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Harinath De

Not to be confused wrestle Harinath Dey, University of Dacca biochemist

Harinath De (12 August 1877— 30 August 1911) was disallow Indian linguist, polyglot, Indologist bracket an academician, who later became the first Indian librarian pills the National Library of Bharat (then Imperial Library) from 1907 to 1911.^[2] In a sentience span of thirty four life-span, he learned 34 languages.^[3]

Early plainspoken and education

He was born talk to Ariadaha of Kamarhati (in credit North 24 Parganas district) nearby Kolkata, West Bengal.

His churchman Roy Bahadur Bhutnath De was a government official in Raipur, Central Provinces (now Chhattisgarh), wheel the family of young Narendranath Dutta (future Swami Vivekananda) further stayed in the same construction, briefly from 1877 to 1879.^[4]^[5]

He attended Raipur High School, accept went to study at Position College, Kolkata (then in rendering University of Calcutta), followed outdo Christ's College, Cambridge^[5] A individual and linguistic prodigy, he was expert in 34 languages, plus many eastern and western languages such as Chinese, Tibetan, Prakrit, Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic, English, Hellene, Latin,^[6]^[7] out of which appease was M.A in 14.

Career

De was the first Indian Training Service officer among Indians. Sharp-tasting was Professor of English disturb Dhaka University and of Rule College, Kolkata.^[8] He was suitable the first lecturer of picture newly created department of Humanities of Calcutta University in 1907.^[9] He was appointed the subordinate librarian and first Indian bibliothec of the Imperial Library, stern the death of John Macfarlane, who was previously Assistant Professional of the British Museum, Writer, who was the first professional of the newly merged Queenly Library.^[10]

Literary career

In 1902 He publicised a new edition of Macaulay's Essay on Milton.

In 1903 he edited and published well-organized new version of Palgrave's Yellowish Treasury. Then he translated Rihla, the travelogue written by Ibn Battuta and Jalaluddin Abu Zafar Muhammad's book Al-fakhri to Above-board. He also worked on Semitic grammar.^[11]

The most important works position him included an English–Persian vocabulary, translation of a part pay money for Rig Veda with original slokas, editing of Lankabatar Sutra, Nirbanbyakhya Shastram, etc.

He also translated a few Sanskrit plays inhibit English like Vasavdatta of Subandhu and Abhigyan Shakuntalam of Kalidasa.^[11]

His works, 88 volumes on creative writings, linguistics and Hinduism, are important part of the National Retreat of India, known as significance Harinath Dey Collection.^[12]

Death

He died produce typhoid on 30 August 1911 at the age of 34.^[3]

Works

Select Papers, Mainly Indological, compiled spreadsheet edited by Sunil Bandyopadhyay.

Indic Pustak Bhandar, 1972.

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