Michael Witzel
1943
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photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Germany
languages spoken, written or signed: English
occupation: linguist, university teacher, indologist
award received: Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Michael Witzel (born July 18, 1943) is a German-American philologist, comparative mythologist and Indologist. Witzel is the Wales Professor of Sanskrit at Harvard University and the editor of the Harvard Oriental Series (volumes 50–100) Witzel is an authority on Indian sacred texts, particularly the Vedas, and Indian history. A critic of the arguments made by Hindutva writers and sectarian historical revisionism, he opposed some attempts to influence USA school curricula in the California textbook controversy over Hindu history. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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