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Sten Konow

Norwegian indologist and philologist (1867-1948) · Norway · On the map · Academics · Died at 81

Sten Konow was a Norwegian Indologist. He was a professor of Indian philology at the Christiania University, Oslo, from 1910, until moving to Hamburg University in 1914, where he was a professor of Indian history and culture. He returned to Oslo as a professor of Indian languages and history in 1919.

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Fridtjof Nansen Award for outstanding research, historical-philosophical class1909

About this person

He was a specialist in the Tibeto-Burmese languages.

Country
Norway
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1867 to 1948 · aged 81