book of Arda Viraf, and other lesser works, mark a distinct epoch in the study of Pahlavi : translated part of the Vendidad and published other works on the Zendavesta : besides treatises on Brahma and the Brahmans, and on the nature and value of the Vedic accent in Sanskrit : died at Ragatz, June 3, 1876. |
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