Heinrich Lüders

Heinrich Lüders (25 June 1869 in Lübeck – 7 May 1943 in Badenweiler) was a German Orientalist and Indologist known for his epigraphical analysis of the Sanskrit Turfan fragmentary manuscripts.

In 1909, he was appointed professor of ancient Indian languages and literature at the University of Berlin, where in 1931–32 he served as academic rector.

[3] In 1932 he was recipient of the Goethe-Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft (Goethe Medal for Art and Science).

[2] He was also appointed to the "Königlich Preußische Phonographische Kommission" (Royal Prussian Phonographic Commission) for his expertise in the languages Bengali, Pashto, and Gurung.

The purpose of the commission was to record the approximately 250 languages spoken by the prisoners of German WWI PoW camps.