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| Date transcribed | 2011-03-01 | | 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 | Deussen | | | First Name(s) | Paul | | | Year of Birth | 1845 | | | Entry | Born Jan. 7, 1845, at Oberdreis near Coblenz : son of Adam Deussen, pastor :"" educated at Schulpforta near Naumburg : studied at Bonn, Tubingen and Berlin : Sanskrit under Lassen and Gildemeister, classical philology, theology : Phil. Dr. at Marburg, 1869 : teacher at the Gymnasiums at Minden and Marburg, 1869-72, and tutor in Russian families at Geneva, Aix-la-Chapelle, and Terny in Russia, 1872-80 : taught philosophy (the subject to which he was chiefly devoted) and Sanskrit, as Privat-docent at the University of Geneva : and philosophy at the Polytechnical School at Aix-la-Chapelle, 1875-9. While at Geneva, his resolution was made to devote his life to the study of Indian philosophy (1873). Since his return from Russia, and residence in Berlin, from 1881 to 1889, this has been his main work : taught philosophy at Berlin University, first as Privat-docent, then as Professor : since 1889, Ordinary Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kiel : has travelled much in various parts of the world : over the greater part of India, 1892-3. In 1904, the Order of the Red Eagle, 4th Class, was conferred upon him. Among his chief works may be mentioned : Das System des Vedanta, 1883 : Die Sutras des Vedanta, 1887 : On the Philosophy of the Vedanta in its relations to Occidental Metaphysics, Bombay, 1893 ; Sechzig Upanishads des Veda, 1897 : Geschichie der Philosophic (I and II on the Vedic Hymns and Upanishads : III-VI in preparation), 1894, 1899 : Outlines of Indian Philosophy, in the Indian Antiquary, 1902 : Erinnerungen an Indien, 1904. |
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