Michael Witzel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Michael Witzel

German-American philologist

Date of Birth: 18-Jul-1943

Place of Birth: Świebodzin, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland

Profession: university teacher, linguist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Michael Witzel (born July 18, 1943) is a German-American philologist, comparative mythologist and Indologist.
Witzel is the Wales Professor of Sanskrit at Harvard University and the editor of the Harvard Oriental Series (volumes 50-80).
He is an author on Indian sacred texts and Indian history, A critic of the Out of India theory and Hindutva-based historical revisionism, he opposed attempts to influence USA school curricula in the California textbook controversy over Hindu history.