Lakshman Sarup

Lakshman Sarup

Oxford today

As a result of nineteenth-century reforms, especially the Universities Tests Act, the University welcomes brilliant students and scholars from across the world of all faiths and none (https://openingoxford1871.web.ox.ac.uk/article/intro-blog). The first recorded Oxford ‘DPhil Degree’ was awarded in 1919 to Lakshman Sarup, born in Lahore, then part of colonial India, for a thesis on the Sanskrit Nighantu.

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A man in a suit and tie with round glasses. Black and white photograph.