Keith, Arthur Berriedale, 1879-1944
URI(s)
Variants
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
Death Date
Has Affiliation
Birth Place
Portobello (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Associated Language
Field of Activity
Law
Occupation
Lawyers
Indologists
Historians
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
found: Responsible government in the dominions, 1909.
found: The Karma-Mīmāṁsā, 1978:t.p. (A. Berriedale Keith, D.C.L., D.Litt.; of the Inner Temple Barrister-at-Law, Regius Prof. of Sanskrit and Comparative Philology, Univ. of Edinburgh)
found: Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, February 11, 1908:page 332 (The development of colonial self-government in the nineteenth century by A. Berridale Keith, M.A., B.C.L.)
found: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, accessed September 26, 2018(Keith, Arthur Berriedale; born on 5 April 1879 at Portobello, Edinburgh; studied at Edinburgh University (1894-7), taking an MA there before going to Balliol College, Oxford, as classical scholar and Boden scholar (Sanskrit); entered into the Colonial Office as clerk, second class in October 1901 and served in several departments until 1914; in 1914 named regius professor of Sanskrit and comparative philology at Edinburgh University, a position he held for the rest of his life; wrote numerous publications that ranged across classics, Sanskrit language and literature, oriental philosophy and religion, constitutional law of England and of the British empire, history, geography, and international affairs in the fields of both law and diplomacy; lived at 4 Crawfurd Road, Edinburgh from 1920 until his death on 6 October 1944 at his home) - http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-34258?rskey=Fu85e7&result=1
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
Change Notes
1980-08-14: new
2024-06-06: revised
Alternate Formats