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Heinrich Zimmer

German Indologist and linguist (1890-1943) · Academics · Died at 52

Heinrich Robert Zimmer was a German Indologist and linguist, as well as a historian of South Asian art, most known for his works, Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization and Philosophies of India. He was the most important German scholar in Indian philology after Max Müller (1823-1900).

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Academics
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Lived 1890 to 1943 · aged 52