Theodor Aufrecht

Simon Theodor Aufrecht (January 7, 1822 – April 3,1907) was a German indologist.

1 Biography

Aufrecht was born in Leschnitz, Prussian Silesia, and waseducated in Berlin, graduating in 1847, in which year healso published a treatise on Sanskrit accent (Bonn, 1847).With Kirchhoff, he collaborated in the publication of Dieumbrischen Denkmäler (Umbrian memorials, 1849–51).With Adalbert Kuhn, he founded the Zeitschrift für ver-gleichende Sprachforschung (1852). In 1852 he movedto Oxford and studied at the Bodleian Library. From1862 until 1875, he was professor at the University ofEdinburgh in Scotland, where he occupied the newly es-tablished chair of Sanskrit and comparative philology.There, in 1875, he was granted the degree of LL.D.In 1875 Aufrecht was appointed to the chair of indologyat the University of Bonn, and remained at that post un-til 1889. Between 1891 and 1903, he published a threevolume alphabetical catalogue of all Sanskrit manuscriptcollections known at the time, in a work titled, CatalogusCatalogorum. This was the first such attempt to catalogueall Indian manuscripts. Beginning in 1935, the Universityof Madras began working on an updated catalogue calledthe New Catalogus Catalogorum, a work that is still inprogress.Aufrecht died in Bonn.

2 Bibliography• Ujjvaladatta’s Commentary (from a manuscript inthe library of the East India House), 1859.

• Die Hymnen des Rigveda, 1877.

• Aitareya Brahmana, 1879.

• Catalogus Catalogorum, 3 volumes, Leipzig, 1891,1896 and 1903.

3 Notes

4 References•

• Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Aufrecht,Theodor". Encyclopedia Americana.

• "Aufrecht, Theodor". New International Encyclope-dia. 1905.

5 External links• The Bonn School of German Indology (German)

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