Rudolf von Roth

Rudolf von Roth ( born April 3, 1821 in Stuttgart as Walter Rudolph Roth, † 23 June 1895 in Tübingen ) was a German Indologist and scholar of religion.

Life

Rudolf von Roth studied in Tübingen ( with Heinrich Ewald ), Berlin and Paris ( under Eugène Burnouf ) as well as in London, where he uses the substance to his work on the oldest Sanskrit literature collected in the manuscript collection of the East India House, 1845 habilitated in Tübingen and was subsequently appointed as associate professor in 1848 and 1856 as full professor of the Indian branch of oriental languages ​​and in addition to the Chief Librarian of the University Library. His program of the connection of Indology and general history of religion was characteristic of Tübingen Chair. In 1861 he became a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences. He is considered one of the founders of modern Vedaforschung. One of his most remarkable achievements is certainly contributing to the monumental, epoch-making Petersburg dictionary.

In 1872 he was awarded the Knight's Cross 1st class of the Order of the Württemberg Crown, which was connected with the personal titles of nobility. In 1891 he received the Kommenturkreuz this Order.

As a student he was a member of the Royal Society Tübingen Roigel.

Writings

  • For literature and history of the Veda. Three Essays [ Habilitation ]. Stuttgart: Read Ching 1846
  • William Dwight Whitney with (eds.): Atharvavedasamhita. Berlin: Dümmler 1856
  • Small fonts. Edited by Konrad Meisig. Stuttgart: Steiner 1994 ( Glasenapp Foundation 36), ISBN 3-515-06346-3
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