Paul Thieme

Paul Thieme
Born18 March 1905
Berlin, German Empire
Died24 April 2001(2001-04-24) (aged 96)
London, England, UK
Alma materUniversity of Göttingen
AwardsKyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy (1988)
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
Main interests
Indian philosophy
Comparative linguistics

Paul Thieme (German: [paʊl ˈtiːmə]; 18 March 1905 – 24 April 2001) was a German Indologist[1] and scholar of Vedic Sanskrit. In 1988 he was awarded the Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy for "he added immensely to our knowledge of Vedic and other classical Indian literature and provided a solid foundation to the study of the history of Indian thought".[2]

  1. ^ McGetchin, Douglas T. (2009). Indology, Indomania, and Orientalism: Ancient India's Rebirth in Modern Germany. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. ISBN 978-0-8386-4208-5.
  2. ^ "Paul Thieme". Inamori Foundation. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2012.