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Autograph of Sir Monier Williams : p. 15
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1968-004/001/(1)/39
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[19--?] (Creation)
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(1819-1899)
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Sir Monier Monier-Williams was the second Boden Professor of Sanskrit at Oxford University, England. He studied, documented and taught Asian languages, especially Sanskrit, Persian and Hindustani. He was knighted in 1876, and was made KCIE (Knight Commander - Order of the Indian Empire) in 1887, when he adopted his given name of Monier as an additional surname.