Harinath De

Not to be confused with Harinath Dey, University of Dhaka biochemist

Harinath De
Born(1877-08-12)12 August 1877
Ariadaha, Calcutta North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India[1]
Died30 August 1911(1911-08-30) (aged 34)
Calcutta, India
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Academician, librarian, polyglot
Known forability to speak in 34 languages

Harinath De (12 August 1877— 30 August 1911) was an Indian linguist, polyglot, Indologist and an academician, who later became the first Indian librarian of the National Library of India (then Imperial Library) from 1907 to 1911.[2] In a life span of thirty four years, he learned 34 languages.[3]

  1. ^ Sengupta, Subodh Chandra and Bose, Anjali (editors), (1976), Samsad Bangali Charitabhidhan (Biographical dictionary), (in Bengali), p 590
  2. ^ Ravindra N. Sharma, ed. (1981). Indian librarianship: perspectives and prospects. Kalyani Publishers. p. 221.
  3. ^ Capital. 1977. p. 267. Retrieved 4 June 2013.