Keith, Arthur Berriedale, 1879-1944
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Name (Latin)
Keith, Arthur Berriedale, 1879-1944
Other forms of name
Keith, A. Berriedale, 1879-1944
Keith, A. Berriedale (Arthur Berriedale), 1879-1944
Keith, Arthur Berriedale, 1879-
Date of birth
1879-04-05
Date of death
1944-10-06
Associated country
Great Britain
Field of activity
Law
Occupation
Lawyers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Sources of Information
- 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.)
- 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 ( (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, accessed September 26, 2018) )
- Responsible government in the dominions, 1909.
- 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)
- His Responsible government in the dominions, 1909.