THEODOR See also:

• THEODOR BENFEY (1809-1881)

BENFEY (1809-1881)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German philologist, son of a Jewish trader at Norten, near See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 28th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1809 . Although originally designed for the medical profession, his See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste for See also:

• PHILOLOGY

philology was awakened by a careful instruction in See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew which he received from his See also:

• FATHER

father . After brilliant studies at Gottingen he spent a See also:

• YEAR

year at See also:

• MUNICH (Ger. Munchen)

Munich, where he was greatly impressed by the lectures of See also:

• SCHELLING, FRIEDRICH WILHELM JOSEPH VON (1775-1854)
• SCHELLING, KAROLINE (1763-1809)

Schelling and See also:

• THIERSCH, FRIEDRICH WILHELM (1784-1860)

Thiersch, and afterwards settled as a teacher in See also:

• FRANKFORT

Frankfort . His pursuits were at first chiefly classical, and his See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention was diverted to See also:

• SANSKRIT

Sanskrit by an accidental See also:

• WAGER (derived, through Fr. wagier, gagier, from Lat. vadiunz, a pledge)

wager that he would learn enough of the See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language in a few See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks to be able to See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

review a new See also:

• BOOK

book upon it . This feat he accomplished, and rivalled in later years when he learned See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to translate V . P . Vasilev's See also:

• WORK

work on See also:

• BUDDHISM

Buddhism . For the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, however, his labours were chiefly in classical and Semitic philology . At Gottingen, whither he had returned as privat-docent, he wrote a little work on the names of the Hebrew months, proving that they were derived from the See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian, prepared the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article on See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India in See also:

• ERSCH, JOHANN SAMUEL (1766–1828)

Ersch and Grtiber's See also:

• ENCYCLOPAEDIA

Encyclopaedia, and published from 1839 to 1842 the See also:

• LEXICON

Lexicon of See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek Roots which gained him the See also:

• VOLNEY, CONSTANTIN FRANCOIS CHASSEBCEUF, COMTE DE (1757-1820)

Volney See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize of the See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . From this time his attention was principally given to Sanskrit . He published in 1848 his edition of the Sama-veda; in 1852–1854 his See also:

• MANUAL

Manual of Sanskrit, comprising a See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar and chrestomathy; in 1858 his See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical Sanskrit grammar, after-wards translated into See also:

• ENGLISH

English; and in 1859 his edition of the Pantscha Tantra, with an extensive dissertation on the fables and mythologies of See also:

• PRIMITIVE

primitive nations . All these See also:

• WORKS

works had been produced under the pressure of poverty, the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, whether from See also:

• PARSIMONY, LAW OF (Lat. parsimonia, from parcere, to save)

parsimony or from See also:

• PREJUDICE (Lat. praejudicium)

prejudice against a See also:

• JEW, THE WANDERING

Jew, refusing to make any substantial addition to his small See also:

• SALARY

salary as extra-See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor at the university .

At length, in 1862, the growing appreciation of See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign scholars shamed it into making him an See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary professor, and in 1866 See also:

• BENFEY, THEODOR (1809-1881)

Benfey published the laborious work by which he is on the whole best known, his great Sanskrit-English See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary . In 1869 he wrote a See also:

• HISTORY

history of German philological See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research, especially See also:

• ORIENTAL

Oriental, during the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . In 1878 his See also:

• JUBILEE (or JUBILE), YEAR OF

jubilee as See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor was celebrated by the publication of a See also:

• VOLUME

volume of philological essays dedicated to him and written by the first scholars in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany . He had designed to See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close his See also:

• LITERARY

literary labours by a grammar of Vedic Sanskrit, and was actively preparing it when he was interrupted by illness, which terminated in his See also:

• DEATH

death at Gottingen on the 26th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1881 . A collection of his various writings was published in 1890, prefaced by a memoir by his son .