augustus frederic rudolf hoernlÃ© (often hoernle), cie (1841â1918) was a german-british orientalist. ==life== hoernlÃ© was born in secundra, agra, british india on the 14th november,  the son of a protestant missionary reverend, from a german family who had provided a number of recruits for the church missionary society in the area. he descended from a long line of missionaries which included both linguists and revolutionaries; his father christian theophilus hoernlÃ© (1804â1882) translated the gospels into kurdish and urdu, hoernlÃ© was therefore a british subject by birth; he was sent to germany and his grandparents, at age 7, and was initially educated there. hoernlÃ© attended school in switzerland, after completing theological studies in schÃ¶nthal and the university of basle later moving to london and studying sanskrit under theodor goldstucker. he returned to india in 1865, teaching first at the benares hindu university and later at the university of calcutta. sims-williams, ursula (2006). the papers of the central-asian scholar and sanskritist rudolph hoernle. in: karashima, seishi; wille, klaus. buddhist manuscripts from central asia: the british library sanskrit fragments, volume i, tokyo, p. 1. isbn 4-9980622-9-8 internet archivehopkirk, peter (1980). foreign devils on the silk road: the search for the lost cities and treasures of chinese central asia. amherst: the university of massachusetts press. isbn 0-87023-435-8. eventually, hoernlÃ© was to lead the asiatic society of bengal and retire to oxford. ==work== thumb|bakhshali numerals, from an 1887 work by hoernlÃ©. hoernlÃ© spent nearly his entire working life engaged in the study of indo-aryan languages and is perhaps best known for his decipherment of the bower manuscript collected by hamilton bower in chinese turkestan.ray h. greenblatt. the vanishing trove: reviled heroes; revered thieves. the chicago literary club. october 2, 2000 he was an early scholar of khotanese. various super-powers were engaged in a competition to discover various archeological artifacts in central asia. between 1895 and 1911, the government of india gave hoernlÃ© a variety of manuscripts for him to decipher. he also took it upon himself to catalogue the brahmi manuscripts that were sent to him by aurel stein. this is now referred to as the hoernlÃ© collection.http:/
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