Nathaniel Brassey Halhed
Nathaniel Brassey Halhed (25 May 1751 – 18 February 1830) () was an English Orientalist and philologist.Halhed was born at Westminster, and was educated at Harrow School, where he began a close friendship with Richard Brinsley Sheridan. While at Oxford he undertook oriental studies under the influence of William Jones. Accepting a writership in the service of the East India Company, he went out to India, and there, at the suggestion of Warren Hastings, translated the Hindu legal code from a Persian version of the original Sanskrit. This translation was published in 1776 as ''A Code of Gentoo Laws''. In 1778 he published ''A Grammar of the Bengal Language'', a Bengali grammar, to print which he set up the first Bengali press in India.
In 1785 Halhed returned to England, and from 1790 to 1795 was member of parliament for Lymington, Hants. For some time he was a disciple of Richard Brothers, and a speech in parliament in defence of Brothers made it impossible for him to remain in the House of Commons, from which he resigned in 1795. He subsequently obtained a home appointment under the East India Company. He died in London on 18 February 1830. Provided by Wikipedia
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A calculation on the commencement of the millennium : and a short reply to Dr. Horne's pamphlet entituled "Sound argument, dictated by common sense." : Together with cursory observ... by Halhed, Nathaniel Brassey, 1751-1830
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Testimony of the authenticity of the prophecies of Richard Brothers : and of his mission to recall the Jews. / by Halhed, Nathaniel Brassey, 1751-1830
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Testimony of the authenticity of the prophecies of Richard Brothers : and of his mission to recall the Jews / by Halhed, Nathaniel Brassey, 1751-1830
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Testimony of the authenticity of the prophecies of Richard Brothers and of his mission to recal [sic] the Jews. / by Halhed, Nathaniel Brassey, 1751-1830
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A revealed knowledge of the prophecies and times. : Book the first[-second] : Wrote under the direction of the Lord God, and published by his sacred command: it being the first sig... by Brothers, Richard, 1757-1824
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A revealed knowledge of the prophecies and times. : Book the first[-second]. Wrote under the direction of the Lord God, and published by his sacred command: it being the first sign... by Brothers, Richard, 1757-1824
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A Code of Gentoo Laws; or, Ordinations of the Pundits : From a Persian Translation, Made from the Original, Written in the Shanscrit Language /
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A code of Gentoo laws, or, Ordinations of the pundits : from a Persian translation, made from the original, written in the Shanscrit language.
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The age of credulity : a letter to Nathaniel Brassey Halhed, Esq. M.P. in answer to his testimony in favour of Richard Brothers. : With an appendix, in vindication of the Scripture... by Williams, Thomas, 1755-1839
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A short review of the political state of Great-Britain, at the commencement of the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven. : [Two lines of quotation in Latin]. by Wraxall, Nathaniel William, Sir, 1751-1831
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