File BHH/1/41 - Letter from Eugène Burnouf to Brian Houghton Hodgson, 14 May 1838

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GB 891 BHH-BHH/1-BHH/1/41

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Letter from Eugène Burnouf to Brian Houghton Hodgson, 14 May 1838

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  • 14th May 1838 (Creation)

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Eugène Burnouf (April 8, 1801 – May 28, 1852) was an eminent French scholar and orientalist who made significant contributions to the deciphering of Old Persian cuneiform.

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Letter from Eugène Burnouf to Brian Houghton Hodgson on behalf of the Société Asiatique to ask Hodgson to accept the accompanying Gold Medal in recognition of his work on the Buddhism and the donation of Manuscripts to the Society. Handwritten in Frenchread more

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  • French

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