Sten Konow

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Sten Konow.

Sten Konow (born April 17, 1867 in Søndre Aurdal , † June 29, 1948 in Oslo ) was a Norwegian Indologist.

Life

Since 1897 private lecturer and since 1899 lecturer, in 1910 he was appointed professor of Indian philology at Christiania University (Oslo) . In 1914 he moved to the University of Hamburg , where he took over the chair for culture and history of India. In 1919 he returned to the University of Oslo as a professor of Indian language and history.

Konow belonged to numerous academies and scientific societies. Since 1923 he was a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences and since 1933 of the Saxon Academy of Sciences .

Publications (selection)

  • Classified Catalog of the Library of the Director General of Archeology. Calcutta 1908
  • About the importance of India for England. A study . Hamburg 1919 (= Hamburg Research, Volume 6)
  • The Indian drama. In: Georg Bühler u. a .: Outline of Indo-Aryan philology and antiquity . Volume 2, Issue 2, Berlin 1920
  • Khotansak grammar. Leipzig 1941 (= Porta linguarum orientalium Volume 22)
  • with Poul Tuxen: The Religions of India. Copenhagen 1949

literature

  • Obituary: G. Morgenstierne: Sten Konow 1867–1948 . In: Acta Orientalia 21 (1950), pp. 3-9
  • Obituary: NN, in: Epigraphica India 28 (1949), p. XIX (mentioning the place of death)
  • Article in Norsk biografisk leksikon
  • Georg von Simson:  Konow, Sten. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , p. 489 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Short biography and list of publications as PDF (40 KB)
  2. ^ Members of the SAW: Sten Konow. Saxon Academy of Sciences, accessed on November 3, 2016 .

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personal data
SURNAME Konow, Sten
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian indologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Søndre Aurdal
DATE OF DEATH June 29, 1948
Place of death Oslo