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Date transcribed	2011-05-01
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.

	Surname	Levi
	First Name(s)	Sylvain
	Year of Death	1863
	Entry	Born March 28, 1863, at Paris : son of Louis Levi, merchant : studied at Paris : Doctor of Letters, 1890 : appointed Professor of Sanskrit at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes, 1886, and at the College de France, 1894 : among his chief works are Le Theatre Indien, 1890 : La Doctrine du Sacrifice dans les Brahmanas, 1898 : Le Nepal, 1905, besides numerous articles in the Journal Asiatique, etc. : he went on a scientific mission to India and Japan, 1897-8 : co-operated in the Revue Critique, and in La Grande Encyclopedic : wrote the article on "" India "" in this latter work.

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