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Franklin Edgerton

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Linguist (1885-1963)

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Franklin Edgerton was an American linguist and Indologist. He was Salisbury Professor of Sanskrit and Comparative Philology at Yale University (1926) and visiting professor at Benares Hindu University (1953-4). Between 1913 and 1926, he was the Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Pennsylvania.

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1950Guggenheim Fellowship

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United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
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Lived 1885 to 1963 · aged 78
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