Kölver, B.

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FirstName / namefirst Bernhard
LastName / namelast Kölver
MainNamePhon Bernhard Kölver
SortName Kölver, Bernhard
bio Bernhard Kölver (1938 – 2001) was a German Indologist, specializing for most of his career in the study of Nepal.

Kölver was born in Cologne, Germany. He received his PhD with a dissertation on Tokharian nominal morphology from Cologne University in 1965. He was professor of Indology in Kiel, Germany (1974-1993) and Leipzig, Germany (1993-).

After a trip to Nepal Kölver specialized in the study of this country, especially the Newar language. In 1995 he was elected to the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzi]. He was also awarded the Triśaktipaṭṭabhūṣaṇa by King Birendra of Nepal in honor of his service to scholarship. (Source Accessed Aug 21, 2023)

YearBirth 1938
YearDeath 2001
BornIn Cologne
phduniversity Cologne University
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