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H. H. Wilson

English orientalist who was elected the first Boden Professor of Sanskrit at Oxford University

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British indologist (1786–1860)

Born 1786
Died 1860

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  • Cover of: Wilson's theatre of the Hindus.
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    First published in 1826 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Essays on Sanskrit Literature

    First published in 2020 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Śrīviṣṇupurāṇam

    First published in 2002 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A Review of the External Commerce of Bengal from 1813-14 to 1827-28
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    First published in 1830 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Select Specimens of the Theatre of the Hindus
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    First published in 1871 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Documents illustrative of the Burmese war: With an introductory sketch of the events of the war, and an appendix
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    First published in 1827 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A dictionary, Sanskrit and English, extended and improved from the 2nd ed: With a supplement, grammatical appendices and an index serving as English-Sanskrit vocabulary

    First published in 1856 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Works...
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    First published in 1865 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Sánkhya Káriká, Or Memorial Verses on the Sánkhya Philosophy
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    First published in 1837 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Select specimens of the theatre of the Hindus

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  • Cover of: Select Specimens of the Theatre of the Hindus; V. 2

    First published in 2021 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Works by the Late Horace Hayman Wilson. Vol. XII. Select Specimens of the Theatre of the Hindus. Vol. II

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  • Cover of: Select Specimens of the Theatre of the Hindus; V. 1

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  • Cover of: Select specimens of the theatre of the Hindus: translated from original Sanskrit

    First published in 1984 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Travels in the Himalayan provinces of Hindustan and the Panjab; in Ladakh and Kashmir; in Peshawar, Kabul, Kunduz, and Bokhara ...: from 1819 to 1825

    First published in 1841 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Present State of the Cultivation of Oriental Literature: A Lecture ...
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    First published in 1852 — 1 edition
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British indologist (1786–1860)

Born 1786
Died 1860

Subjects

Sanskrit drama, History, Translations into English, English drama, Hindu sects, Hinduism, History and criticism, Burmese War, 1824-1826, Puranas, Translations from Sanskrit, Criticism, interpretation, Dictionaries, English, Hindu mythology, Politics and government, Sanskrit language, Sanskrit literature, Anglo-Burmese War, 1st, 1824-1826, Antiquities, Architecture, Ayurvedic Medicine, British, British influences, Buddhism, Civilization

Places

India, Afghanistan, Bactria, Jammu and Kashmir (India)

People

Aśoka King of Magadha (fl. 259 B.C), Ctesias, George Trebeck, William Moorcroft (1767-1825)

Time

1200-1765, 1500-1765, 1526-1765, 1765-1947, 18th century, 19th century, 997-1765, British occupation, 1765-1947

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Alternative names

  • H.H. Wilson
  • H. H Wilson
  • H. H. (Horace Hayman Wilson
  • Horace H. Wilson
  • Horace H Wilson
  • Horace Hayman M. Wilson
  • Horace Wilson
  • H. H. (Horace Hayman) 1786-1 Wilson
  • Horace Haymen Wilson
  • Horace Hayman Wilson
  • H H. 1786-1860 Wilson
  • H H Wilson

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April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import