GEIGER, Alfred. 1??? — 19??. Austrian (?). Ph.D. 1934, student of philosopher Othmar Spann at Vienna. In his diss. he took very favourable view of the caste system, following his teacher’s preference for strong leadership and hierarchical structure. Publications: Diss. 1934 rev. and publ. as Die indoarische Gesellschaftsordnung: Grundlagen und…
GEHRICH, Heinrich Georg. Northeim, Niedersachsen 30.10.1867 — Goslar 29.6.1920. German Protestant Priest interested in Oriental Religions. Pastor in Stellichte (Hannover), later (1914) in Goslar. Married Marie Knoke (1870–1947), at least two sons. Publications: Translated Cumont’s (Die Mysterien des Mitra. Lp. 1903), Pettazzoni’s and Tiele’s works into German (1895/1909). – “Zur Frage…
GASKOIN, Charles Jacinth Bellairs. Ealing, Middlesex 30.7.1873 — Kensington, Middlesex 24.3.1955. British Historian. Son of son of Herman John Richard Gaskoin (1828–1907) and Catherine Anna Maclear, educated at Fitzwilliam Hall. Studies at Cambridge (Jesus College), B.A. 1898, M.A. 1902. In 1901-06 private tutor in Cambridge, 1907-16 Lecturer in History at Wren’s. War…
GARGANO, Antonio. Grumento Nova, Lucania 1914 — Ibid. (?) 1997. Italian Indologist. Studies at Rome under Formichi and Tucci. Ph.D. Assistant, then Lecturer in Modern Aryan Languages and Literature at Rome. He collaborated with Tucci in the 1950s, in 1979 General Secretary of IsMEO. Called Professor. After retirement returned to…
GANKOVSKIJ, Jurij Vladimirovič. Harkiv 6.4.1921 — Moscow 7.9.2001. Russian Historian. Son of an official, born in Ukraine. Graduated 1942 from Moscow. In 1941-45 in army. After war persecuted (arrest 1947), rehabilitated 1956. Kand. ist. nauk 1958. Dr. ist. nauk 1966. In 1945-54 taught at Voennyj institut inostrannyh jazykov in Moscow,…
GALLOWAY, Archibald. Perth 12.2.1779 — London 6.4.1850. Sir. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer in India. Major-General. Son of James Galloway (1750–1838) and Margaret Forester (1749–1781). Cadet 1799, joined Bengal Native Infantry in 1800, participated in the defence of Delhi 1804 and the siege of Bharatpur 1805. Colonel 1836, Major-General 1841. From…
GALLAUD DE LA PÉROUSE, Marie. 19.3.1867 — Neuilly 22.12.1945. French Sculptress, Author and Traveller. Daughter of railway engineer Charles G. and his wife Julie. First exhibition as sculptress in 1890. Visited South and East Asia, even Tibet in disguise, and took many photographs. Her 1931 book is a popular book, compiled from…
FURNESS, William Henry, III. Wallingford, PA 10.8.1866 — Philadelphia (?) 11.8.1920. U.S. Physician, Traveller and Ethnographer. Son of the Shakespearean scholar Horace Howard Furness (1833–1912) and Helen Kate Rogers (1837–1883). Educated at St.Paul’s School in Concord, NH. Studies at Harvard (B.A. 1988) and University of Pennsylvania (M.D. 1891). Together with…
FÜRER-HAIMENDORF, Elizabeth (Betty) von (née Barnardo). Darbhanga 1902 — Hyderabad 11.1.1987. British Anthropologist, wife of —> Chr. von Fürer-Haimendorf (1909–1995). Daughter of Colonel Frederick “Barnie” Barnardo, a physician, and his wife Violet. Originally a nurse, then close collaborator of her husband. Participated in fieldwork and was coauthor in many books. Married 1938, one…
FRYDMAN, Maurycy (Maurice Fr.; Swami Bharatananda). Warsaw 20.10.1901 — Bombay 9.3.1976. Polish Engineer converted to Hinduism. He came to India in the late 1930s as a Jewish refugee from Warsaw and spent the rest of his life there. Worked as managing director of Mysore State Government Electrical Factory in Bangalore, soon…