Keith, Arthur Berriedale, 1879-1944

LC control no.	n 50046783
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Keith, Arthur Berriedale, 1879-1944 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Keith, A. Berriedale, 1879-1944
Other standard no.	0000000121224079
Associated country	Scotland
Birth date	1879-04-05
Death date	1944-10-06
Place of birth	Portobello (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Place of death	Edinburgh (Scotland)
Field of activity	Law
Affiliation	University of Edinburgh
Profession or occupation	Lawyers Indologists Historians
Found in	Responsible government in the dominions, 1909. The Karma-Mīmāṁsā, 1978: t.p. (A. Berriedale Keith, D.C.L., D.Litt.; of the Inner Temple Barrister-at-Law, Regius Prof. of Sanskrit and Comparative Philology, Univ. of Edinburgh) Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, February 11, 1908: page 332 (The development of colonial self-government in the nineteenth century by A. Berridale Keith, M.A., B.C.L.) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, accessed September 26, 2018 (Keith, Arthur Berriedale; born on 5 April 1879 at Portobello, Edinburgh; studied at Edinburgh University (1894-7), taking an MA there before going to Balliol College, Oxford, as classical scholar and Boden scholar (Sanskrit); entered into the Colonial Office as clerk, second class in October 1901 and served in several departments until 1914; in 1914 named regius professor of Sanskrit and comparative philology at Edinburgh University, a position he held for the rest of his life; wrote numerous publications that ranged across classics, Sanskrit language and literature, oriental philosophy and religion, constitutional law of England and of the British empire, history, geography, and international affairs in the fields of both law and diplomacy; lived at 4 Crawfurd Road, Edinburgh from 1920 until his death on 6 October 1944 at his home) <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-34258?rskey=Fu85e7&result=1>
Associated language	eng