Paira Mall

Paira-Mall began his higher education in London in 1897 and continued his studies at the University of Tübingen, where he focused on medicine and philosophy.

[3] In 1900, Paira-Mall received his doctorate in medicine from the medical faculty of the University of Munich.

He was fluent in German, French, Italian, Sanskrit, Persian, Hindi, Punjabi, Arabic, English and Japanese.

In 1911, he was recruited to work for the Henry Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, in London, to collect objects from South Asia that showed the art and science of healing, and medicinal plants in Ayurvedic medicine[4] - for use in Wellcome's chemical research labs in the UK.

[1] From 16 Nov 2017 to 8 April 2018, the Wellcome Collection featured items collected by Paira Mall, including medical objects, paintings, and manuscripts, in the exhibition "Ayurvedic Man: Encounters with Indian Medicine.