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Albrecht Friedrich Weber (17th February 1825 – 30 November 1901) was a German Indologist and historian.
He was born on February 17th, 1825, at Breslau, where his father was a Professor of Political Economy. He studied in that town and in Berlin, busying himself especially with literature and Sanskrit archaeology. After receiving a doctor's degree at Breslau, he went to the University of Berlin, where in the 1856 he became an Adjunct Professor of the Language and Literature of Ancient India.

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Albrecht Friedrich Weber (17th February 1825 – 30 November 1901) was a German Indologist and historian.
He was born on February 17th, 1825, at Breslau, where his father was a Professor of Political Economy. He studied in that town and in Berlin, busying himself especially with literature and Sanskrit archaeology. After receiving a doctor's degree at Breslau, he went to the University of Berlin, where in the 1856 he became an Adjunct Professor of the Language and Literature of Ancient India. In 1867 he was made full professor. He was a member of the Academy of Sciences of Berlin, and was the author of many books and periodical contributions on classical subjects. He was a close friend of Max Müller.
Germany is considered to be a foremost place for study of ancient Indian Sanskrit texts for research and development purposes. Several great Indologists and people from India flock to Germany for obtaining degrees in Sanskrit Vidhya, a degree which takes 12.5 years to complete.
Works
- Weiße Jadschurveda, London 1849-1859 (3 Bde.)
- Schwarze Jadschurveda, Leipzig 1871-1872
- Tscharanawyuha. Übersicht über die Schulen der Vedas, Berlin 1855
- Indische Litteraturgeschichte, Berlin 1852
- Indische Skizzen, Berlin 1857
- Indische Streifen, Berlin 1868-1879 (3 vols.)
- Verzeichnis der Berliner Sanskrithandschriften, Berlin 1853 ff.
- Über das Catrunjaya des Mahâtmyam, Leipzig 1858]
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