Title

Frederick Max Muller, Professor of Comparative Philology at Oxford University, 1878.Artist: Lock & Whitfield

Caption

Frederick Max Muller, Professor of Comparative Philology at Oxford University, 1878. He prepared the first edition of the Sacred Hymns of the Brahmans, the Sanskrit Rig-Veda between 1849 and 1974. During a 25 year career at Oxford he promoted the comparative study of Indo-European languages and mythology and religion. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science, literature and art, the army, navy, law, medicine, etc. Photographed from life by Lock and Whitfield, with brief biographical notices by Thompson Cooper. (Conducted by G. C. Whitfield.) (London, 1876-1883).
The Print Collector collection

Date

1878

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C18_340

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,9Mb (1,1Mb) / 12,5in x 15,5in / 3761 x 4641 (300dpi)

Keywords

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