Monier Monier-Williams
British professor of Sanskrit
- Lived
- 1819–1899
- Country
- United Kingdom
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About Monier Monier-Williams
Sir Monier Monier-Williams was a British scholar who was the second Boden Professor of Sanskrit at Oxford University, England. He studied, documented and taught Asian languages, especially Sanskrit, Persian and Hindustani.
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