W. Norman Brown

William Norman Brown (June 24, 1892 – April 22, 1975)[1] was an American Indologist and Sanskritist who established the first academic department of South Asian Studies in North America and organized the American Oriental Society in 1926. He was the Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Pennsylvania for most of his academic career.[2] He was president of the Association for Asian Studies in 1960. He is considered the founder of the field of South Asian Studies, which he pioneered …