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GB 891 BHH-BHH/1-BHH/1/50
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Letter from Eugène Burnouf to Brian Houghton Hodgson, 28 October 1841
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- 28th Oct 1841 (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 regarding the mistake concerning the conferring of the order and that Nathaniel Wallich has brought Hodgson's appeal. Burnouf thinks a lot about the Manuscripts that Hodgson has given. Handwritten in… read more
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- French
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- Burnouf Eugène 1801-1852 Orientalist (Subject)