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Henry Thomas Colebrooke FRS FRSE FLS was an English orientalist and botanist. He has been described as "the first great Sanskrit scholar in Europe".
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science · English orientalist and mathematician (1765–1837) · botanist · linguist · Sanskrit scholar · mathematician · historian of mathematics · translator · Bible translator · magistrate · Indologist · orientalist · also Henry Thomas Colebrooke, Colebr., Colebrooke
Born 15 June 1765 · Died 10 March 1837 · Q237271
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Connected as those highly polished and refined languages [Sanskrit and Arabic] are with other tongues, they deserve to be studied for the sake of the particular dialects and idioms to which they bear relation; for their own sake, that is, for the literature which appertains to them; and for the analysis of language in general, which has been unsuccessfully attempted on too narrow ground, but may be prosecuted, with effect, upon wider induction.
Colebrooke also expressed the familiar argument of the eighteenth century in behalf of a liberal spirit between cultures. The West, he stated, “owes a debt of gratitude” to the civilizations of Asia for their contributions in the arts and sciences. In fact, “civilization had its origin in Asia.
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“Connected as those highly polished and refined languages [Sanskrit and Arabic] are with other tongues, they deserve to be studied for the sake of the particular dialects and idioms to which they bear relation; for their own sake, that is, for the literature which appertains to them; and for the analysis of language in general, which has been unsuccessfully attempted on too narrow ground, but may be prosecuted, with effect, upon wider induction.”
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Died 1837-03-10.
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“Colebrooke also expressed the familiar argument of the eighteenth century in behalf of a liberal spirit between cultures. The West, he stated, “owes a debt of gratitude” to the civilizations of Asia for their contributions in the arts and sciences. In fact, “civilization had its origin in Asia.”
Career landmark: President of the Royal Astronomical Society (1823–1825).
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Was also a founder of the Royal Asiatic Society, chairing its first meeting although he declined to become its president
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Was elected to the fellowship of both the Royal Society and the Royal Society of Edinburgh In 1820 he was a founder of the Royal Astronomical Society
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Became a member of council, serving for five years, and was elected President of the Asiatic Society of Calcutta
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Lord Wellesley appointed him honorary professor of Hindu law and Sanskrit at the college of Fort William
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Born 1765-06-15.
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