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Dutch linguist and Orientalist; usually referred to as H. Kern or Hendrik Kern; one of the founding fathers of Oriental Studies in the Netherlands, promoting the study of Sanskrit and contributed to Austronesian studies
Johan Hendrik Caspar Kern
Works
- Saddharma-Pundarîka, or, the Lotus of the True Law (First English translation of Lotus Sutra). Oxford, 1884. (Volume 21 of Sacred Books of the East)
- Manual of Indian Buddhism. Strassburg, 1896. (in Grundriss der indoarischen Philologie.)
Works about him
- "Kern, Jan Hendrik," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Kern, John Henry Caspar," in Dictionary of Indian Biography, by C. E. Buckland, London: Swan Sonnenschein (1906)
Works by this author published before January 1, 1927 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.
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