________________ IERE-NOW4U :Bruhn :Biography http://www.here-now4u.de/eng/spr/religion/Bruhn/bruhn autor.html Professor Dr. Klaus Bruhn Born May 22, 1928. Ph.D.: Hamburg 1954 (Thesis: Silankas Cauppannamahapurisacariya [a Jaina text in Prakrit]; Publication: Hamburg 1954). Sojourn in India, incl. 1954-57 (collecting materials for a monograph on the Jaina art of Deogarh). Habilitation: Hamburg 1964 (Thesis: The Jina-Images of Deogarh; Publication: E. J. Brill, Leiden 1969). Academic teachers: WALTHER SCHUBRING and LUDWIG ALSDORF. Professorship for Indology at the Free University of Berlin, 1966. Retired since 1991. Teaching and Research Subjects: Indian Philology and Indian Art History (with the specialization on Jaina art). Numerous publications regarding Jaina literature and art (1970 ff.). back (c) Geerdes 1997-1998 Home mail to author mail to Here-Now4U I von 1 01.04.99 13:16
