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Goldschmidt, Paul

LC control no.n 90657695
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Personal name headingGoldschmidt, Paul
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Variant(s)Goldschmidt, P. (Paul)
Associated countryGermany Sri Lanka
Birth date1850-12-19
Death date1877-05-07
Place of birthDanzig (Germany)
Place of deathGalle (Sri Lanka)
Field of activityInscriptions
Profession or occupationEpigraphists
Found inPravarasena. 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 languageger eng