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Date transcribed2011-05-01
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  Leumann    
First Name(s)  Ernst    
Year of Death  1859    
Entry  Born April 11, 1859 : son of Konrad Leumann, a Swiss country clergyman : educated at Frauenfeld, Switzerland : at Leipzig and Berlin, 1878-82 : Phil.D. at Leipzig, 1881, with the edition of a text belonging to the Jain canon : assisted Monier-Williams (q.v.), 1882-4 and 1886-9, in preparing the new edition of his Sanskrit- English dictionary, 1899 : Sanskrit Professor at Strasburg since 1884 : has devoted himself chiefly to researches concerning the Jain religion and the history of Sanskrit : has written books and papers on that religion, and on linguistic questions concerning Sanskrit : has procured, for the Strasburg Library, a good collection of Jain manuscripts.     
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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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