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 Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F

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Date transcribed2011-03-01
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  Forchhammer    
First Name(s)  Emmanuel    
Year of Birth  1851    
Year of Death  1890    
Entry  Born March 12, 1851, in Switerzland : son of a Protestant pastor: educated at home and New Orleans : studied medicine, graduated, Doctor : Assistant Surgeon at a hospital : turned to languages : travelled among American Indian tribes : to Europe, 1875, to Leipzig : studied Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan, Chinese, Arabic : appointed, 1879, Professor of Pali at the Government High School, Rangoon : investigated the sacred and vernacular literature of Burma : catalogued Pali MSS., and wrote on Burmese law : edited the Tripitaka, or Buddhist Canon : besides his educational work, studied other Burmese vernaculars, Shan, Karen, etc. : wrote on Indo-Chinese languages and Burmese dialects : employed on archaeological investigations and decipherment of ancient inscriptions : made an archaeological survey of Arakan : surveyed the temple ruins of Pagan, 1888 : collected a quantity of MSS., etc. : did good work as antiquarian and philologist in Burma : died April 26, 1890.     
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