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Henry Thomas Colebrooke
FRS FRSE FLS
A bust of Henry Thomas Colebrooke currently owned by the Royal Asiatic Society
Born(1765-06-15)15 June 1765
London, England
Died10 March 1837(1837-03-10) (aged 71)
London, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationOrientalist
Known forSanskrit scholar, one of the founders of the Royal Asiatic Society, one of the founders and second president of the Royal Astronomical Society

Henry Thomas Colebrooke FRS FRSE FLS (15 June 1765 – 10 March 1837) was an English orientalist and botanist. He has been described as "the first great Sanskrit scholar in Europe".[1]

  1. ^ Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 – 2002 (PDF). Royal Society of Edinburgh. p. 194.

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