Thibaut was born in Germany, worked briefly in England, and then in 1875 was appointed Professor at the Government Sanskrit College, Varanasi[REF] in northern India.
On 6 November 2014 in its column "100 Years Ago" The Statesman reprinted the following obituary on the late Dr. Thibaut: The death is reported at Heidelberg Hospital, Germany of Dr George Thibaut, C.I.E., Ph.D., D.Sc., who recently retired from the Education Service as Registrar of the Calcutta University.