About Johannes Klatt
Lived 1852 – 1903 (aged 50). Johannes Klatt was a German author, orientalist and librarian.
Johannes Emil Otto Klatt (31 January 1852 in Wieleń – 28 August 1908, Bonn) was a Prussian-German Indologist and librarian who studied the history of Jainism in India.
Biography Johannes Klatt was born on 31 January 1852 in Filehne (now Wieleń), in the Prussian Province of Posen.
From 1868 to 1872, he studied Indology in Berlin under Albrecht Weber. In 1873, he finished his doctorate at the University of Halle.
Personal life Klatt was married to Margarete Patzig (1861–1928). They had two sons, Fritz Klatt (1888–1945), an educator, and Albert Klatt (1892–1970), a painter.
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German Indologist and librarian
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Johannes Klatt was born on 31 October 1852 in Wieleń.
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Johannes Klatt died on 27 August 1903 in Bonn.
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Johannes Klatt was an author, orientalist and librarian.
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Johannes Klatt was German.
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