- BABBITT, Irving
BABBITT, Irving. Dayton, Ohio 2.8.1865 — 15.7.1933. U.S. Romance Philologist interested in Pāli. Parents Edwin Dwight B. and Augusta Darling. Educated at Harvard (A.B. 1889, A.M. 1993, including Sanskrit), also studies in Paris ...
- BABINGTON, Benjamin Guy
BABINGTON, Benjamin Guy. London 5.3.1794 — London 5/8.4.1865. British Physician interested in Tamil Language and Literature. Son of a London physician, ...
- BACHHOFER, Ludwig
BACHHOFER, Ludwig. München 30.6.1894 — Carmel CA 1976. German Art Historian in the U.S.A. Professor in Chicago. Studies at Munich, Ph.D. 1921, PD ...
- BACOT, Jacques
BACOT, Jacques. St.-Germain-en-Laye (Indre) 4.7.1877 — Paris 25.6.1965. French Traveller and Tibetologist. Born in a family of cloth merchants, with father ...
- BADEN POWELL, Baden Henry
BADEN POWELL, Baden Henry (Baden Henry Powell). 1841 — 2.1.1901. British Colonian Servant in India. Son of an Oxford Professor Rev. Baden Powell ...
- BADER, Clarisse
BADER, Clarisse. Strasbourg 28.12.1840 — Paris 5/14.2.1902. Mlle. French Journalist and Pioneer of Women’s Study, also interested in India. Daughter of Alsatian army ...
- BAER, Emil
BAER, Emil. Rifferswil in Loo, Canton Zürich 23.12.1884 — 19??. Swiss Priest and Student of Indology. Son of the factory owner Theodor B. ...
- BAIER —> BAYER
BAIER —> BAYER.
- BAILEY, Benjamin
BAILEY, Benjamin. Dewsbury, Yorkshire ?.11.1791 — Shelton, Shropshire 3.4.1871. Rev. British Missionary and Pioneer of Malayālam Lexicography. Son of Joseph and Martha B. ...
- BAILEY, Harold Walter
BAILEY, Harold Walter. Devizes, Wiltshire 16.12.1899 — 11.1.1996. Sir (1960). British Indo-Iranian Scholar, Famous Specialist of the Khotan Saka. Professor in ...
- BAILEY, Thomas Grahame
BAILEY, Thomas Grahame. 1872 — 1942. Rev. British (Scots) Priest and Indologist, a ...
- BAILLY, Jean-Sylvain
BAILLY, Jean-Sylvain. Paris 15.9.1736 — Paris 10.11.1793. French Mathematician, Astronomist and Historian of Astronomy. Also a politician, participated in early revolution, but was ...
- BAINBRIDGE, R. B.
BAINBRIDGE, R. B. 18?? — 19??. British Ethnologist concentrating on the Saoria tribe (also known as Pahariya) of Bihar. No further ...
- BAINES, Jervoise Athelstan
BAINES, Jervoise Athelstan. Bluntisham, Hunts 17.10.1847 — 26.11.1925. Sir. British Civil Servant in India and an Ethnologist. Son of ...
- BAKE, Arnold Adriaan
BAKE, Arnold Adriaan. Hilversum 19.5.1899 — 8.10.1963. Dutch Indologist in India and in the U.K. School at Hilversum and in 1912-18 ...
- BAKTAY, Ervin
BAKTAY, Ervin (Erwin, to 1925 Baktay-Gottesmann). Dunaharaszti 24.6.1890 — Budapest 7.5.1963 (when 73). Hungarian Art Historian. Originally intended to ...
- BAL’MONT, Konstantin Dmitrievič
BAL’MONT, Konstantin Dmitrievič. Gumnišči, Vladimir g. 15(3).6.1867 — Noisy-le-Grand near Paris 24.12.1942 (not 1943). Russian Poet, Critic, Essayist, Novelist, and Playwright, interested in ...
- BALBI, Gasparo
BALBI, Gasparo. 15?? — after 1590. Italian Merchant and Traveller, in the East 1579-86. He was from Venice and dealt in jewels, and ...
- BALDAEUS (Baelde), Philippus
BALDAEUS (Baelde), Philippus. Delft bapt. 24.10.1632 — Geervliet 1671. Dutch Traveller. Son of Jan Baelde and Maria Junius, of Flemish origin. After Latin ...
- BALFOUR, Edward Green
BALFOUR, Edward Green. Angus, Montrose 6.9.1813 — London 8.12.1889. British (Scots) Physician in India. Son of Captain George B. Educated at Montrose and ...
- BALFOUR, Francis
BALFOUR, Francis. 17?? — 18??. British (Scots) Physician in India. Probably born in Edinburgh, Dr.Med. there in 1767. From 1769 or soon after ...
- BALINT-ILLYÉS, Gabor Szentkátolnai
BALINT-ILLYÉS, Gabor Szentkátolnai. Szentkátolna 13.3.1844 — 1913. Hungarian Altaic Scholar, Polyglott and Linguist, also interested in Dravidian. Professor in ...
- BALL, Valentine
BALL, Valentine. Dublin 14.7.1843 — Dublin 15.6.1895. Irish Scientist in India. Son of the naturalist Robert B. (1802–57), educated at Trinity College (B.A. ...
- BALLANTYNE, James Robert
BALLANTYNE, James Robert. Kelso, Teriotdale 13.12.1813 — London 18.2.1864. British (Scots) Indologist in India. A nephew (sister’s son) of —> J. ...
- BALLHATCHET, Kenneth
BALLHATCHET, Kenneth A. Bristol 29.11.1922 — 13.3.1995. British Historian of South Asia. Professor in London. Educated at Clifton College in Bristol and from ...
- BALLIN, L
BALLIN, L. 18?? — 1???. Frenchman apparently knowing Sanskrit. Doctor. “Ancien sous-inspecteur des forêts”, in 1897 living in Autun. Continued Fauche’s Mahabharata translation. ...
- BALLINI, Ambrogio
BALLINI, Ambrogio. Asola (near Mantua) 19.7.1879 — 20.3.1950. Italian Indologist, especially Jaina Scholar. Professor in Padua, Milano and Rome. Studied at ...
- BALLY, Charles-Louis
BALLY, Charles-Louis. Genève 4.2.1865 — Genève 10.4.1947. Swiss Linguist and Greek scholar. Son of a teacher, lost early his father (1870). From 1883 ...
- BĂNĂŢEANU, Vlad
BĂNĂŢEANU, Vlad. Timişoara 22.7.1900 — 1963. Romanian IE and Classical Scholar, Armenologist and Indologist. Professor in Bucureşti. First studies of law ...
- BANG KAUP, Willy
BANG KAUP, Willy (Willi, Wilhelm Max Julius Bang Kaup). Wesel 8/9.8.1869 — Darmstadt 8.10.1934. German Linguist, Turcic and Iranian Scholar. Professor at Louvain ...
- BANHA, Manuel
BANHA, Manuel. 1??? — 1???. Franciscan Missionary in India, probably in the 17th century, author of an unpublished Konkani dictionary, ms. disappeared.
- BANNERTH, Ernst
BANNERTH, Ernst. Eilenburg, Sachsen 13.10.1895 — Cairo 29.4.1976. German Urdu and Islamic Scholar and Catholic priest. Educated in Leipzig, 1913 became professional officer ...
- BAPTISTA, Manuel
BAPTISTA, Manuel. 1??? — 1???. Franciscan Missionary in India in the 17th century, author of a Konkani catechism. Apparently also an architect and ...
- BARADIJN, Badzar Baradinevič
BARADIJN, Badzar Baradinevič. v Mogojtuj Aginsk. ajmaka 16.6.(28.6.)1878 — 24.8.1937. Russian (Buryat) Buddhist, Tibetan and Mongol scholar. Born in a herder family. Graduated ...
- BARANNIKOV, Aleksej Petrovič
BARANNIKOV, Aleksej Petrovič. Zolotonoša, Poltavskaja obl. 25.2. (9.3.)1890 — 4.9.1952. Russian (Ukrainian) Indologist. Son of a worker, graduated 1914 at Kiev ...
- BARATTI, Giuseppina
BARATTI, Giuseppina. 18?? — 19??. Italian, probably student of Kerbaker.
Publications: translated: ...
- BARBORKA, Geoffrey Avery
BARBORKA, Geoffrey Avery. 1897 — 1983. U.S. Theosophist.
Publications: Pearl of the Orient: Bhagavad-Gita for Western ...
- BARBOSA, Duarte
BARBOSA, Duarte. Lisbon c. 1480? — Cebu, Philippines 1.5.1521. Portuguese Traveller in the East. Son of Diogo B. He came to India as ...
- BARDELLI, Giuseppe
BARDELLI, Giuseppe. Branciolino 1816 (or 1815) — Firenze 2.10.1865. Abbate. Italian Indologist and Orientalist (Sinologist and Coptic Scholar). Professor at Pisa, ...
- BARDÓN Y GÓMEZ, Lázaro
BARDÓN Y GÓMEZ, Lázaro. Inicio 8.6.1810 — Madrid 9.6.1897. Spanish Priest and Classical Scholar interested in Sanskrit. Born in the province of Léon. ...
- BAREAU, André
BAREAU, André. Saint Maudé (Seine) 31.12.1921 — 2.3.1993. French Buddhologist. Professor in Paris. Son of an accountant. Studied at Paris (under ...
- BARIĆ, Henrik
BARIĆ, Henrik. Dubrovnik 28.1.1888 — Beograd 3.4.1959. Yugoslavian (Croatian?) Linguist. Studies at Graz and Vienna. Ph.D. 1912 Vienna. From 1920 PD, then Professor ...
- BARNETT, Lionel David
BARNETT, Lionel David. Liverpool 21.10.1871 — 28.1.1960. British Indologist. Son of a banker. Educated at University College in Liverpool and at ...
- BARR, Kaj
BARR, Kaj. Copenhagen 26.6.1896 — 4.1.1970. Danish Iranian Scholar. Professor in Copenhagen. Son of a mechanic, matriculated in Copenhagen 1917. Studied ...
- BARRETO, Júlio Francisco Antönio Adeodato
BARRETO, Júlio Francisco Antönio Adeodato. Margão 3.12.1905 — 6.8.1937. Portuguese (Luso-Goan) author and journalist. Son of Vicente Mariano B., ...
- BARRETT, LeRoy Carr
BARRETT, LeRoy Carr. Cape Girardeau, Missouri 11.3.1877 — 16.7.1960. U.S. Classical Scholar and Indologist. Studies at Washington and Lee (A.B. 1897) ...
- BARSTOW, A. E
BARSTOW, A. E. 18?? — 19??. British. Colonial Officer. Major. Served in the Punjab in the early years of the 20th century.
- BARTH, Marie-Étienne-Auguste
BARTH, Marie-Étienne-Auguste. Strasbourg 22.3.1834 — Paris 15.4.1916. French Indologist. Born in Strasbourg as the son of catholic ...
- BARTHÉLEMY-SAINT-HILAIRE, Jules
BARTHÉLEMY-SAINT-HILAIRE, Jules. Paris 19.8.1805 — 24.11.1895. French Philosopher, Classical Scholar and Politician, also interested in Indology and Indian Thought. Born as ...
- BARTHÉLEMY, Adrien Léon Nicolas
BARTHÉLEMY, Adrien Léon Nicolas. Paris 24.8.1859 — Emancé (Rambouillet) 18.12.1949. French Iranist and Arabist. Studied ...
- BARTHOLD, W.
BARTHOLD, W. —> BARTOL’D, V. V.
- BARTHOLOMAE, Friedrich Christian Leonhard
BARTHOLOMAE, Friedrich Christian Leonhard. Forsthaus in Forstleithen bei Limmersdorf, Landkreis Kulmbach 21.1.1855 — ...
- BARTHOUX (Couyat-Barthoux), Jules-J
BARTHOUX (Couyat-Barthoux), Jules-J. 1881 — 1965. French Geologist and Archaeologist. Born as Jules Couyat. Worked as geologist in Maroc, Egypt and Arabia, collaborated ...
- BARTOL’D, Vasilij Vladimirovič (Wilhelm Barthold)
BARTOL’D, Vasilij Vladimirovič (Wilhelm Barthold). St.Petersburg 3(15).11.1869 — Leningrad 19.8.1930. Russian Scholar of Central Asian History and Geography, one of the most famous ...
- BARTOLI, Emilio
BARTOLI, Emilio. 2.10.1861 — 19??. Italian Indologist and Translator of Sanskrit Literature. Student of Kerbaker. In the 1910s teacher (“professor”) of ...
- BARTOLI, Matteo Giulio
BARTOLI, Matteo Giulio. Albona (now Labin in Croatia), Istria 22.11.1873 — Torino 23.1.1946. Italian Linguist. Ph.D. Vienna. Also studied in Paris. After a ...
- BARTUS, Theodor
BARTUS, Theodor. Lassan 30.1.1858 — Berlin 28.1.1941. German, Assistant to the Berlin Ethnological Museum, participated in all four Prussian Turfan expeditions 1902–14. Son ...
- BARUCH, Willy
BARUCH, Willy. Herford 1900 — ?.3.1954. German (Jew) Indologist, Sinologist, Buddhist and Central Asian Scholar. Studies at Berlin and Leipzig, student ...
- BASHAM, Arthur Llewellyn
BASHAM, Arthur Llewellyn. Loughton, Essex 24.5.1914 — Calcutta 27.1. 1986. British Indologist in Australia. Professor in London and Canberra. Son of ...
- BASSOLS DE CLIMENT, Mariano
BASSOLS DE CLIMENT, Mariano. Figueras 12.12.1903 — Barcelona 20.10.1973. Spanish Classical Scholar, Professor of Latin in Barcelona, where he also taught Sanskrit. Studies ...
- BASTIAN, Adolf
BASTIAN, Adolf. Bremen 26.6.1826 — Port-of-Spain, Trinidad 2.2.1905. Catholic German Anthropologist, Psychologist, and Traveller, a pioneer of South-east Asian studies. Born in a ...
- BASTON, Albert
BASTON, Albert. 18?? — 19??. French Indologist. Probably a student of S. Lévi. Agrégé de l’université (1914). Still active in 1925.
- BATE, John Drew
BATE, John Drew. Plymouth 1836 — 26.1.1924. British Missionary, Priest, and Hindi Scholar. Member of the Baptist Mission in India 1865-97. After a short time ...
- BAUDOUIN DE COURTENAY, Jan Ignacy Niecisław
BAUDOUIN DE COURTENAY, Jan Ignacy Niecisław (Jean, in Russian Ivan Aleksandrovič Boduèn-de-Kurtenè). Radzymin near Warsaw 13.3.1845 — Warsaw 3.11.1929. Famous Polish Linguist. Son ...
- BAUDRY, Frédéric
BAUDRY, Frédéric. Rouen 25.7.1818 — Paris 2.1.1885. French IE Scholar. Librarian in Paris. Son of a book printer. Studied law (barrister 1841) and ...
- BAUER, Hubert
BAUER, Hubert. 18?? — 19??. Austrian (?) Student of Iranian. Ph.D. 1920 Wien.
Publications:
- BAULEZ, M. J
BAULEZ, M. J. 18?? — 19??. French Missionary in Pondichéry, South India.
Publications: transl. from Tamil: Le Panchatantra. 1878.
– Vingt ans dans l’lnde. 18+198 p. P. 1886
– Methode de tamoul vulgaire. 258 p. Pondichéry 19
- BAUMGARTNER, Alexander
BAUMGARTNER, Alexander. Sankt Gallen 27.6.1841 — Luxembourg 5.9. 1910. S.J. Swiss Jesuit Scholar and Indologist. Son of an influential politician, Gallus ...
- BAUNACK, Johannes Fürchtegott
BAUNACK, Johannes Fürchtegott. Trebsen (east of Leipzig) 22.12.1854 — 1928. German Philologist. Son of school inspector Gottlob Franz B., brother of —> Th. ...
- BAUNACK, Paul Theodor
BAUNACK, Paul Theodor. Leipzig 21.2.1861 — 1932. German Philologist and Indo-Iranian Scholar. Brother ...
- BAUSANI, Alessandro
BAUSANI, Alessandro. Rome 29.5.1921 — Rome 11.3.1988. Italian Orientalist (Persian Scholar). Studies in Rome, graduated 1943. Ph.D. From 1944 incaricato di lingua e ...
- BAYER, Theophil (Gottlieb) Siegfrid
BAYER, Theophil (Gottlieb) Siegfrid. Königsberg 6.1.1694 — St. Petersburg 10.2.1738. German Orientalist and Historian, from Königsberg, was elected to the Imperial ...
- BAYLEY, Edward Clive
BAYLEY, Edward Clive. St.Petersburg 17.10.1821 — Keymer, Sussex 30.4.1884. Sir. British Civil Servant in India, interested in Antiquarian Studies. Only son ...
- BAYNES, Herbert
BAYNES, Herbert. 18?? — 19??. British Scholar of Indian Religions, a Theosophist. He was a member of the R.A.S. from 1885, ...
- BAZIN-FOUCHER, Eugénie
BAZIN-FOUCHER, Eugénie. 1889 — 30.1.1952. French Art-Historian. Originally studied English, then Indology under S. Lévi. In 1919 in Ceylon she married —> A. ...
- BEAL, Samuel
BEAL, Samuel. Devonport 27.11.1825 — Greens Norton 20.8.1889. British Priest, Sinologist and Buddhist Scholar. Although a priest, he was no missionary like most Sinologists of ...
- BEAMAN, George Burnham
BEAMAN, George Burnham. Cincinnati, Ohio 1.4.1870 — 12.2.1942. U.S. Student of Indology in Germany. Son of the rev. Edmund B., a Swedenborgian minister, and Sarah ...
- BEAMES, John
BEAMES, John. Greenwich 21.6.1837 — Clevedon, Somerset 24.5.1902. British Civil servant and Indologist in India, a Pioneer of Comparative NIA Studies. ...
- BECCARINI-CRESCENZI, Elena
BECCARINI-CRESCENZI, Elena. 18?? — 19??. Italian Poet and Translator interested in Sanskrit. Born of (or married to) an old noble family of Siena. Probably student of Pavolini, the lived in Frascati.
Publications: ...
- BECHTEL, Fritz (Friedrich)
BECHTEL, Fritz (Friedrich). Durlach 2.2.1855 — Halle 9.3.1924. German IE Scholar. Professor in Göttingen and Halle. Son of a deacon. After a brief ...
- BECKER, Christophorus Edmund
BECKER, Christophorus Edmund. Würzburg 28.10.1875 (or Eisoff near Frankfurt 22.10.) — 21.4.1937 (or 30.3.. S.D.S. German Catholic Missionary in India and Scholar of Missiology and ...
- BECKH, Christoph Eugen Hermann
BECKH, Christoph Eugen Hermann. Nürnberg 4.5.1875 — Stuttgart 1.3.1937. German Indologist and Tibetan ...
- BEER, Eduard Friedrich Ferdinand
BEER, Eduard Friedrich Ferdinand. Bautzen 15.6.1805 — Leipzig 5.4.1841. German Epigraphist and Semitic Scholar, a Pioneer of Cuneiform Studies. Son of a master ...
- BEGLAR, Joseph David
BEGLAR, Joseph David(itch) Melik. 18?? — 1???. Armenian Archaeologist in India. Son of David Fridomitch B. of Chinsura, trained at Calcutta Civil Engineering ...
- BELIGATTI, Giovanni
BELIGATTI, Giovanni —> CASSIANO DA MACERATA
- BELL, Charles Alfred
BELL, Charles Alfred. Sir. Calcutta 31.10.1870 — Oak Bay, Victoria, B.C. 8.3.1945. British Tibetan Scholar, Traveller, and Civil Servant in India. ...
- BELL, Harry Charles Purvis
BELL, Harry Charles Purvis. India ...
- BELLASIS, Augustus Fortunatus
BELLASIS, Augustus Fortunatus. India 1822 — 1872. British Civil Servant in India (Bombay Presidemcy) from 1842, served as Collector and Magistrate of Hyderabad ...
- BELLEW, Henry Walter
BELLEW, Henry Walter. Nusserabad 30.8.1834 — Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire 26.7.1892. British Physician and Orientalist (Pashto Scholar) in India. Son of Captain ...
- BELLIN, Antoine-Gaspard
BELLIN, Antoine-Gaspard. Lyon 15.6.1815 — Lyon 3.4.1891. French Literate interested in Oriental Studies. Studies at Lyon, Dr.iuris 1839. Served ...
- BELLONI-FILIPPI, Ferdinando
BELLONI-FILIPPI, Ferdinando. Buti near Pisa 7/17.7.1877 — Firenze 24.1. 1960. Italian Indologist. Professor in Firenze and Pisa. A student of Pullé ...
- BELTRAMI, Arnaldo
BELTRAMI, Arnaldo. 1.9.1862 — 19??. Italian Classical Scholar interested in Indology. Ph.D. 1885. He was a schoolteacher (Professor) of Latin and Greek at R. Liceo ...
- BENARY, Franz Simon Ferdinand
BENARY, Franz Simon Ferdinand. Kassel 22.3.1805 — Berlin 7.2.1880. German Indologist and Orientalist. ...
- BENARY, Karl Albert Agathon
BENARY, Karl Albert Agathon. Kassel 17.1.1807 — Berlin 6.12.1860. German Classical and IE ...
- BENDALL, Cecil
BENDALL, Cecil. London 1.7.1856 — Liverpool 14.3.1906. British Indologist, a Specialist of Buddhist Mahāyāna Literature in Sanskrit. Professor in Cambridge. Son ...
- BENDER, Ernest
BENDER, Ernest. Buenos Aires 2.1.1919 — Philadelphia 18.4.1996. U.S. Indologist. Professor in Philadelphia. Born in Argentina as U.S. citizen, came to ...
- BENDER, Harold Herman
BENDER, Harold Herman. Martinsburg, W.Va. 20.4.1882 — 15.8.1951. U.S. IE, Indo-Iranian, and Lithuanian Scholar. Professor in Princeton. Born in an old ...
- BENFEY, Theodor
BENFEY, Theodor. Nörten bei Göttingen 28.1.1809 — Göttingen 26.6.1881. German Indologist and IE Scholar. Professor in Göttingen. Born in a Jewish ...
- BENIGNY, Gyula (Julius)
BENIGNY, Gyula (Julius). 1890 — 1966. Hungarian IE Linguist. Ph.D. In the 1930s eo. Professor of IE Linguistics at Debrecen University.
- BÉNISTI (Monié-Bénisti, née Sarfati)
BÉNISTI (Monié-Bénisti, née Sarfati), Mireille. Algier 10.10.1909 — 11.12. 1993. French Art Historian ...
- BENNETT, A. A. G
BENNETT, A. A. G. 1??? — 1???. Mrs. In Maha Bodhi Society, active in 1956/66.
Publications: ...
- BENNETT, C. H. A.
BENNETT, Charles Henry Allan (Ananda Metteyya Thera). London 8.12.1872 — 9.3.1923. British Bauddha. Son of an engineer, studied science (analytical chemistry). Interested in Buddhism in 1890 after reading Arnold’s The Light of Asia. ...
- BENNETT, Charles Henry Allan (Ananda Metteyya Thera)
BENNETT, Charles Henry Allan (Ananda Metteyya Thera). London 8.12.1872 — 9.3.1923. British Bauddha. Son of an engineer, studied science (analytical chemistry). Interested in Buddhism in 1890 after reading Arnold’s The Light of Asia. ...
- BENTLEY, John
BENTLEY, John. 1756? — Calcutta 4.3.1823 (when 67). British Mathematician and Astronomer. Spent long time in India. While severely criticizing the supposed high antiquity of ...
- BENVENISTE, Émile
BENVENISTE, Émile. Aleppo, Syria 25.2. or 27.4.1902 — Paris 3.10.1976. French Iranian scholar and Linguist. Professor in Paris. Son of Professor ...
- BEREZOVSKIJ, Mihail Mihailovič
BEREZOVSKIJ, Mihail Mihailovič. 1848 — 1912. Russian Traveller in Central Asia. rom 1976 repeatedly with Potanin in Mongolia, starting as zoologist and botanist, ...
- BERG, Cornelis Christian
BERG, Cornelis Christian. Rotterdam-West 18.12.1900 — 25.6.1990. Dutch South-East Asian Scholar. Professor in Leiden. ...
- BERGAIGNE, Abel-Henri-Joseph
BERGAIGNE, Abel-Henri-Joseph. Vimy (Pas-de-Calais) 31.8.1838 — La Grave (Hautes Alpes) 6.8.1888. French Indologist. Professor in Paris. Educated in Amiens. He abandoned ...
- BERGH VAN EYSINGA, Gustaaf Adolf van den
BERGH VAN EYSINGA, Gustaaf Adolf van den. ’s-Gravenhage 27.6.1874 — Bloemendaal 26.5.1957. Dutch Protestant Theologian ...
- BERGMANN, Benjamin Fürchtegott Balthasar von
BERGMANN, Benjamin Fürchtegott Balthasar von. Arrasch, Livonia 17.11.1772 — Blussen b. Wenden 16.8.1856. German (Livonian) Priest and Traveller, a Pioneer of Lamaist Studies. ...
- BERGMANN, Frédéric-Guillaume (Friedrich Wilhelm)
BERGMANN, Frédéric-Guillaume (Friedrich Wilhelm). Strasbourg 9.2.1812 — Strasbourg 13.11.1887. French (Alsatian) Linguist and Philologist. Professor in Strasbourg. Studies of theology at Paris, of ...
- BERGNY, A. V
BERGNY, A. V. 18?? — 19??. British? Ph.D.
Publications: “Notes on some ...
- BERGSTEDT, Carl Fredrik
BERGSTEDT, Carl Fredrik. Lillkyrka, Örebro län 24.7.1817 — Skrukarp, Kristberg socken 26.1.1890. Swedish Literate interested in Sanskrit. Son of a farmer, ...
- BERLINZOLA, Marcella
BERLINZOLA, Marcella. 1??? — . Italian Indologist. In the 1930s studied seven years Sanskrit under Formichi. In 1943 collaborated with Pettazzoni.
Publications: “Attendibilita del commento di Nīlakaṇṭha al Mahābhārata”, RSO ...
- BERNARD, Theos Casimir
BERNARD, Theos Casimir. L.A. 10.12.1908 — Kosar, Pakistan 1947. U.S. Bauddha. Graduated at the University of Arizona Law School (L.L.B. 1931) and Columbia ...
- BERNEKER, Erich
BERNEKER, Erich. Königsberg 3.2.1874 — Munich 15/20.3.1937. German Linguist, mainly Slavic, but also IE Scholar. Studies of Germanic at Freiburg i.Br. and of ...
- BERNER, Vil’gel’m Mihajlovič
BERNER, Vil’gel’m Mihajlovič. v Baranovič, Minskoj gub. (now Byelo-Russia) 1903 — Leningrad 1958. Russian Indologist. After school from 1917 apprenticed in NW railway, ...
- BERNET KEMPERS, August Johan
BERNET KEMPERS, August Johan. ‘s-Hertogenbosch 7.10.1906 — 2.5.1992. Dutch Art Historian and South-East Asian Scholar, long time in Indonesia. Studies at Leiden, Ph.D. ...
- BERNHARD, Franz
BERNHARD, Franz. Schweidnitz/Schlesien 31.5.1931 — Mustang/Nepal 5.9. 1971. German Indologist. Professor in Hamburg. Son of a butcher from Silesia. Studied at ...
- BERNHEIMER, Carlo
BERNHEIMER, Carlo. Livorno 1877 — 1966. Italian (Jewish) Indologist and Palaeographist. From Leghorn, taught from 1906 as Docent of Sanskrit at ...
- BERNIER, François
BERNIER, François. Joué-Etiau (Maine-et-Loire) 26.9.1620 — Dauphine 22.9.1688. French Physician and Traveller in India. Spent twelve years (1656-68) in India, and was 8 years physician ...
- BERNINI DA GARGHANO, Giuseppe Maria
BERNINI DA GARGHANO, Giuseppe Maria —> GIUSEPPE MARIA DA GARGHANO (Bernardino Bernini)
- BERNOULLI, Jean (Johann)
BERNOULLI, Jean (Johann). Basel 4.11.1744 — Berlin-Köpemick 13.7.1807. Swiss Scholar interested in India. Born in the family of famous ...
- BERNŠTAM, Aleksandr Natanovič
BERNŠTAM, Aleksandr Natanovič. v Kerči 1.(14.)10.1910 — 10.12.1956 (when 47). Russian Central Asian Archaeologist. Graduated 1931 from Leningrad Inst. of History, Philology and Linguistics. Kand. ...
- BERNSTEIN, Georg Heinrich
BERNSTEIN, Georg Heinrich. Kospeda near Jena 12.1.1787 —Lauban, Silesia 5.4.1860. German Orientalist, mainly a Syriac Scholar, but also interested in Sanskrit. Professor in ...
- BERTHELOT, Pierre-Eugène-Marcellin
BERTHELOT, Pierre-Eugène-Marcellin. Paris 25.10.1827 — Paris 18.3.1907. French Chemist, famous for his work on Organic Chemistry. Also a Scholar of the ...
- BERTHOLET, Alfred Robert Felix
BERTHOLET, Alfred Robert Felix. Basel 9.11.1868 — Münsterlingen 24.8.1951. Swiss Scholar of Comparative Religion and reformed theologian in Germany. Professor in Göttingen and ...
- BERTRAND, François-Marie, l’abbé
BERTRAND, François-Marie, l’abbé. Fontainebleau (Seine-et-Marne) 26.10. 1807 — Versailles 30.1.1881. French Indologist (Hindi) ...
- BESANT, Annie (née Wood)
BESANT, Annie (née Wood). London 1.10.1847 — Adyar (Madras) 19.9.1933. British Theosophist. Daughter of William Page Wood and Emily Morris, educated privately in England, ...
- BESCHI, Constantino Gioseffo Eusebio (Constanzo B., Constantinus Beschius, Vîra-mâmunivar)
BESCHI, Constantino Gioseffo Eusebio (Constanzo B., Constantinus Beschius, Vîra-mâmunivar). Castiglione delle Stiviere near Mantua 8.11.1680 — Ambalakat near Cranganore 4.2.1747. S.J. ...
- BESKROVNYJ, Vasilij Matveevič
BESKROVNYJ, Vasilij Matveevič. v Šejkovke, Harkovskaja obl. 24.5. (6.6.)1908 — 1978. Russian (Ukrainian?) Indologist, specialist in Hindi/Urdu. Studies in Leningrad: graduated ...
- BETH, Ali
BETH, Ali. Almelo 1911 — 1989. Ms. Dutch Indologist. Studied classics and Sanskrit at Utrecht. Wrote her dissertation there on ...
- BETTEI, Vittorio
BETTEI, Vittorio. Padova 15.9.1859 (or 1860?) — 19??. Italian Indologist and Classical Scholar. Teacher (“professor”) of Latin and Greek Avellino (1895), ...
- BEVERIDGE, Annette Susannah (née Akroyd)
BEVERIDGE, Annette Susannah (née Akroyd). Stourbridhe, Worcestershire 13.12.1842 — London 27.3.1929. British Oriental (Persian and Eastern Turkish) Scholar. Wife of —> Henry B. ...
- BEVERIDGE, Henry
BEVERIDGE, Henry. 1799 — 1863. The Elder. British Lawyer and Historian of Colonial India. Father of —> Henry B. the younger. Advocate.
Publications: Comprehensive history of India, civil, militia and social; from the first landing of ...
- BEVERIDGE, Henry
BEVERIDGE, Henry. Scotland 9.2.1837 — London 8.11.1929. British Historian of Mughal and Colonial India. Son of the elder —> Henry B., husband of ...
- BEYER, Kurt
BEYER, Kurt. 18?? — 19??. German Student of Indology. Ph.D. Bonn 1923.
Publications:BEYTHAN, Hermann
BEYTHAN, Hermann. Teichel bei Rudolstadt, Thüringen 29.5.1875 — 1945?. German Missionary and Indologist (Tamil Scholar). Son of a farmer. After Mission ...
- BEZZENBERGER, Adalbert
BEZZENBERGER, Adalbert. Kassel 14.4.1851 — Königsberg 31.10.1922. German IE scholar. Professor in Königsberg. Son of the Germanist scholar Heinrich Ernst B. (1814-1892, later ...
- BHARATI, Agehananda (Leopold Fischer), Swami
BHARATI, Agehananda (Leopold Fischer), Swami. Wien 20.4.1923 — New York 14.5.1991. Austrian born Indologist, Tantric Scholar and Anthropologist, for a long ...
- BIANCHI, Ugo
BIANCHI, Ugo. Cavriglia, Arezzo 13.10.1922 — Firenzuola 14.4.1995. Italian Scholar of Iranian Religion. Studies in Rome under Pettazzoni. From 1954 PD ...
- BICKEL, Gustav Wilhelm Hugo
BICKEL, Gustav Wilhelm Hugo. Kassel 7.7.1838 — Wien 25.1.1906. German Orientalist (Semitic Scholar) in Austria. Son of Johann Wilhelm B., Professor ...
- BIČURIN, Iakinf (Hyacinth, originally Nikita Jakovlevič B.)
BIČURIN, Iakinf (Hyacinth, originally Nikita Jakovlevič B.). Akulevo, Tsivil’skij district, Kazan Province 29.8.1777 — St.Petersburg 11.5.1853. Russian (Čuvaš) Monk, Orthodox Priest, Sinologist and ...
- BIDDULPH, Charles Hubert
BIDDULPH, Charles Hubert. Abu, Rajasthan 28.7.1898 — 11.10.1966. British Engineer and Numismatist in India. Educated at Philander Smith College in Nainital ...
- BIDDULPH, John
BIDDULPH, John. Ledbury 25.7.1840 — Gray Court, London 31.17.1921. British Colonial Officer and Anthropologist in India. Son of Robert B., educated ...
- BIESE, Yrjö Moses Jalmari
BIESE, Yrjö Moses Jalmari. Helsinki 4.1.1903 — 7.11.1983. Finnish Indologist and Linguist (Classical ...
- BIGANDET, Paul-Ambroise
BIGANDET, Paul-Ambroise. Malans (Doubs) 13.8.1813 — Rangoon 19.4.1894. French Catholic Missionary and Buddhist Scholar. Fifty years in Burma. Educated in Besancon and at ...
- BINGLEY, Alfred Horsford
BINGLEY, Alfred Horsford. 1865 — 1944. Sir. British Colonial Officer. Son of Peregrine Taylor B., educayed at Kensington School and Sandhurst. Served in ...
- BINYON, Laurence Robert
BINYON, Laurence Robert. Lancaster 10.8.1869 — Reading, Berkshire 10.3.1943. British Art Historian, Dramatist and Poet. Son of Frederick B. and Mary Dockray. Rducated ...
- BIOT, Jean Baptiste
BIOT, Jean Baptiste. Paris 21.4.1774 — Paris 3.2.1862. French Historian of Science, especially Astronomy. Son of an treasury official, Joseph B., joined the ...
- BIRD, James
BIRD, James. 1797 — Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire 10.7.1864. British Physician in India interested in Archaeology. Educated from 1810 at King’s College, ...
- BIRDWOOD, George Christopher Molesworth
BIRDWOOD, George Christopher Molesworth. Belgaum, India 8.12.1834 — 28.6.1917. British Colonial Physician in India interested in Science and in Colonial History. Son of ...
- BLAKISTON, John Francis
BLAKISTON, John Francis. 21.3.1882 — 8.1.1965. British Archaeologist. Son of John Rochfort Bl. and Georgina Helen Cubbitt, educated at ...
- BLAND, Nathaniel
BLAND, Nathaniel. Liverpool 3.2.1803 — Homburg-les-Bains 10.8.1865. British Orientalist (Persian Scholar). Son of Nath. Bland, who was of Irish origin, but had changed ...
- BLANFORD, William Thomas
BLANFORD, William Thomas. London 7.10.1832 — London 23.6.1905. British Geologist and Zoologist in India. Son of William Bl. and Elizabeth Simpson, educated at ...
- BLAQUIERE, William Coates
BLAQUIERE, William Coates. 1759 — Calcutta 14.8.1853. In India. Son of Jacques/Jacob Bl. Came to India with his merchant father in 1777. He ...
- BLATT, Gustaw
BLATT, Gustaw. Jarosław 15.2.1858 — 17.9.1916. Polish Linguist (IE and Slavic). Studies of classical and Slavic philology at Cracow, sudent of Lucjan Malinowski. ...
- BLATT, Heinrich
BLATT, Heinrich. 10.3.1894 — 19??. German Indologist. Librarian in Würzburg. Studies of classical philology. Ph.D. 1923 Erlangen. From 1927 he was ...
- BLATTER, Edelbert (or Ethelbert)
BLATTER, Edelbert (or Ethelbert). Romanshorn, Appenzell 15.12.1874 — Pune 26.5.1934. S.J. Swiss Missionary Scholar in India. School in Schwyz. Joined S.J. 1896, studied ...
- BLAU, August
BLAU, August. 1858? — 11.7.1926. German Indologist. Librarian in Berlin. “Mediohusanus.” Studies at Jena, 1883 Ph.D. ib. in classical philology. In ...
- BLAU, Ernst Otto Friedrich August (or Hermann)
BLAU, Ernst Otto Friedrich August (or Hermann). Nordhausen 21.4.1828 — Odessa 26.2.1879. German Diplomat and Oriental Scholar. Son of ...
- BLAVATSKY, Helena Petrovna (née Hahn, Russian Jelena Petrovna Blavatskaja, née Gan)
BLAVATSKY, Helena Petrovna (née Hahn, Russian Jelena Petrovna Blavatskaja, née Gan). Ekaterinoslav 12.8.1831 — London 9.5. 1891. Russian Founder of the Theosophical Society. ...
- BLEECK, Arthur Henry
BLEECK, Arthur Henry. 1827? — Kensington 27.1.1877. British Orientalist. known of his remarkable linguistic talent (but translating Spiegel’s German Avesta is not so ...
- BLEEKER, Claas Jouco
BLEEKER, Claas Jouco. Beneden Knijpe, Schoterland, Friesland 12.9.1898 — Amsterdam 5.5.1983. Dutch Historian of ...
- BLEICHSTEINER, Robert
BLEICHSTEINER, Robert. Vienna 6.1.1891 — Vienna 10.4.1954. Austrian Linguist, Scholar of Iranian and Caucasian Languages and Ethnology. School and studies in Vienna. Ph.D. ...
- BLOCH, Alfred
BLOCH, Alfred. Basel 18.4.1915 — Basel 11.7.1983. Swiss Indologist, IE and Semitic Scholar. Professor in Basel. Born in Jewish family, son ...
- BLOCH, Ernst Theodor
BLOCH, Ernst Theodor. Christiansfeld, Schleswig 8.5.1867 — 20.10.1909. German Indologist. Born as a ...
- BLOCH, Jules
BLOCH, Jules. Paris 1.5.1880 — Sèvres (Seine-et-Oise) 9.11.1953. French Indologist and Linguist. Professor in Paris. Son of a Jewish merchant, Salomon ...
- BLOCHET, Gabriel Joseph Edgar
BLOCHET, Gabriel Joseph Edgar. Bourges 12.12.1870 — 5.9.1937. French Oriental (Arabic and Iranian) Scholar and Historian of Religions. After ...
- BLOCHMANN, Henry (Heinrich) Ferdinand
BLOCHMANN, Henry (Heinrich) Ferdinand. Dresden 8.1.1838 — Calcutta 13.7.1878. German Oriental Scholar in India, Specialist of Arabic, Persian, and Urdu. Son of a printer, Ernest ...
- BLOMBERG, Carl Johan
BLOMBERG, Carl Johan. Ljusdal 29.5.1838 — Härnösand 15.3.1890. Swedish School-Teacher interested in Sanskrit. Teacher in Härnösand. Son of a mayor. From 1855 studies at Uppsala, ...
- BLONAY, Godefroy Jean Henry Louis de, baron
BLONAY, Godefroy Jean Henry Louis de, baron. Niederschoenthal, Füllingsdorf 25.7.1869 — Biskra, Algeria ...
- BLOOMFIELD, Leonard
BLOOMFIELD, Leonard. Chicago 1.4.1887 — New Haven CT 18.4.1949. U.S. Linguist. Professor in Columbus, Chicago, and New Haven. Son of Sigmund ...
- BLOOMFIELD, Maurice
BLOOMFIELD, Maurice (born Blumenfeld). Bielitz, Austrian Silesia (now in Poland) 23.2.1855 — San Francisco CA 13.6.1928. U.S. (German Jewish Origin) Indologist. ...
- BLUMHARDT, James Fuller
BLUMHARDT, James Fuller. 18?? — 10.12.1922. British Indologist (NIA Scholar). M.A. Served long time in British Museum in the Dept. of Oriental Manuscripts ...
- BLUNT, James Tillyer.
BLUNT, James Tillyer. 1765 — 1834. British Officer in India, visited Delhi. Cadet 1782, arrived in Bengal 1783. Served in Bengal Engineers as ...
- BOAKE, William John Slade
BOAKE, William John Slade. Colombo 1844 — London 2.6.1889. Irish Civil Servant in Ceylon. Son ...
- BOBRINSKOY, George Vladimir
BOBRINSKOY, George Vladimir (Russian Georgij Vladimirovič Bobrinskij). Tula, Russia 23.1.1901 — Franklin Mass. 15/17.11.1985. U.S. (Russian born) Indologist. Professor in Chicago. ...
- BOCHINGER, Jean-Jacques
BOCHINGER, Jean-Jacques (Johann Jacob B.). Strasbourg 28.11.1802 — 1831. Alsatian Protestant Theologian. Of humble origin, studies at Protestant Seminary and Theological Faculty of ...
- BODDING, Paul Olaf
BODDING, Paul Olaf. Gjøvik 2.11.1865 — Odense 25.9.1938. Rev. Norwegian Missionary and Munda Scholar in India, lived long time among the Santals. Son of bookseller ...
- BODE, Mabel Kate Haynes
BODE, Mabel Kate Haynes (née Haynes). 28.10.1864 — Shaftesbury, Dorset 20.1.1922. British Indologist (Pāli scholar). Daughter of lawyer Robert William Haynes. ...
- BODEN, Joseph
BODEN, Joseph. 17?? — Lisbon 21.11.1811. British Colonial Officer. Founder of the famous Boden chair of Sanskrit at Oxford University. Entered the Bombay ...
- BOEHLING, Georg
BOEHLING, Georg. 18?? — 1???. German Student of IE Linguistics. From Rodenberg, Kreis Rinteln. Ph.D. 1882 Marburg. Is he same G. B., who later ...
- BOGDAN-DUICA, Gheorghe
BOGDAN-DUICA, Gheorghe. Braşov (then Hungary) 2.1.1866 — Braşov 21.9.1931. Romanian Literate interested in Indian Literature. Son of a poor merchant. Fter studies worked ...
- BOGLE, George
BOGLE, George. Daldowie on Clyde 26.11.1746 — Calcutta 3.4.1781. British (Scots) Traveller and Diplomat. Youngest son of George B., an important Glasgow merchant, ...
- BOGORODICKIJ, Vasilij Alekseevič
BOGORODICKIJ, Vasilij Alekseevič. Carevokokšajsk (now Joškar-Ola) 7(19).4.1857 — Kazan 23.12.1941. Russian IE and Slavic Linguist. Professor in Kazan. School at Carevokokšajsk and Kazan. ...
- BOGOSLOVSKIJ, Vasilij Alekseevič
BOGOSLOVSKIJ, Vasilij Alekseevič. Moscow 20.1.1932 — 25.4.1986. Russian Tibetologist. Son of a public servant. Studies at the Hist. Faculty of Moscow University, graduated 1954. Kand. ist. ...
- BOHLEN, Peter von
BOHLEN, Peter von. Wüppels, Jeverland 13.3.1796 — Halle 6.2.1840. German Indologist and Orientalist. Professor in Königsberg. Son of a poor farmer ...
- BÖHM, Annie Karoline
BÖHM, Annie Karoline. Mährisch Ostrava (now Czech) 17.8.1893 — Haifa, Israel 11.9.1985. Austrian Student of IE Linguistics. Daughter of Max and Adele Böhm. ...
- BOHNENBERGER, Karl
BOHNENBERGER, Karl. Riedbach 26.8.1863 — Tübingen 29.10.1951. German Linguist (Germanist) interested in Indology. Librarian and Professor in Tübingen. Son of Heinrich B. (a ...
- BÖHTLINGK, Otto Nikolaus von
BÖHTLINGK, Otto Nikolaus von (Russian Otto Nikolaevič Betlingk). St.Petersburg 11.6.(30.5.)1815 — Leipzig 1.4.1904. ...
- BOISACQ, Émile
BOISACQ, Émile. Namur 26.11.1865 — Ixelles 2.6.1945. Belgian Linguist and Classical Scholar. Dr. philol. class. Bruxelles 1889, diss. on Dorian dialects 1891, further ...
- BOISEN, Lars Nannestad
BOISEN, Lars Nannestad. Vesterborg 8.2.1803 — Ibid. 22.4.1875. Danish Priest and Theologian interested in Sanskrit and Oriental Studies. Bishop of Vesterborg-Birket. Son of ...
- BOISSEROLLE-BOISVILLIERS, Aurèle-Jean de
BOISSEROLLE-BOISVILLIERS, Aurèle-Jean de. Paris 3.9.1764 — Sumène, Gard 1.2.1829. French General, apparently interested in Sanskrit. Son of a civil servant, Count de B., ...
- BOISSEVAIN, Jan Wilhelm
BOISSEVAIN, Jan Wilhelm. Amsterdam 27.9.1874 — Velp. Theden, Gelderland 24.3.1959. Dutch Indologist and Theosophist. Son of Gideon Maria B. and Louise Caroline ...
- BOLLENSEN, Friedrich
BOLLENSEN, Friedrich. Rossdorf, Kreis Göttingen 12.1.1809 — Wiesbaden 29.2.1896. German Indologist in Russia. Son of a farmer, attended the Gymnasium in ...
- BOLLER, Johann Anton
BOLLER, Johann Anton. Krems 2.1.1811 — Vienna 19.1.1869. Austrian Linguist interested in Sanskrit. ...
- BOLLING, Friederic
BOLLING, Friederic. 16?? — 1???. Norwegian or Danish Traveller in India. Born in Norway, son of Anders B. Student in Copenhagen, went to Amsterdam and ...
- BOLLING, George Melville
BOLLING, George Melville. Baltimore 13.4.1871 — Princeton N.J. 1963. U.S. Indologist. Professor of Classical Philology in Columbus. Son of William Nicholls ...
- BOLTZ, August
BOLTZ, August. Breslau 26.9.1819 — Darmstadt 1.5.1907. German Literate, Language Teacher and Translator interested in Sanskrit. Gymnasium in Breslau. As tutor of an ...
- BOMPAS, Cecil Henry
BOMPAS, Cecil Henry. London 31.5.1868 — 19??. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Henry Mason B. (barrister, d. 1909) and Rachel Henrietta ...
- BONARDI, Mario
BONARDI, Mario. Rome 29.5.1914 — 14.6.1954. Italian Indologist (Buddhist scholar). Studied in Rome and graduated as a teacher of Greek and ...
- BONER, Alice
BONER, Alice. Legnano, Lombardy 22.7.1889 — Zürich 13.4.1981. Swiss Artist (Sculptor) and Art Historian of India. Born in Italy of Swiss-English ...
- BONN, Gisela
BONN, Gisela (nom-de-plume of Gisela Döhrn). Elberfeld 22.9.1909 — Stuttgart 11.10.1996. German Journalist. Daughter of a teacher. From 1929 studied Musicology, Theatre, ...
- BONSEN, Fritz
BONSEN, Fritz, pseudonym for —> A. HILLEBRANDT.
- BOPP, Franz
BOPP, Franz. Mainz 14.9.1791 — Berlin 23.10.1867. German Indologist and Linguist. Professor in Berlin. Born in a Roman Catholic family, grew ...
- BORÉ, Eugène
BORÉ, Eugène. Angers 15.8.1809 — Paris 3.5.1878. French Orientalist, especially Armenian Scholar. Rducated in Angers and Paris, studied languages. In 1837 he headed ...
- BORECKÝ, Jaromír
BORECKÝ, Jaromír. Budweis (České Budějovice) 6.8.1869 — Praha 8.5.1951. Czech Poet, Translator and Librarian, listed as an Oriental scholar by Heyne and apparently knew some ...
- BORECKÝ, Miloš
BORECKÝ, Miloš. Prague 28.12.1904 — Washington DC, U.S.A. 18.3.1954. Czech Oriental (Iranian) Scholar in the U.S.A. Sin of —> J.B. In 1922-30 studies of Indo-Iranian ...
- BORGSTRØM, Carl Hjalmar
BORGSTRØM, Carl Hjalmar. Oslo 14.9.1909 — Oslo 14.9.1986. Norwegian Celtic and IE Linguist. Professor in Oslo. From 1928 studies of Celtic and comparative ...
- BORK, Ferdinand A.
BORK, Ferdinand A. Forsthaus bei Königsbruch/Kr. Tuchel 26.11.1871 — Benhausen 28.2. 1962. German Scholar of Ancient Near East, also interested in Indo-Iranian. Parents ...
- BORKOWSKI, Aleksander (Leszek) Dunin
BORKOWSKI, Aleksander (Leszek) Dunin (Dunin B., Al.). Gródek 11.1.1811 — Lemberg (Lwów) 30.11.1896. Count. Polish Politician, Poet and Author, who translated Bhartṛhari’s poems ...
- BORSANI SCALABRINO, Giuseppina
BORSANI SCALABRINO, Giuseppina. Milano 9.5.1910 — 22.2.1991. Italian Indologist. Professor in Milano. Studied Sanskrit at Catholic University of Milano under A. Ballini, graduated in 1933. ...
- BORTOLAZZI, Bortolo Maria
BORTOLAZZI, Bortolo Maria. Bassano (Veneto) 1807 — 8.1.1879. Italian interested in Sanskrit. Of a Venetian noble family living in Bassano. No biography is ...
- BOSCH I GIMPERA, Pere
BOSCH I GIMPERA, Pere. Barcelona 22.3.1891 — Ciudad de México 9.10.1974. Spanish Archaeologist and IE Scholar in Mexico. Studies at Barcelona, lic. degree ...
- BOSCH, Frederik David Kan
BOSCH, Frederik David Kan. Potchefstroom, ...
- BÖTTICHER, P.
BÖTTICHER, P. —> LAGARDE, Paul de.
- BOUDA, Karl
BOUDA, Karl. Hamburg 1901 — Erlangen1979. German linguist and Caucasologist. From 1942 (ord. 1950) Professor at Erlangen. Worked on Caucasian, Basque and North-East ...
- BOULNOIS, Jean Raymond Paul
BOULNOIS, Jean Raymond Paul. 1904 — 19??. French Physician interested in India. Dr.Med. 1928 Bordeaux. In 1932-35 served as colonial physician at French ...
- BOURGUIGNON D’ANVILLE, Jean-Baptiste
BOURGUIGNON D’ANVILLE, Jean-Baptiste. Paris 11.7.1697 — 28.1.1782. French Cartographer, Geographer and Historian of Geography. Son of Hubert Bourguignon and Charlotte Vaugon, student of abbé de ...
- BOURQUIN, Auguste Ali
BOURQUIN, Auguste Ali. 18?? — 192?. French (or more probably Swiss) Protestant Priest and Indologist. In 1882 he was member of ...
- BOWDEN, Ernest Monnington
BOWDEN, Ernest Monnington. Bapt. Rochford, Herefordshire 17.7.1859 — 3.4.1904. British Author and Inventor (Wikipedia calls ...
- BOWER, Hamilton
BOWER, Hamilton. 1.9.1858 — 5.3.1940. Sir. British (Scots) Colonial Officer and Traveller in Central Asia. Educated in Edinburgh and at Royal Naval School. ...
- BOWER, Henry
BOWER, Henry. Madras 1812 — Palayankottah 1885. Rev. Anglo-Indian Missionary in South India. D.D. After Vepery Seminary worked as Catechist of Wesleyan Missionary ...
- BOWREY (Bowry), Thomas
BOWREY (Bowry), Thomas. 1650? — 1713. British Sea Captain in the East. In India and South-East Asia in 1669-88 as sailing master, then ...
- BOWRING, Lewin Bentham
BOWRING, Lewin Bentham. Hackney, London 15.7.1824 — 14.1.1910. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Sir John B. (1792–1872), linguist, traveller, politician, diplomat, ...
- BOXBERGER, Robert
BOXBERGER, Robert. Gotha 28.5.1836 — Stadtsulza 30.3.(30.4.?)1890. German Literate interested in Sanskrit. Son of a fireplace-maker, school in Erfurt, then studied 1855-58 philology at Jena. ...
- BOXWELL, John
BOXWELL, John. 18?? — 1891. British Civil Servant in India. In 1888 in Bengal Civil Service, some time
- BOYD, Palmer
BOYD, Palmer. Simla, India 29.9.1840 — 1???. British Indologist. Son of the lieutenant-general Mossom Boyd of Bengal Army, joined himself first ...
- BOYER, Augustin-M
BOYER, Augustin-M. Vannes 20.11.1850 — 2.1.1938. Abbé, S.J. French Indologist and Epigraphist, a Catholic Priest. Educated at the Collège diocésain de ...
- BRACHET, Benjamin
BRACHET, Benjamin. 18?? — 1???. French Linguist. In 1871 he was a repetiteur at the É.P.H.É.
Publications: Prières antèhistoriques. Œuvres de Koutsa et Hirayastoupa. Trad. du sanscrit védique en vers fr. et accompagnées de notes sur ...
- BRADKE, Peter von
BRADKE, Peter von. St.Petersburg 27.6.1853 — Giessen 7.3.1897. German (Estonian) Indologist. Son of Georg v. B. (1796-1862), wirkl. Geheimrat and senator ...
- BRADLEY, W. H.
BRADLEY, W. H. 18?? — 1???. British Physician in India. Dr.med. Assistant Surgeon (1837, 1846 in Ellichpoor) and Surgeon of Bombay Army (1853)
- BRANDENSTEIN, Wilhelm
BRANDENSTEIN, Wilhelm. Salzburg 23.10.1898 — Graz 1.12.1967. Austrian Indo-Iranian and Indoeuropean Scholar. Professor in Graz. Son of an official, educated in ...
- BRANDES, Carl Edvard Cohen
BRANDES, Carl Edvard Cohen. Copenhagen 21.10.1847 — Copenhagen 20.12.1931. Danish Journalist and Politician, started as an Indologist. Son of ...
- BRANDI, Mario
BRANDI, Mario. 1??? — 19??. Italian, probably a Theosophist, authored several mystic books, two in collaboration with Emma Tedeschi, both still active in ...
- BRANDRETH, Joseph Edward Lyall
BRANDRETH, Joseph Edward Lyall. Liverpool 4.2.1823 — 10.12.1907. British Civil Servant and a ...
- BRANFILL, Brydges Robinson
BRANFILL, Brydges Robinson. Upminster, Essex 22.11.1834 — Billericay, Essex 26.5.1905. British Colonial Officer in India. From 1854 in Bengal ...
- BRASSAI, Sámuel
BRASSAI, Sámuel. Torockó or Torockószentgyörgy 15.6.1797 or 13.2.1800 — Kolozsvár 27.6. 1897. Hungarian Philosopher and Polyhistor, who translated a specimen of the Hitopadeśa in 1884. ...
- BRAY, Denys de Saumarez
BRAY, Denys de Saumarez. Aberdeen 29.11.1875 — Winchester 19.11.1951. British Civil Servant in India, a Scholar of Baluchistan and ...
- BRÉAL, Michel-Jules-Alfred
BRÉAL, Michel-Jules-Alfred. Landau (Pfalz) 26.3.1832 — Paris 25.11.1915. French IE scholar. Professor in Paris. Educated in Wissembourg, Metz and Paris (Lycée Louis-le-Grand), then ...
- BREEKS, James Wilkinson
BREEKS, James Wilkinson. Warcop, Westmoreland 5.3.1830 — Ootacamund 7.6.1872. British Civil Servant and Ethnologist in India. Son of Richard Breeks, educated at Haileybury. ...
- BREEKS, Susan Maria
BREEKS, Susan Maria (née Denison). Woolwitch, Kent 1842 — 19??. Britishwoman in India, wife of —> J. W. Breeks. Daughter of Colonel Sir William ...
- BRELOER, Bernhard
BRELOER, Bernhard. Herne, Westfalen 8.11.1894 — Tbilisi 20.4.1947. German Indologist. Professor in Berlin. Son of a mill owner. Participated in the ...
- BRENNAND, William
BRENNAND, William. 18?? — 1???. British. Served long as teacher in India, Principal of Dacca College (1856), in 1896 had already been 23 ...
- BREWSTER, Earl Henry
BREWSTER, Earl Henry. Chagris Falls Ohio 1878 — Almora 1957. U.S. Artist (Painter) and Author. Educated at N.Y. School of Art. In 1910 ...
- BRIESS, Erwin
BRIESS, Erwin. 18?? — 19??. Austrian Student of Indology. Ph.D. Wien 1912. In 1913 listed as Greek scholar living in Zürich (Swiss, born ...
- BRIGEL, Johann Jakob
BRIGEL, Johann Jakob. 18?? — 1???. Rev. German Missionary in India, belonged to Basel Mission in Mangalore. Retired in 1875 and became minister ...
- BRIGGS, George Weston
BRIGGS, George Weston. North Branch, Michigan 21.9.1874 — Madison, N.J. 18.4.1966. U.S. Missionary and Indologist. Educated at Northwestern University (B.S. 1902, ...
- BRIGGS, Henry George
BRIGGS, Henry George. Bombay 20.10.1824 — Bombay 4.7.1872. British Merchant, Traveller, and Orientalist. Son of Henry B. In 1843 travelled in South Africa, ...
- BRIGGS, John
BRIGGS, John. Madras 18.9.1785 — Burgess Hill, Sussex 27.4.1875. British Colonial Officer and Orientalist. 1801-35 in India. Son of physician James ...
- BROADLEY, Alexander Meyrick
BROADLEY, Alexander Meyrick. 18?? — 1???. British Civil Servant in India. Collector in Patna dt., Bihar (1872). His collection ...
- BROCKHAUS, Hermann
BROCKHAUS, Hermann. Amsterdam 28.1.1806 — Leipzig 5.1.1877. German Indologist and Iranian Scholar. Professor in Leipzig. Born in Amsterdam in a German ...
- BRODOV, Vasilij Vasil’evič
BRODOV, Vasilij Vasil’evič. Moscow 28.2.(13.3.)1912 — 4.3.1996. Russian Indologist, interested in philosophy. Son of a worker. In 1935-42 taught at Moscow Conservatory. Graduated ...
- BRONSON, Miles
BRONSON, Miles. Norway, N.Y. 20.7.1812 — Eaton Rapids, Mich. 9.11.1883. U.S. Baptist Missionary in India. Educated at Hamilton Literary and Theological Institution (future ...
- BROUGH, John
BROUGH, John. Dundee 31.8.1917 — Bishop’s Stortford, near Cambridge 9.1. 1984. British (Scots) Indologist. Professor in London and Cambridge. After Dundee ...
- BROUGHTON, Thomas Duer
BROUGHTON, Thomas Duer. 1778 — London 16.11.1835. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Rev. Thomas Br. (Rector of St.Peter’s in Bristol), educated at ...
- BROWN, Cecil Jermyn
BROWN, Cecil Jermyn. 1886 — 20.10.1945. British Teacher of English Language and Numismatist in India. Son of Jermyn Br. ...
- BROWN, Charles Philip
BROWN, Charles Philip. Calcutta, India 10.11.1798 — London 12.12.1884. British Civil Servant in India (1817-55) and an Indologist, specialist of Telugu ...
- BROWN, George William
BROWN, George William. 25.10.1870 — 4.12.1932. U.S. Missionary and Indologist. Missionary in Central India in 1900–1917, with intervals at home, where ...
- BROWN, Percy
BROWN, Percy. Birmingham 1872 — 22.3.1955. British Art Historian in India. Educated at King Edward VI Grammar School in Birmingham and Royal College ...
- BROWN, Thomas Richard
BROWN, Thomas Richard. Whatton, Nottinghamshire 1791 — Southwick 1.9.1875. British Priest and a Self-Made Scholar. Son of Richard Brown of Cambridge. Educated at ...
- BROWN, Truesdell Sparhawk
BROWN, Truesdell Sparhawk. Philadelphia, PA 21.3.1906 — Houston, TX 13.1.1992. U.S. Classical Philologist and Historian, wrote studies on the historians of Alexander and ...
- BROWN, William
BROWN, William. 1757/67? — 1837. Britishman in India. Senior merchant in Madras in the 1810s. Completed his dictionary, with the help of Telugu pandits, in ...
- BROWN, William
BROWN, William. 1??? — 18??. Britishman in India. Captain, of the Revenue Survey.
Publications: ...
- BROWN, William Norman
BROWN, William Norman. Baltimore, Md. 24.6.1892 — 4.12.1975. U.S. Indologist. Son of —> ...
- BROWNE, Edward Granville.
BROWNE, Edward Granville. Uley near Dursley, Gloucestershire 7.2.1862 — Cambridge 5.1.1926. British Oriental Scholar (mainly Persian, Turkish and Arabic, also Hindi-Urdu). Professor in ...
- BROWNE, James
BROWNE, James. 1744 — 1792. British Colonial Officer in India. Major. Joined Indian army in 1765, 1772 aide-de-camp of W. Hastings. “Collector of ...
- BROŽOVÁ, Marie
BROŽOVÁ, Marie. Prague 1.8.1897 — 19??. Czechoslovakian Student of IE Linguistics. Studies at Prague under Zubat¥, Ph.D. there 1920/21.
- BRUCE, Charles
BRUCE, Charles. India 1836 — Edinburgh 13.12.1920. Sir. British (Scots) Indologist, then a Colonial Officer. Son of Thomas Br., of E.I.C. ...
- BRUGMANN, Karl Friedrich Christian
BRUGMANN, Karl Friedrich Christian. Wiesbaden 16.3.1849 — Leipzig 29.6.1919. German Indo-Europaean Scholar. Professor in Leipzig. In his early years wrote his name as ...
- BRUINING, Albertus
BRUINING, Albertus. Pietersbierum, Friesland 2.7.1846 — ’s-Gravenhage 20.11.1919. Dutch Theologian, began as an Indologist. Son of Johannes Br., a minister, and Wiepkjen Peters. Studied Theology ...
- BRUNE, Johannes H.
BRUNE, Johannes H. Bochum 28.12.1883 — 19??. German Student of Indology. Catholic. Matriculated in 1903 from Bochum’s Gymnasium. From 1903 studies of philology ...
- BRUNNHOFER, Hermann
BRUNNHOFER, Hermann. Aarau 21.3.1841 — München 28.10.1916. Swiss Indo-Iranian Scholar. Son of Gottlieb Br., a knifesmith. After Gymnasium in Aarau, studies ...
- BUCHANAN-HAMILTON, Francis
BUCHANAN-HAMILTON, Francis (till 1815 Francis Buchanan). Branziet, Callander, Pertshire 15.2.1762 — 15.6.1829. British (Scots) Physician in India, Traveller, Naturalist, a Pioneer of Burmese ...
- BUCHANAN, Claudius
BUCHANAN, Claudius. Cambuslang near Glasgow 12.3.1766 — Broxbourne, Hertfordshire 9.2.1815. Rev. Scots Reverend in India. Son of Alexander B., a ...
- BÜCHLER, Pál
BÜCHLER, Pál. Bácstótváros 25.1.1877 — Marosvásárhely 7.7.1946. Hungarian (of Transylvania) Philolog and Translator interested in Sanskrit. Ph.D. 1907 Budapest (diss. on Homer). In 1916/18 Oberlehrer ...
- BUCK, Carl Darling
BUCK, Carl Darling. Orland Me. 2.10.1866 — Chicago Ill. 8.2.1955. U.S. Linguist (IE and Classical Scholar). Professor in Chicago. Son of Edward B. ...
- BUDMANI, Petar
BUDMANI, Petar (Pero). Dubrovnik 27.10.1835 — Castel Ferretti near Ancona 27.12.1914. Croatian Slavic Linguist. Studied Sanskrit and several other subjects at Vienna University ...
- BUGGE, Elseus Sophus
BUGGE, Elseus Sophus. Larvik 5.1.1833 — Tønset 8.7.1907. Norwegian Linguist, mainly Scandinavian, but also IE, Anatolian and Etruscan Scholar. Professor in ...
- BÜHLER, Johann Georg
BÜHLER, Johann Georg. Borstel bei Nienburg (Hannover) 19.7.1837 — Bodensee 8.4. 1898. German ...
- BÜHLER, Johann Michael
BÜHLER, Johann Michael. 18?? — India 7.6.1854. German Indologist and Missionary in South ...
- BUISKOOL, Herman Eldert
BUISKOOL, Herman Eldert. Weerdinge 12.1.1884 — Leiden 11.8.1963. Dutch Indologist. 1898-1902 teacher training in Nijmegen and Arnhem. Was “at first a school-teacher and later a civil servant who was mostly engaged in committee work relating ...
- BUITENEN, Johannes (Hans) Adrianus Bernardus van
BUITENEN, Johannes (Hans) Adrianus
- BULCKE, Camille
BULCKE, Camille. Ramskapelle, West Flanders 1909 — Delhi 17.8.1982. S.J. Belgian Missionary and Indologist (Hindi Scholar) in India (from 1935). Studied ...
- BULIČ, Sergej Konstantinovič
BULIČ, Sergej Konstantinovič. St.Petersburg 27.8.(8.9.)1859 — Petrograd 1921. Russian Linguist. Professor in St.Petersburg. Born in a noble family originating from Kazan Government. Orthodox. ...
- BUNSEN, Christian Karl Josias
BUNSEN, Christian Karl Josias (then Karl, Freiherr von Bunsen). Korbach/Waldeck 25.8.1791 — Bonn 28.11.1860. Freiherr von 1858. German Diplomat and Scholar. Son of a Dutch officer (N.D.B., but Wikipedia says German soldier), who ...
- BURCH, George Bosworth
BURCH, George Bosworth. Hartford, Conn. 12.7.1902 — 4.6.1973. U.S. Philosopher interested in Indian Thought. Son of George Washington B. and Mary Bosworth, educated ...
- BURCHARDI, Gustav
BURCHARDI, Gustav. 1866 — 1???. German Student of Indology. Ph.D. Halle 1892. In 1913-24 corresponded with Streitberg.
- BURG, Fritz
BURG, Fritz. Berlin 27.3.1860 — 16.11.1928. German (Jew) Philologist. Ph.D. 1885 Berlin (?). Worked in Hamburg Stadtbibliothek: 1892 Hilfsarbeiter, 1894 Sekretar, 1907 Bibliothekar, ...
- BURGESS, Ebeneser
BURGESS, Ebeneser. Grafton, Vermont 26.6.1805 — Newton Centre, Mass. 1.1.1870. U.S. Missionary in India, a Scholar of Marathi, Sanskrit, and of ...
- BURGESS, James
BURGESS, James. Kirkmahoe, Dumfriesshire 14.8.1832 — Edinburgh 3.10.1916. British (Scots) Indologist and Archaeologist in India. School at Dumfries, studies at Glasgow ...
- BURGESS, May S
BURGESS, May S. 18?? — 19??. Miss. Perhaps a daughter of —> James B.
Publications: translated W. Schubring’s Kalpasutra from German to English for IA 39, 1910.
- BURGHART, Richard
BURGHART, Richard. U.S.A. 1944 — Heidelberg 1.1.1994. U.S. Anthropologist. B.A. 1966 Williams College, Mass., also studied in Ibadan. Nigeria. M.Phil. 1969 S.O.A.S. in ...
- BÜRK, Albert
BÜRK, Albert. 18?? — 19??. German or Austrian Indologist. No Indological diss. in Janert. One AB wrote on Germanistics in 1905.
- BURKHARD, Karl Friedrich
BURKHARD, Karl Friedrich. Leipheim bei Ulm/Bayern 2.9.1824 — 19.2. 1893. German School-Teacher and Indologist in Austria. Son of the Protestant minister ...
- BURLA, Vasile M
BURLA, Vasile M. Opăiţeni (then Hungary) 6.2.1840 — Iaşi 8.1.1905. Romanian Classical and IE Scholar. Studied Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit in Vienna and ...
- BURLINGAME, Eugene Watson
BURLINGAME, Eugene Watson. Albany, N.Y. 5.8.1876 — 3.8.1932. U.S. Indologist (Pāli Scholar). Educated at Yale (B.A. 1898) and University of Pennsylvania ...
- BURN, Richard
BURN, Richard. Liverpool 1.2.1871 — 26.7.1947 (when 76). British Civil Servant in India, Historian of Islamic and Colonial India, Numismatist. School in Liverpool, ...
- BURNELL, Arthur Coke
BURNELL, Arthur Coke. St.Briavels, Gloucestershire 11.7.1840 — London 12. or 16.10.1882. British Civil Servant and Indologist in India. Son of Arthur ...
- BURNES, Alexander
BURNES, Alexander. Montrose 16.5.1805 — Kabul 2.11.1841. Sir. British (Scots) Colonial Officer (Lieutenant-Colonel) and Traveller in India, Afghanistan and Central Asia. Son of ...
- BURNES, James
BURNES, James. 12.2.1801 — 19.9.1862. British (Scots) Physician in India. Son of James B., brother of —> A. B. Educated at Edinburgh University and ...
- BURNEY, Henry
BURNEY, Henry. 27.2.1792 — at sea 4.3.1845. British Colonial Officer (Captain, 1834 Lieutenant-Colonel) in South-East Asia (Burma). Son of Richard Thomas and Jane ...
- BURNOUF, Émile-Louis
BURNOUF, Émile-Louis. Valognes 26.8.1821 — Paris 1.7. or 16.1.1907. French Indologist and Classical scholar. Nephew of —> E. Burnouf. From 1841 ...
- BURNOUF, Eugène
BURNOUF, Eugène. Paris 8.4. (or 12.8.?) 1801 — Paris 28.5.1852. French Indologist. Professor in Paris. Son of —> J.-L. Burnouf and ...
- BURNOUF, Jean-Louis
BURNOUF, Jean-Louis. Urville near Valognes 14.9.1775 — 8.5.1844. French Classical Scholar interested in Sanskrit. Professor in Paris. Father of —> E. Burnouf. One ...
- BURRITT, Elihu
BURRITT, Elihu. New Britain, Conn. 8.12.1810 — 6.3.1879. “The Learned Blacksmith”. U.S. Literate interested in Sanskrit. Son of an eccentric shoemaker-farmer. He was trained a ...
- BURROW, Reuben
BURROW, Reuben. 30.12.1747 — Baxar 7.6.1792. British Mathematician in India. “Son of a farmer, educated at Leeds. Became a clerk, usher, ...
- BURROW, Thomas
BURROW, Thomas. Westmoreland, Leck, North Lancashire 29.6.1909 — Kidlington, Oxfordshire 8.6.1986. British Indologist. Professor in Oxford. Studies at Cambridge (Christ’s College) ...
- BURROWS, Lionel Burton
BURROWS, Lionel Burton. Deposit, N.Y. 12.3.1883 — U.K. 13.10.1970. British (or U.S. in British Service) Civil Servant in India. Son of Charles Benjamin ...
- BURT, Thomas Seymour
BURT, Thomas Seymour. 1805 — Cotmandene, Dorking 8/9.3.1890. British Colonial Officer in India. Educated in 1821-23 at Addiscombe. From 1824 served as lieutenant ...
- BURTON, Richard Francis
BURTON, Richard Francis. Barnham House, Hertshire 19.3.1821— Trieste 20.10.1890. Sir. British (of Irish origin) Orientalist, Traveller and Diplomat. Son of colonel Joseph Netterville ...
- BURY, John Bagnell
BURY, John Bagnell. Monaghan 16.10.1861 — Rome 1.6.1927. British (Irish) Classical Scholar and Historian. Professor in Cambridge. Son of Rev. E. J. B., canon of ...
- BUSCHARDT, Leo Maxim
BUSCHARDT, Leo Maxim. Copenhagen 24.8.1906 — Copenhagen 11.3.1966. Danish Indologist. Librarian in Copenhagen. Son of Christian B., a mason and musician, ...
- BUSHELL, Stephen Wootton
BUSHELL, Stephen Wootton. Ash-next-Sandwich, Kent 28.7.1844 — Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex 19.9.1908. British Physician in China, a Sinologist and early Specialist of ...
- BUSSAGLI, Mario
BUSSAGLI, Mario. Siena 23.9.1917 — 1988. Italian Art Historian. Prof. di Storia dell’ Arte dell’ India e dell’ Asia Centrale 1957-87 at Università degli Studi, Rome (1957 straordinario with same title).
Publications: ...
- BUTTERWORTH, Allan
BUTTERWORTH, Allan. Southport, Lancashire 1864 — 25.5.1937. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Henry B. and Mary Jane Schofield. Educated at Elizabeth ...
- GIUSEPPE MARIA DA GARGHANO (Bernardino Bernini)
GIUSEPPE MARIA DA GARGHANO (Bernardino Bernini)
- BATE, John Drew
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