Swiss Indologist
Ernst Leumann (11 April 1859 – 24 April 1931) was a Swiss Indologist and a pioneer of the research into Jainism and the languages of Turkestan whose work is in consideration even today.
Early life.
Ernst Leumann was born in Berg, a village in the Canton of Thurgau, on the 11th of April 1859. While in school, he developed an interest in linguistics through his Latin teacher Friedrich Haag, who later went on to become a professor at the University of Berne. 
During the course of his studies, he relocated – after two terms in Geneva and Zürich (1877-78) – in autumn 1878 to Leipzig.
Career.
His studies on linguistics in Zürich and Geneva and of Sanskrit in Leipzig and Berlin were followed by his doctorate in 1881 in Strasbourg. His dissertation was ("Etymological Dictionary of the Sanskrit Language").
1882–84 working on "Sanskrit-English Dictionary" in Oxford. 
1884 Professor in Frauenfeld (Schweiz).
1884 Professor of Sanskrit at University Strasbourg. In 1909–10 he was dean.
1919 became honorary professor in Freiburg.
Publications.
Editor.
Series "Indica".
References.
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