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GB 891 OTF-OTF/2

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1 file 1 bound volume handwritten and printed

Date(s)

  • 1836 - 1949 (Creation)

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Name of creator

(1823-1900)

Biographical history

Max Müller, was a German-born philologist and Orientalist, a founder in the western academic field of Indian studies. He was born in Dessau and was educated in Leipzig. In 1850, he was appointed deputy Taylorian professor of modern European languages at Oxford University and in 1868 was made Oxford's first Professor of Comparative Philology. "The Sacred Books of the East", a 50-volume set of English translations, was prepared under his direction. He also promoted the idea of a Turanian family of languages.
(1833-1901)

Biographical history

Forster Fitzgerald (F. F.) Arbuthnot (1833-1901) was a linguist and translator. He spent his early career in the Indian civil service in Bombay where he would have known Edward Rehatsek. He was also a close friend of Richard Burton and collaborated with him on publications. He acted as an editor for some of Rehatsek's work.

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Royal Asiatic Society Archives

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Correspondence relating to the activities of the Oriental Translation Fund.

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  • English
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