Frederick Augustus Rosen

(1805-1837)

LBT ID: FrRosen1837	B/BAP: 1805 DIED: 1837-09-12
SOURCES: The Spectator (16 September 1837) 885; Literary Gazette (23 September 1837) 614; ucl.ac.uk/bloomsbury-project
Born in Germany, in 1828 he was appointed Professor of Sanskrit at the University of London; he was said to have died as a result of lifting a quantity of books.
REFERENCES TO Frederick Augustus Rosen: Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter XI Found 1: ¶ 8