Alfred Hillebrandt (15 March 1853, in Groß Nädlitz – 18 October 1927, in Deutsch-Lissa) was a German

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scholar.

Biography

He studied Sanskrit and

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at the

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as a student of

Adolf Friedrich Stenzler Adolf Friedrich Stenzler (July 9, 1807 – February 27, 1887) was a German Indologist born in Wolgast. He initially studied theology and Oriental languages at the University of Greifswald under Johann Gottfried Ludwig Kosegarten (1792–1860), ...

, then continued his studies at the

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under

Martin Haug Martin Haug (30 January 1827 – 3 June 1876) was a German orientalist. Biography Haug was born at Ostdorf (today a part of Balingen), Württemberg. He became a pupil in the gymnasium at Stuttgart at a comparatively late age, and in 1848 he ent ...

. In 1883 he became an associate professor at Breslau, where in 1887 he attained a full professorship. On two separate occasions he served as university

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. His specialty was

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. "''Varuna und Mitra, ein Beitrag Zur Exegese des Veda''" (Breslau, 1877) was a prologue to his great work "''Vedische Mythologie''" (1891-1902), which was later translated into English and published as "Vedic mythology".Vedic mythology
OCLC WorldCat Hillebrandt also wrote: * ''Das altindische Neu- und Vollmondsopfer'' (The ancient Indian

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and

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sacrifices, 1880). * ''Vedachrestomathie'' (Vedic

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, 1885). * A section on religious antiquities in

Georg Bühler Professor Johann Georg Bühler (July 19, 1837 – April 8, 1898) was a scholar of ancient Indian languages and law. Early life and education Bühler was born to Rev. Johann G. Bühler in Borstel, Hanover, attended grammar school in Hanover, whe ...

's ''Grundriss der indo-arischen Philologie und Altertumskunde'' (1897). * ''Alt-Indien, Kulturgeschichtliche Skizzen'' (Historical culture sketches of ancient India, 1899). *

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hillebrandt, Alfred 1853 births 1927 deaths Members of the Prussian House of Lords German philologists German Indologists Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni University of Breslau alumni Academic staff of the University of Breslau People from Wrocław County German male non-fiction writers