Peter van Bohlen, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Peter van Bohlen

German orientalist and indologist

Date of Birth: 13-Mar-1796

Date of Death: 06-Feb-1840

Profession: university teacher, linguist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Peter van Bohlen

  • Peter von Bohlen (9 March 1796, in Wüppels, in the Wangerland Gemeinde – 6 February 1840, in Halle) was a German Orientalist and Indologist.
  • He was a professor at the University of Königsberg. He spent the first 20 years of his life in strained circumstances.
  • His talents and perseverance attracted attention, and he obtained admission to the Hamburg gymnasium.
  • He afterward studied the Eastern languages at Halle and Bonn.
  • He then obtained an appointment at Königsberg, first in 1825 as extraordinary, and afterward in 1830 as ordinary professor of oriental literature.

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