<Tr> <Th> Publication date </Th> <Td> 1900 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Media type </Th> <Td> Print (Hardcover and Paperback) </Td> </Tr> <P> Hemkosh (Assamese: হেমকোষ, IPA: (hɛmkʊx)) is the first etymological dictionary of the Assamese language based on Sanskrit spellings, compiled by Hemchandra Barua . It was first published in 1900 under the supervision of Capt . P.R. Gordon, ISC and Hemchandra Goswami, 33 years after the publication of Bronson's dictionary . It contained about 22,346 words . This dictionary still published by Hemkosh Printers is considered to be the "standard" reference of the Assamese language . </P> <P> Hemkosh is the second dictionary of Assamese language . The first Assamese dictionary was compiled by Dr. Miles Bronson, an American Baptist Missionary . His dictionary, published in 1867 at the American Baptist Mission Press, Sibsagar, is out of print . Bronson's work did not pretend to be an etymological dictionary but contained a very considerable collection of words from the people themselves without recording derivations . </P>

Who completed and published the first assamese dictionary in 1867