Paul Thieme, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Paul Thieme

German indologist

Date of Birth: 18-Mar-1905

Place of Birth: Berlin

Date of Death: 24-Apr-2001

Profession: university teacher, linguist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Paul Thieme (German: [pa?l 'ti?m?]; 18 March 1905 – 24 April 2001) was a German ?ndologist and scholar of Vedic Sanskrit.
In 1988 he was awarded the Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy for "he added immensely to our knowledge of Vedic and other classical Indian literature and provided a solid foundation to the study of the history of Indian thought".