H. H. Wilson

Horace Hayman Wilson
Born(1786-09-26)26 September 1786
London, Great Britain (present-day London, UK)
Died8 May 1860(1860-05-08) (aged 73)
London, Great Britain
Resting placeKensal Green Cemetery
Other namesH. H. Wilson
Occupations
  • Translator
  • Writer
  • Professor
  • Lexicographer
  • Numismatist
Notable work𝄪Translations of:
·Meghduta (1813)
·Vishnu Purana (1840)
𝄪Books: ·Sanskrit English Dictionary (1819)
·Theatre of the Hindus (1820)
·Lectures on the Religious and Philosophical (1840)
·Systems of the Hindus (1840)
·Ariana Antiqua (1841)
·A Historical Account of the Burmese War (1852)
SpouseFrances Sarah Parr Siddons (m. 1829)
Children7

Horace Hayman Wilson (26 September 1786 – 8 May 1860) was an English orientalist who was elected the first Boden Professor of Sanskrit at Oxford University.

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