BAUMER, Rachel Van Meter

BAUMER, Rachel Van Meter. 1928 — 15.3.1995. U.S. Indologist (Bengali). Student of T. W. Clark. Ph.D. 1964 University of Pennsylvania. First taught at Michigan State University, from 1970 at University of Minnesota, later in the 1970s Professor and chairperson of the South Asia Program at the University of Hawaii. Buried…

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BATESON, Joseph Harger

BATESON, Joseph Harger. Kendal, Westmoreland 5.3.1865 — 5.10.1935. Rev. British clergyman in Burma. Son of Thomas Bateson and Sarah Severs. From 1886 until 1913 Chaplain of territorial Forces, at least initially served in Burma, later in western India. Secretary of Wesleyan Army and Navy Board. Married 1892 Rose Edmeades, one…

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BARSCHEL, Bernd

BARSCHEL, Bernd. Hohenstein-Ernstthal near Zwickau 28.6.1937 — Jena 14.10.1990. German (East) Indologist. Son of a merchant. Educated in Chemnitz, from 1955 studies at Halle, first theology, but soon linguistics and Indology (Ammer and Mehlig). From 1960 Assistant at Halle, 1970 moved to Jena. Ph.D. 1976 Jena. From 1977 Lektor at…

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BARKER, William Burckhardt

BARKER, William Burckhardt. Aleppo, Syria 1810 — Sinope, Turkey 28.1.1856. British Traveller. Son of Consul-General John Barker (1771–1849) and Marianne Hays. In 1819 brought to England for education, in 1835 returned to Syria, later on resident in Tarsus. He travelled much in Levant, occasionally carrying diplomatic duties. Some time Professor…

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BARHUDAROV, Aleksej Stepanovič

BARHUDAROV, Aleksej Stepanovič. Puškin, Leningrad obl. 22.8.1927 — 9.5.2001. Russian Indologist (Hindi scholar). Son of a scholar of Russian language, Stepan Grigor’evič Barhudarov (1894–1983). Studies at Oriental Faculty in Lenin­grad, graduated 1950, kand. filol. nauk 1953. Naučnyj sotrudnik at Institut Vostoko­vedenija (Oriental Inst.) of Academy of Science in 1953-71 (from…

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BALFOUR, Henry

BALFOUR, Henry. Croydon, London 11.4.1863 — Headington, Oxford 9.2.1939. British Archaeologist and Anthropologist. Son of Lewis Balfour (1853–1885), a silk broker, and Sarah Walker Comber, educated at Charterhouse. From 1881 studies at Oxford (Trinity College), graduated 1885 in biology. Worked under H. N. Moseley in Pitt Rivers Museum (Oxford), at…

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BAHM, Archie John

BAHM, Archie John. Imlay, Michigan 21/22.8.1907 — Albuquerque, New Mexico 12.3.1996.U.S. Philosopher. Son of John Samuel Bahm and Lena Kohn. B.A. 1929 Albion College, Michigan. M.A. 1930 and Ph.D. 1933 University of Michigan.  Both Wikipedia and Prabook explain that he was “Acting Chair of the University of New Mexico’s Department…

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AULOVA, Rena Aronovna

AULOVA, Rena Aronovna (née Sandova). Samarkand 30.1.1927 — Tashkent ?.10.1997. Uzbekistanian Hindi Teacher. Daughter of an official, Aron Ribievič Sandov. In 1949 she was the first to graduate from Taškent in Oriental Studies. Kand. ped. nauk 1973. Docent 1979, teaching at Dept. of Indian Philology, Oriental Faculty, Taškent. Married journalist…

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