Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall

(1774-1856)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Hammer-Purgstall, Joseph, Freiherr von, 1774-1856 LBT ID: JoHamme1856 VIAF ID: 95183401 LOC ID: n80103858	B/BAP: 1774-06-09 DIED: 1856-11-23
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Austrian diplomat and oriental scholar; he was an honorary member of the Royal Society of Literature.
REFERENCES TO Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall: Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter VI 1821 Found 1: ¶ 9 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 11: The R.S.L. Found 1: ¶ 23