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Monier Monier-Williams

Linguist (Sanskrit) and dictionary compiler

Died when: 79 years 150 days (952 months)
Star Sign: Scorpio

 

Monier Monier-Williams

Sir Monier Monier-Williams KCIE (/'m?ni?r/; né Williams; 12 November 1819 – 11 April 1899) was a British scholar who was the second Boden Professor of Sanskrit at Oxford University, England.

He studied, documented and taught Asian languages, especially Sanskrit, Persian and Hindustani.

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