Hans Jørgensen

Hans Jørgensen (1886–1954) was the founder of Newar studies in the west. He published a Newar grammar and dictionary and studies of a number of newar texts.[1] He received his doctorate in 1911 at Kiel University in Sanskrit and worked at the Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin until 1919.[1] In 1927 he traveled to England to consult Newar manuscripts at Cambridge with the support of the Carlsberg Foundation.[1]

Works of Hans Jørgensen

References

  1. 1 2 3 Dansk Biografisk Leksikon: Hans Jørgensen (Accessed Nov 2011)
  2. Wolfenden, Stuart N.(1938)Reviews of Books: A Dictionary of the Classical Newārī. By Hans Jørgensen. Det Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab Historisk-filologiske Meddelelser, XXIII, i. 9½ × 6, pp. 178. København: Levin and Munksgaard, 1936. Kr. 9.50. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 70 : pp 444-446

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