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Christian Lassen
Norwegian-German orientalist (1800–1876) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Christian Lassen (22 October 1800 – 8 May 1876) was a Norwegian-born, German orientalist and Indologist. He was a professor of Old Indian language and literature at the University of Bonn.[1][2]
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drawing by Adolf Hohneck, 1859