Kölver, B.
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Bernhard Kölver
| English Phonetics | Bernhard Kölver |
|---|---|
| Sort Name | Kölver, Bernhard |
Dates
| Birth: | 1938 |
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| Death: | 2001 |
| Place of birth: | Cologne |
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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)
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