Feb. 1845.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. xix 



H. J. 



ALEXANDER CSOMA DE KOROSI, 



A NATIVE OF HUNGARY, 



WHO, TO FOLLOW OUT PHILOLOGICAL RESEARCHES, 



RESORTED TO THE EAST, 



AND AFTER YEARS PASSED UNDER 



PRIVATIONS, SUCH AS HAVE BEEN SELDOM ENDURED, 



AND PATIENT LABOUR IN THE CAUSE OF SCIENCE, 



COMPILED 

 A DICTIONARY AND GRAMMAR OF THE THIBETAN LANGUAGE, 

 HIS BEST AND REAL MONUMENT. 



ON HIS ROAD TO H'LASSA TO RESUME HIS LABOURS 



HE DIED AT THIS PLACE 



ON THE llTH APRIL, 1842. 



AGED 44 YEARS. 



HIS FELLOW LABOURERS, 



THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



INSCRIBE THIS TABLET TO HIS MEMORY. 



REQUIESCAT IN PACE. 



J. Weaver, Sculpt. Calcutta. 



