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C. H. Lanman, Wales Professor Of Sanskrit, Emeritus, Dies

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Charles Rockwell Lanman, Wales Professor of Sanskrit, emeritus, died yesterday of old age. Professor Lanman would have been 91 years old on July 8.

After obtaining his A.B. degree from Yale in 1871, where he made Phi Beta Kappa, Professor Lanman studied Sanskrit in Germany and became professor at Harvard in 1880. Professor Lanman edited the Harvard Oriental Series, which consisted of 36 volumes. He wrote many books and articles on East Indian subjects.

One of his favorite pastimes was rowing; he is said to have rowed 10,000 miles on the Charles River.

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