# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/theodor-benfey
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:35:29.197Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/theodor-benfey"
name: "Theodor Benfey"
slug: "theodor-benfey"
description: "Theodor Benfey was a German philologist and scholar of Sanskrit. His works, particularly his Sanskrit-English dictionary, formed a major contribution to Sanskrit studies."
tagline: "German philologist (1809-1881)"
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birthDate: "1809-01-28"
deathDate: "1881-06-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump