Christian Lassen

Norwegian-German orientalist (1800-1876) · Norway · Writers · Died at 75

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Christian Lassen was a Norwegian-born, German orientalist and Indologist. He was a professor of Old Indian language and literature at the University of Bonn.

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Christian Lassen drawing by Adolf Hohneck, 1859

Old Persian cuneiform alphabet according to Lassen in 1836

Awards

Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art1857

Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Family

Father Nicolai Christian Vendelboe Lassen

Christian Lassen

Sibling Albert Lassen

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