Authors
Writers and thinkers whose works we preserve
A. C. Clayton
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British missionary and scholar who worked in South India from 1892. Author of works on Tamil culture, Indian religion, and Vedic studies, including 'The Rig-Veda and Vedic Religion' and 'The Tamil Bible Dictionary'.
F. Max Müller
1823 - 1900
German-born philologist and Orientalist who became one of the founders of comparative religion and mythology. Best known for his monumental edition of the Rig Veda and his passionate advocacy for Sanskrit studies.
Harihar Das
1890 - 1958
Indian biographer and scholar best known for his definitive biography of the poet Toru Dutt, published by Oxford University Press in 1921.
Henry Beveridge
1837 - 1929
Scottish historian and civil servant in British India who wrote extensively on Indian history and translated major Persian historical works including the Akbar-nama.
K. A. Nilakanta Sastri
1892 - 1975
Eminent Indian historian and Indologist, regarded as the greatest professional historian of South India. Author of numerous definitive works on South Indian history, including the classic 'A History of South India'.
Maurice Bloomfield
1855 - 1928
American Sanskrit scholar and professor at Johns Hopkins University, renowned for his Vedic Concordance and authoritative works on Vedic religion and the Atharva-Veda.
Romesh Chunder Dutt
1848 - 1909
Indian civil servant, historian, translator, and writer who rendered ancient Indian poetry into English verse and wrote extensively on Indian civilization and economics. First Indian to be appointed Divisional Commissioner of Orissa.
Sir William Wilson Hunter
1840 - 1900
Scottish historian,statistician, and compiler of the Imperial Gazetteer of India. Hunter dedicated his career to documenting Indian history and geography, producing comprehensive surveys that remain valuable historical sources.
Sophia Dobson Collet
1822 - 1894
English author and biographer best known for her definitive biography of Raja Rammohun Roy. Despite being a lifelong invalid, she conducted extensive research to preserve the life story of the great Indian reformer.