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Solomon Caesar Malan
1812Apr, 22

Solomon Caesar Malan

Solomon Caesar Malan, Swiss-English orientalist (d. 1894)
Solomon Caesar Malan (22 April 1812 – 25 November 1894) D.D., Vicar of Broadwindsor, Prebendary of Sarum, was a British divine, polyglot and well known orientalist which fluency in language was legendary: English, French, Sanskrit, Arabic, Hebrew, German, Spanish, Italian, Latin, Greek, Tibetan, Chinese, Georgian, Armenian, Coptic, Geez.

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