Nathaniel Brassey Halhed 1751 - 1830
Nathaniel Brassey Halhed , orientalist and grammarian, who arrived in Calcutta (1772) to work in the E.I.C. as a `writer'. He is credited with being the first to write a Bangla Grammar (1778). He also made a translation of the Upanishad (1787), after he had returned to England.
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| Born: Westminster, London, , , England 25th May 1751 | Baptised:
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| 25th May 1751 | Born (birth) London, England | | 18th Feb 1830 | Died (death) |
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