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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 | Jolly | | | First Name(s) | Julius E. | | | Year of Birth | 1849 | | | Entry | Born Dec. 28, 1849, at Heidelberg : son of Philipp von Jolly, Professor of physics at the University of Munich : studied at Munich, Berlin and Leipzig : his principal subjects were Comparative Philology, Oriental Languages and Jurisprudence : Ph.D. : became Privat-docent at the University of Wurzburg, Bavaria, 1872 ; Professor Extraordinary, 1877 ; Professor Ordinary (Sanskrit and Comparative Philology), 1886 : has visited England frequently, to study Sanskrit MSS. in London : to India, 1882-3 : was Tagore Law Professor at the University, Calcutta : had made the ancient legal literature of India his special study, and is recognized as the leading authority on native Indian law : his chief works as a Sanskritist are : The Institutes of Narada (translated from the Sanskrit), 1876 ; The Institutes of Vishnu (in the Sacred Books of the East ), 1880 ; Vishnusmriti, 1881 ; History of the Hindu Law, 1885 (Tagore Law Lectures) ; Naradasmriti, 1885-6 ; Manutikasaingraba, 1885-90 ; Manava Dharma- Sastra, 1887 ; Minor Law-Books, 1889 ; Recht und Sitte (in Buhler's Encyclopaedia of Indo-Aryan Research), 1896 ; Medicin (ibid), 1901 : has written numerous articles on Indian Philology in English and German periodicals, besides other philological works : assisted Sir R. West in the preparation of a new edition of West and Buhler's Digest of the Hindu Law, still to be published : belongs to several learned Societies : is Corresponding Member of the R. Bavarian Academy of Science, 1886, and of the R. Society of Science at Gottingen, 1904 : Honorary Member of the R. Asiatic Society, 1904, etc. |
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