Arthur Berriedale Keith, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Arthur Berriedale Keith

Scottish lawyer and Indologist

Date of Birth: 05-Apr-1879

Place of Birth: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 06-Oct-1944

Profession: historian, translator, university teacher, linguist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Prof Arthur Berriedale Keith DCL DLit LLD (5 April 1879, Aberdeen – 6 October 1944) was a Scottish constitutional lawyer, scholar of Sanskrit and Indologist.
He became Regius Professor of Sanskrit and Lecturer in Constitutional History in the University of Edinburgh.
He served in this role from 1914 to 1944. He is buried in Grange Cemetery in Edinburgh with his wife, Margaret Balfour Allan (died 1934).
The grave lies on the south side of the central vaults, adjacent to the central archway through the vaults.