| 词条 | Harinath De |
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| name = Harinath De | image = Harinath De.jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1877 | birth_place = | death_date = 1911 (aged 34) | death_place = | nationality = Indian | other_names = | occupation = Academician, librarian, polyglot | known_for = ability to speak in 34 languages }}Harinath De (1877—1911) was an Indian historian, scholar and a polyglot, who later became the first Indian librarian of the National Library of India (then Imperial Library) from 1907 to 1911.[1] In a life span of thirty four years, he learned 34 languages.[2] Early life and educationHe was born in Ariadaha of Kamarhati (in present North 24 Parganas district) near Kolkata. His father Roy Bahadur Bhutnath De was a government official in Raipur, Central Provinces (now Chhattisgarh), where the family of young Narendranath Dutta (future Swami Vivekananda) also stayed in the same building, briefly from 1877 to 1879.[3][4] He attended Raipur High School, and went to study at Presidency College, Kolkata (then in the University of Calcutta), followed by Christ's College, Cambridge[4] A polyglot and linguistic prodigy, he was expert in 34 languages, including many eastern and western languages such as Chinese, Tibetan, Pali, Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic, English, Greek, Latin,[5][6] out of which he was M.A in 14. CareerDe was the first Indian Education Service officer among Indians. He was Professor of English of Dhaka University and of Presidency College, Kolkata.[7] He was appointed the first lecturer of the newly created department of Linguistics of Calcutta University in 1907.[8] He was appointed the second librarian and first Indian librarian of the Imperial Library, after the death of John Macfarlane, who was previously Assistant Librarian of the British Museum, London, who was the first librarian of the newly merged Imperial Library.[9] Literary careerIn 1902 De published a new edition of Macaulay's Essay on Milton. In 1903 he edited and published a new version of Palgrave's Golden Treasury. Then he translated Rihla, the travelogue written by Ibn Battuta and Jalaluddin Abu Zafar Muhammad's book Al-fakhri to English. He also worked on Arabic grammar.[10] The most important works of De included writing an English–Persian lexicon, translation of a part of Rig Veda with original slokas, editing of Lankabatar Sutra, Nirbanbyakhya Shastram, etc. He also translated a few Sanskrit plays to English like Vasavdatta of Subandhu and Abhigyan Shakuntalam of Kalidasa.[10] His works, 88 volumes on literature, linguistics and Hinduism, are now part of the National Library of India, known as the Harinath Dey Collection.[11] DeathDe died in 1911 at the age of 34.[2] Works
References1. ^{{cite book |title=Indian librarianship: perspectives and prospects |author=Ravindra N. Sharma (ed.) |publisher=Kalyani Publishers |year= 1981|isbn= |page= 221|url= |ref= }} 2. ^1 {{cite book|title=Capital|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ucsxAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=4 June 2013|year=1977|page=267}} 3. ^{{cite book |title=Swami Vivekananda in India: A Corrective Biography|author= Chattopadhyay Rajagopal |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|year=1999|isbn=8120815866 |page=23 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EtcoeaQIQdAC&pg=PA23&dq=Harinath+De&hl=en&sa=X&ei=D7w6UcT-BcrXrQfd14GABw&ved=0CF8Q6AEwCTgK#v=onepage&q=Harinath%20De&f=false}} 4. ^1 Greenspan, p. 169 5. ^{{cite book |title=A history of Calcutta's streets (Vol. 2)|author= P. Thankappan Nair|publisher=Firma KLM|year=1987|isbn= |page=396 |url= |ref= }} 6. ^Greenspan, p. 140 7. ^{{cite web|title=Biography of Harinath Dey|url=http://www.instablogs.com/national-library-its-heritage-in-distress.html}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=Department of Linguistics: About the Department|url=http://www.caluniv.ac.in/academic/arts_linguistic.htm|publisher= Calcutta University}} 9. ^{{cite web |title=Historical Background |url=http://www.nationallibrary.gov.in/nat_lib_stat/history.html |publisher=National Library of India |accessdate=9 March 2013}} 10. ^1 {{cite news|title=Bishwa Bhashapathik Harindranath De|newspaper=Ittefaq|date=26 December 2011}} {{Bn icon}} 11. ^{{cite book |title=Global Trends in Library And Information Science |author=Subhas Chandra Biswas |publisher=Gyan Books |year=1995|isbn=8121204941 |page=205|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JZEd8gpISicC&pg=PA205&dq=Hari+Nath+Dey&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Das6UfblA-PMmgXX8IHICQ&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Hari%20Nath%20Dey&f=false |ref= }} Further reading
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