Question

Henry t colebrooke was professor of sanskrit in which of the institution

Answer 1

Henry T Colebrooke was appointed as an honorary professor of Hindu law and Sanskirt at the college of Fort William by Lord Wellesley in 1805.

Answer 2

Henry T. Colebrooke is known as the "first great Sanskrit scholar in Europe". Lord Wellesley, in 1805, appointed him as the honorary professor of Sanskrit and Hindu Law in the Fort William College.

After almost 11 years of living in India, he started learning Sanskrit and also began translating the monumental work 'Digest of Hindu Laws' which was initially being done by William Jones.