Jivanji Jamshedji Ervad

Career

During his lifetime he had been called "the greatest living authority on the ancient history and customs of the Parsis." Doctor of Philosophy

Bachelor of Arts (Bombay University, 1876) Fellow of the University of Bombay (1887) Diploma Litteris et Artibus (Sweden, 1889) Shams-Ul-Ulama (Government of British India, 1893) Officier d’Academie (France, 1898) Officier de l’Instruction Publique (France, 1903) Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris Causa, Heidelberg, 1912) Honorary Correspondent of the Archaeological Department of the Government of India (1914) Companion oi the Order of the Indian Rmnirfl (1917). Campbell Medalist B.B. Royal Asiatic Society (1918) Honorary Member of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (1923) Chevalier de Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur’Honneur (France, 1925) Officier de Croix de Merit (Hungary 1925) British Knighthood (1930) Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa, Bombay University 1931).

Quotations: "the most decorated priests in history".

Honorary Member of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (1923).

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Litteris et Artibus

Litteris et Artibus is a Swedish royal medal established in 1853 by Charles XV of Sweden, who was then crown prince.

Litteris et Artibus is a Swedish royal medal established in 1853 by Charles XV of Sweden, who was then crown prince.