Edward Washburn Hopkins, Ph.D., LL.D. (September 8, 1857 July 16, 1932), an

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scholar, was born in

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. He graduated at Columbia College in 1878, studied at

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, where he received the degree of Ph.D. in 1881, was an instructor at Columbia (1881–1885), and professor at Bryn Mawr (1885–1895), and became professor of Sanskrit and comparative

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in 1895. He became secretary of the

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and editor of the

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, to which he contributed many valuable papers, especially on numerical and temporal categories in early Sanskrit literature. He wrote: *''Caste in Ancient India'' (1881) *''Manu's Lawbook'' (1884) *''Religions of India'' (1895

*''The Great Epic of India'' (1901) *''India Old and New'' (1901) *''Epic Mythology'' (1915) *''History of Religions'' (1918) *''Origin and Evolution of Religion'' (1923) *''The Ethics of India'' (1924)

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