Coxe, William Henry

Title

Prof

First name(s)

William Henry

Surname

Coxe

Position(s) held at King's College London ^Ref: *4

Professor of Sanskrit, 1865

Education & professional details

School, college and/or university attended ^Ref: *3

• Charterhouse School 1852-1858
• Balliol College Oxford

Qualifications

Oxford University Sanskrit Scholarship in 1861

Position(s) held (non King's College London)

• Assistant at British Museum, Department of Oriental Antiquities
• Assistant in the Educational Department, and Professor of Sanskrit in Calcutta College (1866-1867)

Personal details

Date of birth ^Ref: *1

1840

Place of birth ^Ref: *1

Oxford

Date of death ^{Refs: *1 *2}

18th December 1869

Place of death ^Ref: *1

St. Giles, London

Family details ^Ref: *5

Son of Rev H. O. Coxe and Charlotte Esther Turner

Notes

Trustees of British Museum would not allow Coxe to hold the professorship together with his post at the museum - hence his short tenure. Corresponded with William Henry Fox Talbot between 1862 and 69 about items in the British Museum mainly from Middle East, principally cuneiform script in which he was an expert.