The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Aufrecht, Theodor

AUFRECHT, ouf'rĕ H t, Theodor, German Oriental scholar: b. Leschnitz, 7 Jan. 1822; d. 1907. Graduating from the University of Berlin, he immediately became interested in Oriental research. When only 25 years of age he published a treatise on Sanskrit (Bonn 1847). With Kirchhoff he collaborated in the publication of &lsquo;Die umbrischen Denkmäler&rsquo; (1849-51). In 1862 he was appointed professor of Sanskrit at the University of Edinburgh, but in 1875 returned to Bonn. Among his works are an edition of the &lsquo;Rigsveda,&rsquo; rendered into Roman letters (Bonn 1877); &lsquo;Aitareya Brahmana&rsquo; (1879); &lsquo;Catalogus Catalogorum,&rsquo; an alphabetical register of Sanskrit works and authors (Leipzig 1896-1903)