Dictionary of Indian Biography/Brockhaus, Herman
BROCKHAUS, HERMAN (1806–1877)
Born at Amsterdam, Jan. 28, 1806: son of Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, founder of the Leipzig publishing house: studied Oriental literature at Leipzig, Gottingen, Bonn, and frequented Oriental libraries at Copenhagen, Paris, London, Oxford: Professor Extraordinarius of Oriental Languages at Jena, 1839: and Professor Ordinarius of Indian Lanugages [sic] and Literature, at Leipzig, 1848: lectured chiefly on Sanskrit, which was his speciality, though he had studied Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, and lectured on Pali, Zend and Chinese: edited the Katha-sarit-sagara of Sanskrit stories, 1839–66, which first led to the scientific study of the origin of Popular Tales: also edited the Prabodha-Chandrodaya, a comedy, 1834–45: the Zend Vendidad Sade: Hafiz and the Seven Wise Masters: was a founder of the Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenland-ischen Gesellschaft: wrote for scientific journals: died Jan. 5, 1877.