George Abraham Grierson

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Irish person civil servant colonial administrator linguist philologist

George Abraham Grierson was an Irish linguist and civil servant best known for directing the Linguistic Survey of India, a monumental study of the languages of the Indian subcontinent.

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instanceOf Irish person ⓘ
civil servant ⓘ
colonial administrator ⓘ
linguist ⓘ
philologist ⓘ
awardReceived Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire ⓘ
Honorary Doctor of Letters from various universities ⓘ
Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire ⓘ
birthCountry Ireland ⓘ
birthDate 1851-01-07 ⓘ
birthPlace Glenageary ⓘ
citizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
deathCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1941-03-09 ⓘ
deathPlace Camberley ⓘ
educatedAt Sanadogaon School (India-related preparatory studies) ⓘ
Trinity College Dublin ⓘ
employer Government of British India ⓘ
surface form: British Raj administration

Indian Civil Service ⓘ
familyName Grierson ⓘ
fieldOfWork Indian linguistics ⓘ
linguistics ⓘ
philology ⓘ
fullName George Abraham Grierson self-link ⓘ
givenName George ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
influenced 20th-century South Asian linguistics ⓘ
subsequent surveys of Indian languages ⓘ
knownFor Linguistic Survey of India ⓘ
study of Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
study of Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
languageStudied Bihari languages ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Kashmiri ⓘ
Romani language ⓘ
surface form: Romani
memberOf British Academy ⓘ
Asiatic Society of Bengal ⓘ
surface form: Royal Asiatic Society
nationality Irish ⓘ
notableWork Linguistic Survey of India ⓘ
Bihari languages ⓘ
surface form: Seven Grammars of the Dialects and Subdialects of the Bihari Language

The Modern Vernacular Literature of Hindustan ⓘ
Torwali: An Account of a Dardic Language of the Swat Kohistan ⓘ
occupation civil servant ⓘ
linguist ⓘ
positionHeld director of the Linguistic Survey of India ⓘ
officer in the Indian Civil Service ⓘ
residence Camberley ⓘ
surface form: Camberley, Surrey

India ⓘ

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Lahnda → namedBy → George Abraham Grierson ⓘ
George Abraham Grierson → fullName → George Abraham Grierson self-link ⓘ
Linguistic Survey of India → supervisedBy → George Abraham Grierson ⓘ
Linguistic Survey of India → directedBy → George Abraham Grierson ⓘ
Linguistic Survey of India → editor → George Abraham Grierson ⓘ