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1 handwritten manuscript within a bound book
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Horace Hayman Wilson (1786-1860) was an English orientalist who studied medicine at St Thomas' Hospital, London, before travelling to India in 1808 to become an assistant surgeon for the East India Company in Bengal. Whilst in Calcutta he devoted his attention to the study of Indian languages, especially Sanskrit, and in 1811 became the Secretary of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, upon the recommendation of Henry Colebrooke. In 1832, Wilson left India as he was appointed the first Professorship in Sanskrit at Oxford University. Four years later he became Librarian at East India House and he fulfilled both positions for many years. Wilson wrote extensively on the subjects of Sanskrit literature, Hindu religion, and Indian history. He became Director of the Royal Asiatic Society in 1837 following Colebrooke's death, and remained in position until his own death in 1860.
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'The Vishnu Purána Translated by H.H. Wilson, London 1840' - a handwritten manuscript containing a preface and introduction to all the puranas, followed by descriptions of the Contents of the Vushnu Purána for the 22 chapters of Book One and the first seven chapters of Book 2. It is unclear whether this manuscript was created by H.H. Wilson or copied at a later date. The notebook is only partially filled.
Handwritten within an unlined notebook 20 x 16cm with marbled boards and quarter leather binding. It contains some of the material subsequently published in the Works by the Late Horace Hayman Wilson, M.A., F.R.S.,