Viggo Fausböll | |
|---|---|
 Fausböll,c. 1900 | |
| Born | (1821-09-22)22 September 1821 Høve, Denmark |
| Died | 3 June 1908(1908-06-03) (aged 86) |
| Occupation | Orientalist |
Michael Viggo Fausböll (22 September 1821 – 3 June 1908) was aDanish educator, translator, orientalist and linguist. He was a pioneer ofPāli scholarship.[1]
Fausbøll was born at Hove nearLemvig, Denmark. He became a student at theUniversity of Copenhagen in 1838 and received hisCand.theol. in 1847.From 1878 to 1902 Fausbøll was professor at theUniversity of Copenhagen where he taughtSanskrit and East Indianphilology.
His Latin translation of theDhammapada was published in 1855 with a new edition in 1900. It formed the basis for the first complete translation of this text into English, by philologistMax Müller in theSacred Books of the East, a 50-volume set published by Oxford University Press between 1879 and 1910.[2]
He became a Knight of theOrder of the Dannebrog in 1888, Dannebrogsmand in 1891 and Commander 2nd degree in 1898. He died atGentoftein 1908 and was buried at Gentofte Cemetery.
Fausböll's translations include:
Fausböll also wrote:
Fausböll, V. (trans.) (1881)The Dhammapada translated from the Pâli by V. Fausböll; translated into English by F. Max Müller
