HOMEWORK 1: 1.Write about the views of Henry Thomas Colebrooke, Who worked for the development of Ancient Language?
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Henry Thomas Colebrooke FRS FRSE (1765-1837) was a Sanskrit scholar and orientalist. He was born in London, the third son of Sir George Colebrooke, 2nd Baronet, Chairman of the East India Company, and Mary Gaynor of Antigua. He was educated at home and at fifteen was adept in classics and mathematics.
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Henry Thomas Colebrook
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- Henry Thomas Colebrook (June 15, 1765 – March 10, 1837) was an English orientalist, co-founder of the Royal Astronomical Society, serving as its second president and founding director of the Royal Asiatic Society.
- He was a civil servant in India from 1783 to 1814, working his way through the ranks to serve as a member of the Supreme Council. Prior to this, he presided over the Court of Appeal and held an honorary chair in Sanskrit at Fort William College, Calcutta.
- Almost entirely self-educated, he followed in the footsteps of William Jones as a pioneer of serious study of the history, philosophy, religion and languages of India.
- Colebrook is widely regarded as the father of Sanskrit studies, Indology and comparative philology in Europe.
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