W. Norman Brown American Educator
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Passed away on 22nd April, 1975 aged 82.
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| First Name |
W.
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| Middle Name |
Norman
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| Last Name |
Brown
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| Birthday |
24th June, 1892
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| Died |
22nd April, 1975
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| Zodiac Sign |
Cancer
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation |
Educator
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William Norman Brown (June 24, 1892 – April 22, 1975) was a distinguished Indologist and Sanskritist who established the first academic department of South Asian Studies in North America and organized the American Oriental Society in 1926. He was the Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Pennsylvania for most of his academic career. He was president of the Association for Asian Studies in 1960. He is considered the founder of the field of South Asian Studies, which he pioneered in his career over four decades at the University of Pennsylvania, where he helped to found the Department of Oriental Studies (1931), and later single-handedly founded the Department of South Asia Regional Studies (1948). These departments are now survived by the departments of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, and South Asia Studies. W. Norman Brown also founded the American Institute of Indian Studies, which was located in the Van Pelt Library at the University of Pennsylvania.
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