The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Lanman, Charles Rockwell
Lanman, Charles Rockwell; b. at Norwich, Connecticut; s, of Peter Lanman; educ: at the Norwich Free Academy, 1867; at Yale, 1871; studied Sanskrit and linguistic science under Whitney till 1873; proceeded to Germany and studied at Berlin, Tubingan, and Leipzig: called to the John Hopkins University at Baltimore, 1876; called to the Harvard University, Cambridge; Professor of Sanskrit; Massadhusetts, 1880; Secretary, American Philological Association, 1879-84; President of the same Association, 1882-90; Corresponding Secretary, American Oriental Society, 1884-94; Vice-President and Joint-Editor of its Journal, 1894-1905; travelled in India for collecting Sanskrit and Prakrit books, etc., for Harbard University, 1888-89; Honorary Member of the A.S.B., 1898; Member, Royal Asiatic Society, 1902; Foreign Member, Royal Bohemien Society of Sciences, 1897; lectured at the J. Hopkin’s University on the poetry of India, 1897; lectured at Boston, on Indian Literature, 1898; LL.D, at Yale. 1902; is editing, with the help of other scholars, the “Harvard Oriental Series” published by Harvard University, which has raised 10 volumes of important Sanskrit works such as the Jatakaraala, Buddhism, Karpura Manjani, Bhrad-Devata, Atharva Yeda, a vedic concordance, Visudi-Maga, Panchatantra. Sakuntala, Brahmins, and oteur works. Recretion: Walking, Swimming, Diving and Rowing. Address: 9 Farrar Street, Cambridge, Mass.