LC control no. | n 90657695 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Goldschmidt, Paul |
Variant(s) | Goldschmidt, P. (Paul) |
Associated country | Germany Sri Lanka |
Birth date | 1850-12-19 |
Death date | 1877-05-07 |
Place of birth | Danzig (Germany) |
Place of death | Galle (Sri Lanka) |
Field of activity | Inscriptions |
Profession or occupation | Epigraphists |
Found in | Pravarasena. Rāvaṇavaho, 1880-1884: v. 1, t.p. (Paul Goldschmidt) Report on inscriptions found in the North-Central Province and in the Hambantota District, 1876: t.p. (P. Goldschmidt, Ph.D.) NUC pre-56 (Goldschmidt, Paul, 1850-1877) Whowaswho--indology.info website, viewed 12 March 2018 (Goldschmidt, Paul. Danzig 19.12.1850 - Galle 7.5.1877. German Indologist. Ph.D. 1872 Göttingen. In 1873 one year in London studying manuscripts, then accepted a post of epigraphist (Commissioner of Archaeology) to the Ceylon government in 1874. In Ceylon he surveyed the North-Central Province (especially Anurādhapura) collecting 83 Sinhalese inscriptions. Then during his last months similar work in the Hambantota District in Southern Province.) |
Associated language | ger eng |