James Prinsep
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 184 years ago |
| Date of birth | August 20,1799 |
| Zodiac sign | Leo |
| Born | England |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | April 22,1840 |
| Died | London |
| United Kingdom | |
| Parents | John Prinsep |
| Notable ideas | Kharosthi |
| Brahmi scripts | |
| Interests | Numismatics |
| Philology | |
| Metallurgy | |
| Meteorology | |
| Job | Antiquarian |
| Scholar | |
| Books | Essays on Indian Antiquities: Historic, Numismatic and Palaeographic |
| Benares Illustrated | |
| Useful Tables, iIlustrative of the Coins, Weights, and Measures of British India | |
| Essays on Indian Antiquities, Historic, Numismatic, and Palæographic, of the Late James Prinsep: To which are Added His Useful Tables, Illustrative of Indian History, Chronology, Modern Coinages, Weights, Measures, Etc | |
| History of the Punjab, and of the Rise, Progress, & Present Condition of the Sect and Nation of the Sikhs | |
| Benares Illustrated in a Series of Drawings | |
| Essays on Indian Antiquities, Historic, Numismatic, and Palaeographic: Of the Late James Prinsep to which are Added His Useful Tables Illustrative of Indian History, Chronology, Modern Coinages, Weights, Measures, Etc | |
| The Application of the Roman Alphabet to All the Oriental Languages: Contained in a Series of Papers | |
| Essays on Indian Antiquities, Historic, Numismatic, and Palaeographic: Volume 2: To Which are Added Tables, Illustrative of Indian History, Chronology, Modern Coinages, Weights, Measures, Etc. | |
| Essays on Indian Antiquities, Historic, Numismatic, and Palaeographic: Volume 1: To Which are Added Tables, Illustrative of Indian History, Chronology, Modern Coinages, Weights, Measures, Etc. | |
| Current partner | Harriet Sophia Aubert |
| Children | James Aubert Prinsep |
| Eliza Prinsep | |
| Grandparents | John Prinsep |
| Mary Bossum | |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society |
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| ID | 593242 |
James Prinsep Life story
James Prinsep FRS was an English scholar, orientalist and antiquary. He was the founding editor of the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal and is best remembered for deciphering the Kharosthi and Brahmi scripts of ancient India.
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