In 1853, Grassmann published a theory of how colors mix; it and its three color laws are still taught, as Grassmann's law.
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The nineteenth century was a golden age of Western Sanskrit scholarship, and many of the giants of the field (Whitney, Macdonnell, Monier-Williams, Grassmann) knew each other personally.
Thomas Grassmann, OFM Conv, (December 18, 1890 - October 1, 1970) was a Conventual Franciscan friar and historian and archaeologist of Colonial New York, who discovered the site of the Mohawk American Village of Caughnawaga near Fonda, New York.