Franklin Edgerton papers 1926-1964 1938-1961

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Franklin Edgerton papers 1926-1964 1938-1961

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1720

The papers consist of biographical information in the form of a eulogy; drafts of articles; reprints of published works; and miscellaneous files.

0.25 linear foot

eng,

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Edgerton, Franklin, 1885-1963

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Franklin Edgerton was born on July 24, 1885, in Lemars, Iowa. He received a B.A. from Cornell University in 1905. From 1906 to 1909, he did graduate work at Johns Hopkins University; and served successively as assistant professor, professor, and Johnston scholar in Sanskrit and comparative philology from 1909 to 1913. He was assistant professor (1913-1925) and professor (1926) of Sanskrit at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1926 he became Salisbury Professor of Sanskrit and Comparative Philolo...