Arthur Anthony Macdonell, FBA (11 May 1854 – 28 December 1930)[1] was an Indian-born British linguist and Sanskrit scholar.
Biography
Macdonell was born at Muzaffarpur in the Tirhut region of the state of Bihar in British India,[2] the son of Charles Alexander Macdonell, of the Indian Army. He was educated at Göttingen University, then matriculated in 1876 at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, gaining a classical exhibition and three scholarships (for German, Chinese, and the Boden Scholarship for Sanskrit). He graduated with classical honours in 1880 and was appointed Taylorian Teacher of German (language) at Oxford. In 1883 he obtained his PhD from the University of Leipzig, and then became Deputy Professor of Sanskrit at Oxford in 1888, and Boden Professor of Sanskrit in 1899 (a post that carried with it a fellowship of Balliol College, Oxford).[3]
Macdonell edited various Sanskrit texts, wrote a grammar,[4] compiled a dictionary, and published a Vedic grammar, a Vedic Reader, and a work on Vedic mythology; he also wrote a history of Sanskrit.
Selected works
- A Sanskrit-English Dictionary{{#if:MacDonell|, MacDonell}. Longmans, Green, and Co.(1893)
- Vedic Mythology{{#if:MacDonell|, MacDonell}. Karl J. Trübner(1897)
- A History of Sanskrit Literature{{#if:MacDonell|, MacDonell}. D. Appleton and Company(1900)
- A Sanskrit Grammar for Beginners{{#if:MacDonell|, MacDonell}. Longmans, Green and Co.(1901)
- Bṛhad-devatā, attributed to Saunaka: a summary of the deities and myths of the Rig-veda; Part I Introduction and text and Appendices{{#if:MacDonell|, MacDonell}. Harvard University(1904)
- Bṛhad-devatā, attributed to Saunaka: a summary of the deities and myths of the Rig-veda; Part II Translation and Notes{{#if:MacDonell|, MacDonell}. Harvard University(1904)
- Vedic Grammar{{#if:MacDonell|, MacDonell}. Karl J. Trübner(1910)
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. John Murray(1912)
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. John Murray(1912)
- A Vedic Reader for Students{{#if:MacDonell|, MacDonell}. Clarendon Press(1917)
- Hymns from the Rigveda{{#if:MacDonell|, MacDonell}. Oxford University Press(1922)
- Lectures On Comparative Religion{{#if:MacDonell|, MacDonell}. University of Calcutta(1925)
- India's past: A Survey of her Literatures, Religions, Languages, and Antiquities{{#if:MacDonell|, MacDonell}. Clarendon Press(1927)
References
- ↑ Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1854–1930). Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences({Template:Date).
- ↑ Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1854–1930). Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences({Template:Date).
- ↑ Macdonell, Arthur Anthony.
- ↑ Sanskrit Grammar.
External links
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- Sanskrit Grammar, by Arthur Anthony Macdonell