- BAADER, Theodor
BAADER, Theodor Ludger Josef Anna Maria. Münster 25.4.1888 — Hiltrup, Westfalen 16.4.1959. German Linguist. Ph.D. 1913 Münster (diss. on local dialect). From 1923 Professor of Germanic and Celtic Languages at Nijmegen, ...
- BABBITT, Irving
BABBITT, Irving. Dayton, Ohio 2.8.1865 — Cambridge, Mass. 15.7.1933. U.S. Romance Philologist interested in Pāli. Son of ...
- BABINGTON, Benjamin Guy
BABINGTON, Benjamin Guy. London 5.3.1794 — London 5/8.4.1865. British Physician interested in Tamil Language and ...
- BACHHOFER, Ludwig
BACHHOFER, Ludwig. Munich 30.6.1894 — Carmel, CA 1976. German Art Historian in the U.S.A. Professor in Chicago. ...
- BACON, Thomas
BACON, Thomas. Paddington, London 11.8.1813 — Devonshire 11.2.1892.British Colonial Officer and Artist in India. Son of sculptor John Bacon and Susannah Sophia Taylor. In 1835-38 Lieutenant with Bengal Horse Artillery stationed ...
- BACOT, Jacques
BACOT, Jacques. St.-Germain-en-Laye (Indre) 4.7.1877 — Paris 25.6.1965. French Traveller and Tibetologist. Born in a ...
- BADEN POWELL, Baden Henry
BADEN POWELL, Baden Henry (born Baden Henry Powell). Oxford 23.8.1841 — Oxford 2.1.1901. British Civil Servant in ...
- 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 ...
- BADLEY, Brenton Hamline
BADLEY, Brenton Hamline. Monmouth, Indiana 27.4.1849 — Lucknow 20.11.1891. U.S. Missionary in India. Son of Arthur ...
- BAER, Emil
BAER, Emil. Rifferswil in Loo, Canton Zürich 23.12.1884 — Dielsdorf, Canton Zürich 8.11.1945. Swiss Priest ...
- 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. BothonWikipedia and Prabook explain that he was “Acting ...
- BAIER —> BAYER
BAIER —> BAYER.
- BAILEY, Benjamin
BAILEY, Benjamin. Dewsbury, Yorkshire ?.11.1791 — Sheinton, Shropshire 3.4.1871. Rev. British Missionary of Church Missionary ...
- BAILEY, Harold Walter
BAILEY, Harold Walter. Devizes, Wiltshire 16.12.1899 — 11.1.1996, Cambridge. Sir (1960). British Indo-Iranian Scholar, Famous Specialist of the Khotan Saka. Professor ...
- BAILEY, Thomas Grahame
BAILEY, Thomas Grahame. Ambala 8.9.1872 ...
- BAILLY, Jean-Sylvain
BAILLY, Jean-Sylvain. Paris 15.9.1736 — Paris 10.11.1793. French Mathematician, Astronomist and Historian of Astronomy. Son ...
- BAIN, Francis William
BAIN, Francis William. 29.4.1863 — 24.2.1940. U.S. author who lived long time in ...
- BAINBRIDGE, Reginald Balopooreah
BAINBRIDGE, Reginald Balipooreah. Channel Islands 2.5.1871 — Arrah, Bengal 1.5.1914. British Civil ...
- BAINES, Jervoise Athelstan
BAINES, Jervoise Athelstan. Bluntisham, Huntingdonshire 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 — London 8.10.1963. Dutch Indologist in India and in the U.K. Born in a well-to-do family. School at Hilversum and in ...
- BAKTAY, Ervin
BAKTAY, Ervin (Erwin, to 1925 Baktay-Gottesmann). Dunaharaszti 24.6.1890 — Budapest 7.5.1963 ...
- BAL’MONT, Konstantin Dmitrievič
BAL’MONT, Konstantin Dmitrievič. Gumnišči, Vladimir gub. 15(3).6.1867 — Noisy-le-Grand near Paris 24.12.1942 (not 1943). Russian Symbolist Poet, ...
- BALBI, Gasparo
BALBI, Gasparo. 15?? — after 1590. Italian Merchant and Traveller, in the East 1579-86. He was from ...
- BALDAEUS (Baelde), Philippus
BALDAEUS (Baelde), Philippus. Delft bapt. 24.10.1632 — Geervliet 1671. Dutch Priest and Traveller. Son of Jan Baelde, ...
- BALFOUR, Edward Green
BALFOUR, Edward Green. Angus, Montrose 6.9.1813 — London 8.12.1889. British (Scottish) Physician in India. Son of Captain ...
- BALFOUR, Francis
BALFOUR, Francis. Fife 1744? — Fernie estate, Fife 7.5.1818. British (Scottish) Physician in India. Son of Arthur ...
- BALFOUR, Henry
BALFOUR, Henry. Croydon, London 11.4.1863 — Headington, Oxford 9.2.1939. British Archaeologist and Anthropologist. Son of Lewis Balfour, a silk broker, and Sarah Walker Comber, educated at Charterhouse. Studies at Oxford (Trinity ...
- BALINT-ILLYÉS, Gabor Szentkátolnai
BÁLINT-ILLYÉS, Gábor Szentkátolnai. Szentkátolna (now ...
- BALL, Valentine
BALL, Valentine. Dublin 14.7.1843 — Dublin 15.6.1895. Irish Scientist in India. Son of the naturalist ...
- BALLANTYNE, James Robert
BALLANTYNE, James Robert. Kelso, Teriotdale 13.12.1813 — London 18.2.1864. British (Scottish) Indologist in ...
- BALLHATCHET, Kenneth A.
BALLHATCHET, Kenneth Arthur. Bristol 29.11.1922 — 13.3.1995. British Historian of South Asia. Professor in London. Educated at Clifton College in Bristol and from ...
- BALLIN, Louis
BALLIN, Louis. 18?? — 1???. Frenchman apparently knowing Sanskrit. Doctor. “Ancien sous-inspecteur des forêts”, in 1897 living ...
- BALLINI, Ambrogio
BALLINI, Ambrogio. Asola (near Mantova) 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. Geneva 4.2.1865 — Geneva 10.4.1947. Swiss Linguist and Greek scholar. Son of a teacher, Jean ...
- BĂNĂŢEANU, Vlad
BĂNĂŢEANU, Vlad. Timişoara 22.8.1900 — Bucharest 8.11.1963. Romanian IE and Classical Scholar, Armenologist and Indologist. ...
- BANESS, Joshua Frederick
BANESS, Joshua Frederick. Delhi 1830 — 1884. British Civil Servant in India. Born in India, son of Athanas ...
- BANG KAUP, Willy
BANG KAUP, Willy (Willi, Johann Wilhelm Max Julius Bang Kaup). Wesel 8/9.8.1869 — ...
- BANHA, Manuel
BANHA, Manuel. 1??? — 1???. Father. Portuguese (?) Franciscan Missionary in India, probably in the ...
- BANNERTH, Ernst
BANNERTH, Ernst. Eilenburg, Sachsen 13.10.1895 — Cairo 29.4.1976. German Urdu and Islamic Scholar and Catholic ...
- BAPTISTA, Manuel
BAPTISTA, Manuel. 1??? — 1???. Franciscan Missionary in India in the 17th century. Apparently also an architect and worked in Daman. Censor of ...
- BARADIJN, Badzar Baradinevič
BARADIJN, Badzar Baradinevič. v Mogojtuj Aginsk. ajmaka 16.6.(28.6.)1878 — 24.8.1937. Russian (Buryat) Buddhist, Tibetan and Mongolian scholar. Born in a herder family. Graduated ...
- BARANNIKOV, Aleksej Petrovič
BARANNIKOV, Aleksej Petrovič. Zolotonoša, Poltavskaja obl. 25.2. (9.3.)1890 — Leningrad (St.Petersburg) 4.9.1952. Russian (Ukrainian) Indologist. ...
- BARATTI, Giuseppina
BARATTI, Giuseppina. 18?? — 19??. Italian, student of Kerbaker at Naples. One G.B. was born in Naples ...
- BARBORKA, Geoffrey Avery
BARBORKA, Geoffrey Avery. Chicago 6.9.1897 — 30.9.1982. U.S. Theosophist. Son of Vaclav B., a Theosophist with Czechoslovakian origin, grew up ...
- BARBOSA, Duarte
BARBOSA, Duarte. Lisbon c. 1480? — Cebu, Philippines 1.5.1521. Portuguese Traveller in the East. Son of Diogo B., a high servant of the ...
- BARBOUR, Philip Lemont.
BARBOUR, Philip Lemont. Louisville, Kentucky 21.12.1898 — Petersburg, Virginia 21.12.1980. U.S. Linguist, Historian and Radio Broadcaster. Son ...
- BARDELLI, Giuseppe
BARDELLI, Giuseppe. Branciolino, Pieve S. Stefano, Arezzo 10.4.1815 — Florence 2.10.1865. Abbate. Italian Indologist and ...
- 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 — Paris 2.3.1993. French Buddhologist. Professor in Paris. Son of an accountant. After undergraduate studies ...
- 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 B. Studies at Oriental Faculty in Leningrad, ...
- BARIĆ, Henrik
BARIĆ, Henrik. Dubrovnik 28.1.1888 — Belgrade 3.4.1959. Yugoslavian (Wikipedia Serbian, others Croatian?) Linguist. Born of a poor clerical family. Studies at Graz and ...
- BARIGUE DE FONTAINIEU
BARIGUE DE FONTAINIEU —> BARRIGUE DE FONTAINIEU
- BARKER, William Burckhardt
BARKER, William Burckhardt. Aleppo, Syria 1810 — Sinope, Turkey 28.1.1856. British Traveller. Son of Consul-General John B. In 1819 brought to England for education, in 1835 returned to Syria, later on ...
- BARNETT, Lionel David
BARNETT, Lionel David. Liverpool 21.10.1871 — 28.1.1960. British Indologist. Son of banker Barron ...
- BARR, Kaj
BARR, Kaj. Copenhagen 26.6.1896 — Copenhagen 4.1.1970. Danish Iranian Scholar. Professor in Copenhagen. Adopted son ...
- BARRETO, Júlio Francisco Antönio Adeodato
BARRETO, Júlio Francisco António Adeodato. Margão, Goa 3.12.1905 — ...
- BARRETT, Douglas Eric
BARRETT, Douglas Eric. 10.3.1917 — 26.9.1992. British Art Historian of India. Studies of Classics at Oxford. In 1939-46 Major in British Artillery. From 1947 ...
- BARRETT, LeRoy Carr
BARRETT, LeRoy Carr. Cape Girardeau, Missouri 11.3.1877 — Hartford, Conn. 16.7.1960. U.S. Classical Scholar and Indologist. Studies at Washington and Lee ...
- BARRIGUE DE FONTAINIEU, Gérard
BARRIGUE DE FONTAINIEU, Gérard Hilaire Prosper Emmanuel Hippolyte, Baron, 1895 Marquis de Fontainieu. Marmande (Lot et Garonne) 26.7.1863 — ...
- BARROS, João de
BARROS, João de. Vila Verde, Viseu (?), Portugal 1496? — Ribeira de Litém near Pombal 20.10.1570. ...
- BARROW, George
BARROW, George. Mayfair, London 22.10.1806 — West Molesey, Surrey 27.2.1876. Sir, 2nd ...
- 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 ...
- BARSTOW, Arthur Edward
BARSTOW, Arthur Edward (“Bustling Bill”). Edinburgh 17.3.1888 — near Layang Layang, Malaya 28.1.1942. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer ...
- 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 father, commis-négociant Étienne B., and protestant mother, ...
- BARTHÉLEMY-SAINT-HILAIRE, Jules
BARTHÉLEMY-SAINT-HILAIRE, Jules. Paris 19.8.1805 — Paris 24.11.1895. French Philosopher, Classical Scholar and Politician, also interested in Indology and Indian Thought. Born ...
- BARTHÉLEMY, Adrien
BARTHÉLEMY, Adrien Léon Nicolas. Paris 24.8.1859 — Emancé (Rambouillet)
- BARTHOLD, W.
BARTHOLD, W. —> BARTOL’D, V. V.
- BARTHOLOMAE, Friedrich Christian Leonhard
BARTHOLOMAE, Friedrich Christian Leonhard. Forsthaus ...
- BARTHOUX (Couyat-Barthoux), Jules-J
BARTHOUX (Couyat-Barthoux), Jules Pierre (or Jules-J.). Étroussat (Aller) 22.7.1881 — 1965. French Geologist and Archaeologist. Born as Jules Couyat, son of Anne C. Worked as geologist ...
- 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 ...
- BARTOLI, Emilio
BARTOLI, Emilio. 2.10.1861 — 19??. Italian Indologist and Translator of Sanskrit Literature. Student ...
- BARTOLI, Matteo
BARTOLI, Matteo Giulio. Albona, Istria (now Labin in Croatia) 22.11.1873 — Turin 23.1.1946. Italian Linguist. Ph.D. Vienna (Meyer-Lübke). Also studied at Strassburg (Hübschmann) ...
- BARTUS, Theodor
BARTUS, Theodor. Lassan near Greifswald 30.1.1858 — Berlin 28.1.1941. German, Assistant to the Berlin Ethnological Museum, participated in all four Prussian Turfan expeditions 1902–14. ...
- BARUCH, Willy
BARUCH, Willy. Herford, Kr. Detmold 1900 — Montfavet, Avignon ?.3.1954. German Indologist, Sinologist, Buddhist and Central Asian Scholar. Born of a ...
- BASHAM, Arthur Llewellyn
BASHAM, Arthur Llewellyn. Loughton, Essex 24.5.1914 — Calcutta 27.1.1986. British Indologist in Australia. ...
- BAŠIĆ(-MALNAR), Karmen
BAŠIĆ(-MALNAR), Karmen. Zagreb 25.6.1943 — Almaty 22.3.1999. Yugoslavian/Croatian Indologist. Studied German and English, then Indology at Zagreb. In 1975 she was preparing a study on Ānandavardhana’s dhvani ...- 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, Philipp Wilhelm Adolf. Bremen 26.6.1826 — Port-of-Spain, Trinidad 2.2.1905. Catholic German Anthropologist, Psychologist, and Traveller, a pioneer of South-east Asian ...
- BASTON, Albert
BASTON, Albert. 18?? — 19??. French Indologist. Probably a student of S. Lévi. Agrégé de l’université (1914). Still active in 1925.
- BATAILLARD, Paul Théodore
BATAILLARD, Paul Théodore. Paris 23.3.1816 — Paris 1.3.1894. French Archivist and Gipsy ...
- BATE, John Drew
BATE, John Drew. Plymouth 1836 — 26.1.1924. British Missionary, Priest, and Hindi Scholar. Educated at Regent’s Park College, London. Member ...
- BATESON, Joseph Harger
BATESON, Joseph Harger. Kendal, Westmoreland 5.3.1865 — 5.10.1935. Rev. British clergyman in Burma. Son of Thomas B. and Sarah Severs. From 1886 until 1913 Chaplain of territorial Forces, at least initially ...
- BATSCH, Friedrich
BATSCH, Friedrich. 182? — 1907. RevBAUDIŠ, Josef
BAUDIŠ, Josef. Prague 27.8.1883 — Bratislava 4.5.1933. Czech IE and Celtic Linguist
- BAUDOUIN DE COURTENAY, Jan
BAUDOUIN DE COURTENAY, Jan Ignacy Niecisław (Jean, in Russian Ivan Aleksandrovič Boduèn-de-Kurtenè). Radzymin ...
- BAUDRY, Frédéric
BAUDRY, Frédéric. Rouen 25.7.1818 — Paris 2.1.1885. French IE Scholar. Librarian in Paris. Son of a book ...
- BAUER, Hubert
BAUER, Hubert. 18?? — 19??. Austrian (?) Student of Iranian. Ph.D. 1920 Vienna.
Publications:
- BAULEZ, Marius-Joseph-Aimé.
BAULEZ, Marius-Joseph-Aimé. Marseille 12.9.1842 — Bangalore 29.4.1906. ...
- BAUMER, Rachel Van Meter
BAUMER, Rachel Van Meter. 1928 — 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 ...
- BAUMGARTEN, Michael
BAUMGARTEN, Michael. Haseldorf, Holstein 25.3.1812 — Rostock 21.7.1889. German Lutheran TheologianBAUMGARTNER, Alexander. Sankt Gallen 27.6.1841 — Luxembourg 5.9. 1910. S.J. Swiss Jesuit Scholar ...
- BAUNACK, Johannes Fürchtegott
BAUNACK, Johannes Fürchtegott. Trebsen bei Grimma (east of Leipzig) 22.12.1854 — 1928. German Philologist. Son ...
- BAUNACK, Paul Theodor
BAUNACK, Paul Theodor. Trebsen bei Grimma (east of ...
- BAUSANI, Alessandro
BAUSANI, Alessandro. Rome 29.5.1921 — Rome 11.3.1988. Italian Orientalist (Persian Scholar). Grew up in a ...
- BAYER, Theophil (Gottlieb) Siegfrid
BAYER, Theophilus (Gottlieb) Siegfried. Königsberg ...
- BAYLEY, Edward Clive
BAYLEY, Edward Clive. St.Petersburg 17.10.1821 ...
- BAYNES, Herbert
BAYNES, Herbert Morton Walker. Kensington, Middlesex / Bayswater, Westminster 2.2.1855 — Cumberland / Manly, both ...
- BAZIN-FOUCHER, Eugénie
BAZIN-FOUCHER, Émile Eugénie Marguerite Virginie (“Éna”). Chesnay (Yvelines) 7.10.1889 — 30.1.1952. ...
- BEAL, Samuel
BEAL, Samuel. Devonport 27.11.1825 — Greens Norton, Northamptonshire 20.8.1889. British Priest, Sinologist and Buddhist Scholar. Although a priest, he was no ...
- BEALE, Thomas William
BEALE, Thomas William. 1??? — Agra 1875. British Civil Servant and Oriental Scholar in India. Very little is known of his life. He worked as clerk in the office ...
- BEAMAN, George Burnham
BEAMAN, George Burnham. Cincinnati, Ohio 1.4.1870 — 12.2.1942. U.S. Teacher and Student of Indology in Germany. Son of Rev. Edmund B., ...
- BEAMES, John
BEAMES, John William. Greenwich 21.6.1837 — Clevedon, Somerset 24.5.1902. British Civil servant and Indologist in India, ...
- BECCARINI-CRESCENZI, Elena
BECCARINI-CRESCENZI, Elena. 18?? — 19??. Italian Poet and Translator interested in Sanskrit. Born of (or married to) an old noble family ...
- BECHTEL, Fritz (Friedrich)
BECHTEL, Fritz (Friedrich). Durlach 2.2.1855 — Halle 9.3.1924. German IE Scholar. Professor in Göttingen and Halle. Son of ...
- BECK, Horace Courthope
BECK, Horace Courthope. London 13.11.1873 — Chichester 7.2.1941. British Archaeologist, a pioneer of ...
- BECKER, Christophorus (Christoph Edmund)
BECKER, Christophorus (born Christoph Edmund B.). Elsoff near Frankfurt 22.10.1875 — Würzburg 30.3.1937. S.D.S. German Catholic Missionary in ...
- BECKH, Hermann
BECKH, Christoph Eugen Hermann. Nürnberg 4.5.1875 ...
- BEER, Eduard Friedrich Ferdinand
BEER, Eduard Friedrich Ferdinand. Bautzen, Upper Lusatia 15.6.1805 — Leipzig 5.4.1841. German Epigraphist and Semitic Scholar, a Pioneer ...
- BEGLAR, Joseph David
BEGLAR, Joseph David(itch) Melik. Dacca (Dhaka) 1840 — 24.4.1907. Armenian Archaeologist in India. Son of David Fridomitch B. ...
- BEHRSING, Siegfried
BEHRSING, Siegfried. Bremerfeld, near Weissenstein (now Prääma in Estonia) 9.11.(27.10.)1903 — Berlin 5.4.1994. German (originally from Estonia) Sinologist and ...
- BEISENHERZ, Heinrich
BEISENHERZ, Heinrich. Waldeck Sachsenberg 1.2.1844 — Dobia, Reuss 18.1.1922. German Missionary in India. After school in Leipzig and military service studies of theology at ...
- BELENICKIJ, Aleksandr Markovič.
BELENICKIJ, Aleksandr Markovič. Ljubino (Lobino), Belarus 24.3./6.4.1904 — St.Petersburg 15.6.1993. Russian Archaeologist, Specialist of Sogdian Art. Son of ...
- BELIGATTI, Giovanni
BELIGATTI, Giovanni —> CASSIANO DA MACERATA
- BELL, Thomas Evans
BELL, Thomas Evans. London 11.11.1825 — Kensington, London 12.9.1887. British Colonial Officer in India. Major. Son of William Bell and Elizabeth Kinnear, educated at Wandsworth (London). Joined Madras Army in 1842. In ...
- BELL, C. W. Bowdler
BELL, Cyril William Bowdler (from 1892 C. W. Bowdler). Hull, Yorkshire 1839 — Surrey ...
- BELL, Charles Alfred
BELL, Charles Alfred. Calcutta 31.10.1870 — Oak Bay, Victoria, B.C. 8.3.1945. Sir. British Tibetan Scholar, Traveller, and Civil Servant in India. Born ...
- BELL, Harold Wilberforce
BELL, Harold Wilberforce —> H. WILBERFORCE-BELL
- BELL, Harry Charles Purvis
BELL, Harry Charles Purvis. India ...
- BELLASIS, Augustus Fortunatus
BELLASIS, Augustus Fortunatus. India 1822 — Red Sea 1872. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Lt.-Col. Daniel ...
- BELLEW, Henry Walter
BELLEW, Henry Walter. Nusserabad (Nasirabad, Ajmer dt.) 30.8.1834 — Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire 26.7.1892. British Physician and ...
- 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 — Florence 24.1. 1960. Italian Indologist. Professor in Florence and ...
- BELSER, Carl William
BELSER, Carl William. New Washington, Ohio 21.12.1860 — Boulder, Colorado 28.1.1898. U.S. Linguist. Professor in Ann Arbor and Boulder. Son of ...
- BELTRAMI, Arnaldo
BELTRAMI, Arnaldo. 1.9.1862 — 19??. Italian Classical Scholar interested in Indology. Ph.D. 1885 Turin. He was a schoolteacher (Professor) of Latin and Greek in Messina, ...
- BENARY, Agathon
BENARY, Karl Albert Agathon. Kassel 17.1.1807 ...
- BENARY, Ferdinand
BENARY, Franz Simon Ferdinand. Kassel 22.3.1805 — Berlin 7.2.1880. German Indologist and Orientalist. ...
- BENDA, Elimar
BENDA, Elimar. Freiburg im Br. 13.8.1890 — 1976. German Librarian. Dr.iur. 1913 Jena. Further studies of comparative linguistics, ...
- BENDALL, Cecil
BENDALL, Cecil. London 1.7.1856 — Liverpool 14.3.1906. British Indologist, a Specialist of Buddhist Mahāyāna ...
- BENDER, Ernest
BENDER, Ernest. Buenos Aires 2.1.1919 — Philadelphia 18.4.1996. U.S. Indologist. Professor in Philadelphia. Born in Argentina ...
- BENDER, Harold Herman
BENDER, Harold Herman. Martinsburg, W.Va. 20.4.1882 — Princeton 15.8.1951. U.S. IE, Indo-Iranian, and Lithuanian Scholar. Professor ...
- BENFEY, Theodor
BENFEY, Theodor. Nörten bei Göttingen 28.1.1809 — Göttingen 26.6.1881. German Indologist and IE Scholar. Professor in ...
- BENIGNY, Gyula (Julius)
BENIGNY, Gyula (Julius). 1890 — 1966. Hungarian IE Linguist. Ph.D. Teacher at Debrecen ...
- BÉNISTI (Monié-Bénisti, née Sarfati)
BÉNISTI (Monié-Bénisti, née Sarfati), Mireille. Algier 10.10.1909 — 11.12. 1993. French Art Historian ...
- BENMOHEL, Nathan Lazarus
BENMOHEL, Nathan Lazarus. Hamburg 26.5.1803 — Dun Laoghaire (or rather Sandycove nearby), county Dublin 22.12.1869. German Jew in ...
- BENNETT, Adrienne A. G
BENNETT, Adrienne Audrey G. 1892 — 1972. Mrs. Britishwoman interested in Buddhism. Studied mathematics and physics, ...
- BENNETT, Allan (Ananda Metteyya Thera)
BENNETT, Charles Henry Allan (Ananda Metteyya Thera). London 8.12.1872 — London 9.3.1923. British Bauddha. Son of ...
- BENTLEY, John
BENTLEY, John. 1756? — Calcutta 4.3.1823 (when 67). British Mathematician and Astronomer. Spent long time in India. While severely ...
- BENVENISTE, Émile
BENVENISTE, Émile (born Ezra B.). Aleppo, Syria 25.2. or 27.4.1902 — Paris 3.10.1976. French Iranian scholar ...
- BERESFORD, George Read Edward
BERESFORD, George Read Edward. 3.8.1815 — Delhi 11.5.1857. British Banker in India. Son of Thomas B. (d. 1819) and Ann Blake, went to India in 1834-35. Manager of Cawnpur Bank, in ...
- BEREZOVSKIJ, Mihail Mihailovič
BEREZOVSKIJ, Mihail Mihajlovič. 1848 — St.Petersburg 5.4.1912. Russian Traveller in Central Asia. Born in a noble ...
- BERG, Cornelis Christian
- BERGAIGNE, Abel
BERGAIGNE, Abel-Henri-Joseph. Vimy (Pas-de-Calais) 31.8.1838 — La Grave (Hautes Alpes) 6.8.1888. French Indologist. Professor in Paris. ...
- BERGH VAN EYSINGA, Gustaaf Adolf van den
BERGH VAN EYSINGA, Gustaaf Adolf van den. ’s-Gravenhage 27.6.1874 — Bloemendaal, North Holland 26.5.1957. Dutch ...
- BERGMAN, Folke
BERGMAN, Folke. Stockholm 29.8.1902 — Stockholm 22.5.1946. Swedish Central Asian Archaeologist. Matriculated 1922 ...
- BERGMANN, Benjamin Fürchtegott Balthasar von
BERGMANN, Benjamin Fürchtegott Balthasar von. Arrasch, Livonia (now Āraiši in Latvia) 17(28).11.1772 — Blussen ...
- 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. Son of Anton Josef B. and ...
- BERGNY, August Viktor
BERGNY, August Viktor (born A. V. Nyberg). Norrköping 31.3.1868 — 1927. Swedish Teacher interested in Indology. Son of ...
- BERGSTEDT, Carl Fredrik
BERGSTEDT, Carl Fredrik. Lillkyrka, Örebro län 24.7.1817 — Skrukarp, Kristberg socken, Östergötland 26.1.1890. Swedish Literate interested in Sanskrit. Son of a ...
- 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 ...
- BERNARD, Theos
BERNARD, Theos Casimir Hamati. Los Angeles 10.12.1908 — Kosar, Pakistan ?.9.1947. U.S. Bauddha and ...
- BERNEKER, Erich
BERNEKER, Erich. Königsberg 3.2.1874 — Munich 15/20.3.1937. German Linguist, mainly Slavic, but also IE Scholar. Professor in Munich. ...
- BERNER, Vil’gel’m Mihajlovič
BERNER, Vil’gel’m Mihajlovič. v Baranovič, Minskoj gub. (now Belarus) 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 — Arnhem 2.5.1992. Dutch Art Historian and South-East ...
- BERNHARD, Franz
BERNHARD, Franz. Schweidnitz in Silesia (now Świdnica in Poland) 31.5.1931 — Mustang/Nepal 5.9. 1971. German Indologist. ...
- BERNHEIMER, Carlo
BERNHEIMER, Carlo. Leghorn 3.9.1877 — 1966. Italian (Jewish) Indologist and Palaeographist. From Leghorn, studies at Bologna ...
- BERNIER, François
BERNIER, François. Joué-Etiau (Maine-et-Loire) 26.9.1620 — Dauphine (or Paris?) 22.9.1688. French Physician and Traveller in India. Spent twelve years (1656-68) in ...
- BERNINI DA GARGHANO, Giuseppe Maria
BERNINI DA GARGHANO, Giuseppe Maria —> GIUSEPPE MARIA DA GARGHANO (Bernardino Bernini)
- BERNOT, Lucien
BERNOT, Lucien. Gien (Loiret) 2.12.1919 — Brantes (Vaucluse) 14.7.1993. French Anthropologist. Grew up in country, from the age of 14 worked as typographist. After WW II studied Chinese at É.L.O.V., then ...
- BERNOULLI, Jean (Johann)
BERNOULLI, Johann. Basel 4.11.1744 — Berlin-Köpenick 13.7.1807. Swiss Scientist interested in India. Born in the family ...
- BERNŠTAM, Aleksandr Natanovič
BERNŠTAM, Aleksandr Natanovič. Kerch (Kerč), Crimea 1.(14.)10.1910 — Leningrad 10.12.1956 (when 47). Russian Central Asian Archaeologist. Educated in Sevastopol. Graduated 1931 from ...
- BERNSTEIN, Georg Heinrich
BERNSTEIN, Georg Heinrich. Cospeda near Jena 12.1.1787 — Lauban, Silesia (now Lubań, Poland) 5.4.1860. German Oriental ...
- BERRIZ DO SEIXO, Aureliano Julio
BERRIZ DO SEIXO, Aureliano Julio. 18?? — 19??. Spanish Scholar. Dr. of Civil and Canonic Law 1881 Madrid. Assistant Professor ...
- BERTHELOT, Marcellin
BERTHELOT, Pierre-Eugène-Marcellin. Paris 25.10.1827 — Paris 18.3.1907. French Chemist, famous for ...
- BERTHOLET, Alfred
BERTHOLET, Alfred Robert Felix. Basel 9.11.1868 — Münsterlingen, Thurgau 24.8.1951. Swiss Reformed Theologian and ...
- BERTRAND, François-Marie, l’abbé
BERTRAND, François-Marie, l’abbé. Fontainebleau (Seine-et-Marne) 26.10. ...
- BERTRAND, Gabrielle
BERTRAND, Gabrielle. Reims 29.3.1908 — Paris 16.2.1961. French Traveller, Reporter, Writer and Photographer. Of Lorraine, lost her father in WW I. Studied at a hospital in Paris, but did not pass medical examination. ...
- BESANT, Annie
BESANT, Annie (née Wood). London 1.10.1847 — Adyar (Madras) 19.9.1933. British Theosophist. Daughter of ...
- BESCHI, Constantino Gioseffo Eusebio (Constanzo B., Constantinus Beschius, Vîra-mâmunivar)
BESCHI, Constantino Gioseffo Eusebio (Constanzo B., Constantinus Beschius, Vīra-māmunivar). Castiglione delle Stiviere near Mantua ...
- BESKROVNYJ, Vasilij Matveevič
BESKROVNYJ, Vasilij Matveevič. Šejkovka (Šijkivka), Harkovskaja obl., Ukraine 24.5. (6.6.)1908 — Moscow 1.4.1978. Russian ...
- BESSE, Léon
BESSE, Léon (Leo). 27.3.1853 — 19??. Father. S.J. French Jesuit Missionary and Historian in India. Joined the ...
- BETH, Ali
BETH, Ali. Almelo 2.2.1911 — 1989. Dutch Indologist. Daughter of Hermanus Johannes Elisa Beth, a teacher, and Hillegje de Groot. ...
- BETTEI, Vittorio
BETTEI, Vittorio. Padova 15.9.1859 (or 1860?) — 19??. Italian Indologist and Classical Scholar. Teacher (“professor”) of ...
- BETTS, Ursula (née Bower)
BETTS, Ursula Violet Graham (née U. V. G. Bower). Wiltshire 15.5.1914 — 12.11.1988. British Anthropologist. Daughter of Commander John Graham Bower (RN). Educated at Roedean School, but family difficulties ...
- BEVERIDGE, Annette Susannah (née Akroyd)
BEVERIDGE, Annette Susannah (née Akroyd). Stourbridge, Worcestershire 13.12.1842 — London 27.3.1929. British Oriental (Persian ...
- BEVERIDGE, Henry
BEVERIDGE, Henry. Scotland 1799 — 1863. The Elder. British (Scottish) Lawyer and Historian of Colonial India. Father of ...
- BEVERIDGE, Henry
BEVERIDGE, Henry. Inzievar, Fife 9.2.1837 — London 8.11.1929. British (Scottish) Historian of Mughal and Colonial India. ...
- BEYER, Kurt
BEYER, Kurt 18?? — 19??. German Student of Indology. Ph.D. Bonn 1923.
Publications: Diss. Das Nominalkompositum im Aitareyabrāmaṇa und in den Gṛhyasūtren (Âsvalāyana-, Gobhila- und Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra). Manuscript ...
- BEYTHAN, Hermann
BEYTHAN, Hermann. Teichel bei Rudolstadt, Thüringen 29.5.1875 — 1945?. German Missionary and Indologist (Tamil Scholar). Son ...
- BEZZENBERGER, Adalbert
BEZZENBERGER, Adalbert. Kassel 14.4.1851 — Königsberg 31.10.1922. German IE scholar. Professor in Königsberg. Son of the ...
- BHARATI, Agehananda (Leopold Fischer)
BHARATI, Agehananda (Leopold Fischer), Swami. Vienna 20.4.1923 — Rochester, NY 14.5.1991. Austrian-born Indologist, Tantric ...
- BIANCHI, Ugo
BIANCHI, Ugo. Cavriglia, Arezzo 13.10.1922 — Firenzuola, Florence 14.4.1995. Italian Scholar of Iranian Religion. Grew up ...
- BICKELL, Gustav
BICKELL, Gustav Wilhelm Hugo. Kassel 7.7.1838 — Vienna 25.1.1906. German Oriental ...
- BIČURIN, Iakinf (Hyacinth, originally Nikita Jakovlevič B.)
BIČURIN, Iakinf (Hyacinth, originally Nikita Jakovlevič B.). Akulevo, Tsivil’skij district, Kazan Province 29.8.1777* — ...
- BIDDULPH, Charles Hubert
BIDDULPH, Charles Hubert. Abu, Rajasthan 28.7.1898 — 11/16.10.1966. British Engineer and Numismatist in ...
- BIDDULPH, John
BIDDULPH, John. Ledbury, Hereforshire 25.7.1840 — Gray Court, London 31.12.1921. British Colonial Officer and Anthropologist in India. ...
- BIDIE, George
BIDIE, George. Buckies, Banffshire 3.4.1830 — Bridge of Allan, Scotland 19.2.1913. Dr. Surgeon-General. ...
- BIESE, Yrjö Moses Jalmari
BIESE, Yrjö Moses Jalmari. ...
- 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 ...
- BILLARD, Roger
BILLARD, Roger. Puteaux (Paris) 29.12.1922 — Mennecy near Paris 30.12.2000. French Indologist. He was of modest origin and had to work after school, but the post in Oriental bookshop Adrien Maisonneuve ...
- BINGLEY, Alfred Horsford
BINGLEY, Alfred Horsford. Cranleigh, Surrey 28.5.1865 — Surrey 20.4.1944. Sir. British Colonial Officer. Son of Peregrine ...
- BINYON, Laurence Robert
BINYON, Laurence Robert. Lancaster 10.8.1869 — Reading, Berkshire 10.3.1943. British Art Historian, Dramatist and ...
- BIOT, Jean Baptiste
BIOT, Jean Baptiste. Paris 21.4.1774 — Paris 3.2.1862. French Historian of Science, especially Astronomy. Son of ...
- 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
BIRDWOOD, George Christopher Molesworth. Belgaum, India 8.12.1832 — Ealing, London 28.6.1917. Sir. British Physician ...
- BJÖRNSTJERNA, Magnus Fredrik Ferdinand
BJÖRNSTJERNA, Magnus Fredrik Ferdinand, Count. Dresden 10.10.1779 — Stockholm 6.10.1847. Swedish General and Writer ...
- BLACKADER, Adam
BLACKADER, Adam. 17?? — 1807?. British Physician in India. Surgeon of ...
- BLAIR, Chauncey J.
BLAIR, Chauncey Justus. Chicago 3.12.1913 — 1999 (buried in Chapel Hill, N.C.). U.S. Indologist. Probably son of Chauncey Buckley Blair and Paulette M. Picard. Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania. In 1959 living ...
- BLAKESLEY, Thomas H.
BLAKESLEY, Thomas Holmes. Ware, Hertsfordshire 8.7.1847 — London 13.2.1929. British Civil Engineer and Scientist ...
- 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
- BLANFORD, William Thomas
BLANFORD, William Thomas. London 7.10.1832 — London 23.6.1905. British Geologist and Zoologist in India. Son of ...
- BLAQUIERE, William Coates
BLAQUIERE, William Coates. 1759 (?) — Calcutta 14.8.1853. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Jacques/Jacob Bl. Came to India with his merchant ...
- BLATT, Gustaw
BLATT, Gustaw (Gerszon). Jarosław 15.2.1858 — Lwów (L’viv) 17.9.1916. Polish Linguist (IE and Slavic). Studies of ...
- BLATT, Heinrich
BLATT, Heinrich. Steinbach am Glan 10.3.1894 — 1.4.1949. German Indologist. Librarian in Würzburg. ...
- BLATTER, Edelbert (or Ethelbert)
BLATTER, Edelbert (or Ethelbert). Romanshorn, Appenzell 15.12.1874 (or 1877?) — Pune 26.5.1934. S.J. Swiss ...
- BLAU, August
BLAU, August. 1858 — 11.7.1926. German Indologist. Librarian in Berlin. “Mediohusanus.” Studies at Jena, 1883 Ph.D. ...
- BLAU, Otto
BLAU, Ernst Otto Friedrich August. Nordhausen, Thüringen 21.4.1828 — ...
- BLAVATSKY, Helena Petrovna
BLAVATSKY, Helena Petrovna (née Hahn, Russian Jelena Petrovna Blavatskaja, née Gan). Ekaterinoslav (now Dnipro ...
- BLEECK, Arthur Henry
BLEECK, Arthur Henry. Westbury, Wiltshire 18.5.1829 — Kensington, London 27.1.1877. British Orientalist, said to be known ...
- 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 ...
- BLIN, Amédée
BLIN, Amédée. 1799? — 18??. French Colonial Officer. Still in Paris, ...
- BLOCH, Alfred
BLOCH, Alfred. Basel 18.4.1915 — Basel 11.7.1983. Swiss Indologist, IE and Semitic Scholar. Professor in Basel. ...
- BLOCH, Jules
BLOCH, Jules. Paris 1.5.1880 — Sèvres (Seine-et-Oise) 29.11.1953. French Indologist ...
- BLOCH, Theodor
BLOCH, Ernst Theodor. Christiansfeld, Schleswig (now ...
- BLOCHET, Edgar
BLOCHET, Gabriel Joseph Edgar. Bourges 12.12.1870 — Paris 5.9.1937. French Oriental (Arabic ...
- 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 ...
- BLOMBERG, Carl Johan
BLOMBERG, Carl Johan. Ljusdal, Hälsingland 29.5.1838 — Härnösand 15.3.1890. Swedish Schoolteacher interested in Sanskrit. Teacher in Härnösand. Son of ...
- BLONAY, Godefroy de, baron
BLONAY, Godefroy Jean Henry Louis de, baron. ...
- BLOOMFIELD, Leonard
BLOOMFIELD, Leonard. Chicago 1.4.1887 — New Haven CT 18.4.1949. U.S. Linguist. Professor in Columbus, ...
- BLOOMFIELD, Maurice
BLOOMFIELD, Maurice (born Blumenfeld). Bielitz, Austrian Silesia (now Bielsko-Biała in Poland) 23.2.1855 — San ...
- BLUMHARDT, James F.
- BLUNT, Edward Arthur Henry
BLUNT, Edward Arthur Henry. Mauritius 14.3.1877 — Fleet, Hampshire 29.5.1941. Sir. BLUNT, James Tillyer. 1765/67 (bapt. All Saints, Fulham, Middlesex 26.5.1767) — 20.10.1834 (buried in ...
- BOAKE, William John Slade
BOAKE, William John Slade.BOBRINSKOY, George Vladimir (Russian Georgij Vladimirovič Bobrinskij). Tula, Russia 23.1.1901 — Franklin, Mass. ...
- BOCARRO, Antonio
BOCARRO, Antonio. Abrante (or Lisbon?) 1594? — Goa 1643?. Portuguese Historian and Geographer. Son of ...
- BOCHINGER, Jean-Jacques
BOCHINGER, Jean-Jacques (Johann Jacob B.). Strasbourg 28.11.1802 — Strasbourg 12.8.1831. Alsatian Protestant Theologian. ...
- BODDING, Paul Olaf
BODDING, Paul Olaf. Gjøvik, Oppland 2.11.1865 — Odense 25.9.1938. Rev. Norwegian Missionary and Munda Scholar in India, lived long time ...
- BODE, Mabel Kate Haynes
BODE, Mabel Kate Haynes (née Haynes). 28.10.1864 — Shaftesbury, Dorset 20.1.1922. British Indologist (Pāli scholar). ...
- BODEN, Joseph
BODEN, Joseph. 17?? — Lisbon 21.11.1811. British Colonial Officer. Founder of the famous Boden chair ...
- BOEHLING, Georg
BOEHLING, Georg. Rodenberg, Kreis Rinteln 28.10.1854 — Hannover 3.6.1912. German Teacher and former Student of ...
- BOELES, Jan Jetso
BOELES, Jan Jetso. Leeuwarden 1909 — 2002. Dutch Businessman, Buddhist and South-East Asian Scholar. From 1935 until his death living in Thailand, except in 1940-45, when also studied South-East Asian archaeology ...
- BOER, Richard Constant
BOER, Richard Constant. Warnsveld near Zutphen 31.1.1863 — Amsterdam 20.8.1929. Dutch Linguist. Son of Richard Willem Boer and Constantia Gisius Nanning. Ph.D. 1888 Groningen. In 1888-1900 taught Dutch and geography at ...
- BOGDAN-DUICA, Gheorghe
BOGDAN-DUICĂ, Gheorghe (born Gh. Bogdan). Brassó/Kronstadt, Hungary (now Braşov in Romania)) 2.1.1866 — ...
- BOGLE, George
BOGLE, George. Daldowie on Clyde near Glasgow 26.11.1746 — Calcutta 3.4.1781. British (Scottish) Traveller and ...
- 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 ...
- BÖHM, Annie
BÖHM, Annie Karoline. Mährisch Ostrava (now in Czech) 17.8.1893 — Haifa, Israel 11.9.1985. ...
- BOHNENBERGER, Karl
BOHNENBERGER, Karl. Riedbach, Bavaria 26.8.1863 — Tübingen 29.10.1951. German Linguist (Germanist) interested in Indology. Librarian ...
- BÖHTLINGK, Otto Nikolaus von
BÖHTLINGK, Otto Nikolaus von (Russian Otto Nikolaevič Betlingk).
- BOISACQ, Émile
BOISACQ, Émile. Namur 26.11.1865 — Ixelles (Brussels) 2.6.1945. Belgian Linguist and Classical Scholar. Educated in ...
- BOISEN, Lars Nannestad
BOISEN, Lars Nannestad. Vesterborg, Lolland 8.2.1803 — Ibid. 22.4.1875. Danish Priest and Theologian interested in ...
- BOISSELIER, Jean
BOISSELIER, Jean. Paris 26.8.1912 — Paris 26.2.1996. French Archaeologist, Art Historian and Buddhist Scholar. Son of the military illustrator Henri Boisselier. In the 1920s studied at École nationale supérieure ...
- 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, Rheden, Gelderland 24.3.1959. Dutch Indologist and Theosophist. Son of Gideon Maria B. and ...
- BOLLENSEN, Friedrich
BOLLENSEN, Friedrich. Rossdorf, Kreis Göttingen 12.1.1809 — Wiesbaden 29.2.1896. German Indologist in Russia. Son of ...
- BOLLER, Anton
BOLLER, Johann Anton. ...
- BOLLING, Frederik Andersen
BOLLING, Frederik Andersen (Friederic B.). 16?? — 1685. Norwegian Traveller in India. Born ...
- BOLLING, George Melville
BOLLING, George Melville. Baltimore 13.4.1871 — Princeton, NJ 1.6.1963. U.S. Greek Scholar and Indologist. Professor ...
- BOLTZ, August
BOLTZ, August. Breslau 26.9.1819 — Darmstadt 1.5.1907. German Literate, Language Teacher and Translator interested in ...
- BOMFORD, Trevor
BOMFORD, Trevor. Bembridge, Isle of Wight 18.11.1849 — India 21.12.1929. Rev. British Missionary in India. Son ...
- BOMPAS, Cecil Henry
BOMPAS, Cecil Henry. London 31.5.1868 — Broughton, Hampshire 22.1.1956. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Henry Mason B. (barrister, d. 1909) and ...
- 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 ...
- BONET-MAURY, Gaston
BONET-MAURY, Amy Gaston Charles Auguste. Paris 2.1.1842 — Paris 20.6.1919. French Protestant Historian. Son of General Frédéric Bonet (cath.) and Julie Chabrier (protestant). After school in Paris studies at Geneva and Strasbourg, graduated ...
- BONFANTE, Giuliano
BONFANTE, Giuliano. Milano 6.8.1904 — Rome 9.9.2005. Italian IE and Romance Linguist. Son of Pietro B. (1864-1932), Professor and scholar of the history of Roman law. Studies ...- BONN, Gisela
BONN, Gisela (nom-de-plume of Gisela Döhrn). Elberfeld near Wuppertal 22.9.1909 — Stuttgart 11.10.1996. German Journalist. Daughter of a teacher. From 1929 studied ...
- 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 ...
- BOR, Norman Loftus
BOR, Norman Loftus. Tramore, County Waterford 2.5.1893 — London 22.12.1972. BORÉ, Eugène
BORÉ, Eugène. Angers 15.8.1809 — Paris 3.5.1878. French Orientalist, especially Armenian Scholar. Son of an official who ...
- BORECKÝ, Jaromír
BORECKÝ, Jaromír. Buddies (now České Budějovice) 6.8.1869 — Prague 8.5.1951. Czech Poet, Translator and Librarian, listed as an ...
- BORECKÝ, Miloš
BORECKÝ, Miloš. Prague 28.12.1903 — Washington DC, U.S.A. 18.3.1954. Czech Oriental (Iranian) Scholar in the U.S.A. Son of ...
- BORGSTRØM, Carl Hjalmar
BORGSTRØM, Carl Hjalmar. Kristiania (Oslo) 12.10.1909 — Oslo 14.9.1986. Norwegian Celtic and IE Linguist. Professor ...
- BORK, Ferdinand A.
BORK, Ferdinand A. Forsthaus bei Königsbruch, Kr. Tuchel, Westpreussen (now in Poland) 26.11.1871 — Benhausen, ...
- BORKOWSKI, Aleksander (Leszek) Dunin
BORKOWSKI, Aleksander (Leszek) Dunin (Dunin B., Al.). Gródek 11.1.1811 — Lemberg (Lwów, now L’viv) 30.11.1896. Count. Polish Politician, Poet and Author, who translated ...
- BORROW, George
BORROW, George Henry. East Dereham, Norfolk 5.7.1803 — Lowestoft, Suffolk 26.7.1881. BORTHWICK, Meredith. Colombo 1950 — 1995. Australian Diplomat and Scholar. Daughter of a diplomat, grew up in Ceylon, Singapore and Thailand. High school in Canberra. B.A. and ...
- 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 ...
- BOSCH, Frederik David Kan
BOSCH, Frederik David KanBOSWELL, John Alexander Corrie
BOSWELL, John Alexander Corrie. India 26.10.1835 — Kensington, London 6.1.1872. British Colonial Civil Servant in ...
- BÖTTICHER, P.
BÖTTICHER, P. —> LAGARDE, Paul de.
- BOUCHET, Jean Venant
BOUCHET, Jean Venant. Fontenay-le-Comte (Vendée) 1655 — 1732. Father. S.J. French Missionary in Thailand and ...
- BOUDA, Karl
BOUDA, Karl Ernst. Hamburg 10.2.1901 — Erlangen or Nürnberg (?) 31.7.1979. German Linguist ...
- BOUGLÉ, Célestin
BOUGLÉ, Célestin Charles Alfred. Saint-Brieuc (Côtes-du-Nord, now Côtes-d’Armor) 1.6.1870 — Paris 25.1.1940. French Philosopher and Sociologist. Studies at École normale supérieure, agrégé in philosophy 1893. Ph.D. 1899. Taught at lycée in Saint-Brieuc, ...
- BOULANGER, Chantal
BOULANGER-MALONEY, Chantal. Paris 4.1.1957 — Kebili, Tunisia 27.12.2004. French Social Anthropologist working on South India. Educated in France, studied in Brighton and Japan, then anthropology ...- BOULNOIS, Jean
BOULNOIS, Jean Raymond Paul. 19.3.1904 — Philippeville, Algeria 1956. French Physician interested in India. ...
- BOUQUET, Alan Coates
BOUQUET, Alan Coates. Forest Hill, London 24.5.1884 — Cambridge 4.3.1976. Rev. British Scholar of Religion. Son of Robert Coates B., Registrar to the ...
- BOURGUIGNON D’ANVILLE, Jean-Baptiste
BOURGUIGNON D’ANVILLE, Jean-Baptiste. Paris 11.7.1697 — Paris 28.1.1782. French Cartographer, Geographer and Historian of Geography. ...
- BOURQUIN, Auguste Ali
BOURQUIN, Auguste Ali. Sonvilier, canton Bern 8.4.1848 — Denver 14.1.1928. Swiss Protestant ...
- BOWDEN, Ernest M.
BOWDEN, Ernest Monnington. Rochford, Herefordshire bapt. 17.7.1859 — Ramsgate, Kent 3.4.1904. British ...
- BOWER, Hamilton
BOWER, Hamilton St.Clair. Portsea Island, Hampshire 1.9.1858 — North Berwick, East Lothian 5.3.1940. Sir. British ...
- BOWER, Henry
BOWER, Henry. Madras 1812 — Palayankottah 1885. Rev. Anglo-Indian Missionary in South India. D.D. Son of Francis Bower (François Bouverie, d. 1824) and ...
- BOWER, U. V. G. —> U. V. G. BETTS (née Bower)
BOWER, U. V. G. —> U. V. G. BETTS (née Bower)- BOWERS, Faubion
BOWERS, Faubion. Miami, Oklahoma 29.1.1917 — New York City 17.11.1999. U.S. Japanologist. Grew up in Tulsa. Graduated 1935 from Columbia University and 1939 from Juilliard Graduate School of Music as concert ...
- BOWLES, Charles (then Charles Bowles Shakespear)
BOWLES, Charles (then Charles Bowles Shakespear). Leicestershire ...
- BOWREY (Bowry), Thomas
BOWREY (Bowry), Thomas. 1650? — 1?.7.1713. British Sea Captain in the East. In India and ...
- BOWRING, Lewin B.
BOWRING, Lewin Bentham. Hackney, London 15.7.1824 — Torquay, Devon 14.1.1910. British Civil Servant ...
- BOXBERGER, Robert
BOXBERGER, Robert. Gotha 28.5.1836 — Stadtsulza near Weimar 30.3.1890. German Literate interested in Sanskrit. Son ...
- BOXER, Charles Ralph
BOXER, Charles Ralph. Sandown, Isle of Wight 8.4.1904 — St.Albans, Hertfordshire 27.4.2000. British Historian of Early Colonial Asia. Son of Colonel Hugh Edward Richard B. ...
- BOXWELL, John
BOXWELL, John. Butlerstown, co. Wexford 31.5.1838 — Dacca 15.5.1891. British (Irish) Civil Servant in India. ...
- BOYD, Palmer
BOYD, Palmer. Simla, India 29.9.1840 — 1875. British Indologist. Son of the lieutenant-general Mossom Boyd ...
- BOYER, Augustin-M.
BOYER, Augustin-M. Vannes (Morbihar, Brittany) 20.11.1850 — 2.1.1938. Abbé, S.J. French Indologist and Epigraphist, a Catholic Priest. Educated at the Collège ...
- BOYLE, John Archibald
BOYLE, John Archibald. 1845? — India (Madras?) 9.2.1875. British Civil ...
- BRACHET, Benjamin
BRACHET, Benjamin, as the author of a Vedic work (Prières antèhistoriques. Œuvres ...
- BRADDOCK, John
BRADDOCK, John. Westminster 1794 — Madras 1840. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of John and Sarah Br. Served in Madras army. In the Preface to gunpowder book, signed in Madras ...
- BRADKE, Peter von
BRADKE, Peter von. St.Petersburg 27.6.1853 — Giessen 7.3.1897. German (Livonian) Indologist. Son of Georg Friedrich ...
- BRADLEY, William Henry
BRADLEY, William Henry. 6.10.1807 — Sandgate, Kent 22.8.1881. British Physician in India. Medical training in London (M.D. 1829), then served as naval surgeon. ...
- BRAMZELIUS, Abbe Wilhelm Nils
BRAMZELIUS, Abbe Wilhelm Nils. Ystad, Skåne 27.7.1902 — Norrköping 6.6.1981. Swedish Painter and Scholar. Ph.D., art studies in Paris (Académie Colarossi), Married sculptor Margareta (Märta) Eleonora Hammarlund (1899–1988), divorce ...
- BRANDENSTEIN, Wilhelm
BRANDENSTEIN, Wilhelm. Salzburg 23.10.1898 — Graz 1.12.1967. Austrian Indo-Iranian and Indoeuropean Scholar. Professor in Graz. ...
- BRANDES, Edvard
BRANDES, Carl Edvard Cohen. Copenhagen 21.10.1847 — ...
- BRANDES, Jan Laurens Andries
BRANDES, Jan Laurens Andries. Rotterdam 13.1.1857 — Batavia (Jakarta) 26.6.1906. BRANDI, Mario
BRANDI, Mario. Trieste 11.12.1891 — 1943/44?. Italian, probably a Theosophist, son of Salvatore Brandi and ...
- BRANDRETH, Edward Lyall
BRANDRETH, Joseph Edward Lyall. Liverpool ...
- BRANDT, Francis
BRANDT, Francis. Pendleton, Lancashire 6.5.1840 — Cheltenham, Gloucestershire 17.7.1925. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Robert Brandt. Educated at Cheltenham College, became famous as cricketer. After graduation from Oxford (Brasenose ...
- BRANFILL, Brydges Robinson
BRANFILL, Brydges Robinson. Upminster Hall, Essex 22.11.1834 ...
- BRASSAI, Sámuel
BRASSAI, Sámuel. Torockó (now Rimetea in Romania) or Torockószentgyörgy (Coltești) 15.6.1797 ...
- BRAUNHOLTZ, Gustav Ernst Karl
BRAUNHOLTZ, Gustav Ernst Karl. Cambridge 19.3.1887 — ...
- 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, Auguste
BRÉAL, Edouard Auguste. 19.2.1868 — 17.1.1941. French Art Historian and Painter. Son of —> Michel Bréal and Henriette Bamberger. Bachelier ès lettres 1888, Licencie ès lettres 1890, Licencie en droit 1892
- BRÉAL, Michel
BRÉAL, Michel-Jules-Alfred. Landau (Pfalz) 26.3.1832 — Paris 25.11.1915. French IE scholar. Professor in ...
- BREEKS, James Wilkinson
BREEKS, James Wilkinson. Warcop, Westmoreland 5.3.1830 — Ootacamund 7.6.1872. British Civil Servant and Ethnologist in ...
- BREEKS, Susan Maria
BREEKS, Susan Maria (née Denison). Woolwich, Kent 16.3.1841 — Brough, Cumbria 22.4.1923. Britishwoman in India, ...
- BREITHAUPT, Johann Christian
BREITHAUPT, Johann Christian. Dransfeld near Göttingen 26.9.1719 — Vepery, Chennai 17.11.1782. BRELOER, Bernhard
BRELOER, Bernhard. Herne, Westfalen 8.11.1894 — Tbilisi 20.4.1947. German Indologist. Professor in Berlin. Son of mill owner Bernhard Br. and Auguste Lueg. ...
- BRENNAND, William
BRENNAND, William. 1818? — ?.2.1897. British Teacher in India, Principal of Dacca College (1856). In 1896 ...
- BREUIL, Paul de
BREUIL, Paul de. Vincennes, Paris 15.3.1932 — Neuilly-sur-Seine 19.10.1991. French Scholar of Religion. Studies at É.P.H.É. His Jaina book was harshly criticized as amateurish by Caillat in the BÉI.
- BREWSTER, Earl Henry
BREWSTER, Earl Henry. Chagris Falls, Ohio 21.9.1878 — Almora 19.9.1957. U.S. Artist (Painter) and Author. ...
- BREWSTER, Paul G.
BREWSTER, Paul G. Stendal, Ind. 5.11.1898 — 19??. U.S. Folklorist, Specialist of Games. B.S. 1920 Oakland City College. M.A. 1925 University of Oklahoma (but never Ph.D.). In 1926-29 taught ...
- BRICE, Nathaniel
BRICE, Nathaniel. 1??? — 18??. U.S. Baptist Missionary in India. The Preface of the book ...
- BRIEM, Efraim
BRIEM, Olof Efraim (born Olsson). Helsingborg 17.9.1890 — Lund 15.6.1946. Swedish Historian of Religions. Son of merchant Olof Ludvig Olsson (d. 1908) and Emma ...- BRIESS, Erwin
BRIESS, Erwin Eduard. Olmütz (Olomouc), Moravia 9.5.1886 — 1946. Austrian Student of Indology. Studies of Oriental Philology at Vienna, Ph.D. 1912. Moved soon to Switzerland ...
- BRIGEL, Johann Jakob
BRIGEL, Johann Jakob. Erpfingen 4.12.1832 — Engstatt 4.12.1887. Rev. German Missionary in India, belonged to Basel Mission in Mangalore. Spent 16 years in India. ...
- BRIGGS, George Weston
BRIGGS, George Weston. North Branch, Michigan 21.9.1874 — Madison, NJ 18.4.1966. U.S. Missionary and Indologist. Son of David C. Briggs and Emily ...
- BRIGGS, Henry George
BRIGGS, Henry George. Bombay 20.10.1824 — Bombay 4.7.1872. British Merchant, Traveller, and Orientalist. Son of Henry Briggs. In 1843 travelled in South Africa, ...
- BRIGGS, John
BRIGGS, John. Madapollam, Madras 18.9.1785 — Burgess Hill, Sussex 27.4.1875. British Colonial Officer ...
- BROADLEY, Alexander Meyrick
BROADLEY, Alexander Meyrick. Bradpole, Dorset 19.7.1847 — Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire 16.4.1916. British Civil Servant and Lawyer in India. Son of ...
- BROCKHAUS, Hermann
BROCKHAUS, Hermann. Amsterdam 28.1.1806 — Leipzig 5.1.1877. German Indologist and Iranian Scholar. Professor ...
- BRODIE, Alexander Oswald
BRODIE, Alexander Oswald. 1817? — Edinburgh 5/6.11.1874, when 57. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in Sri Lanka. Son of Colonel James Br., of Madras Army. From 1845 in Ceylon rising ...
- BRODOV, Vasilij Vasil’evič
BRODOV, Vasilij Vasil’evič. Moscow 28.2.(13.3.)1912 — Moscow 4.3.1996. Russian Indologist, interested in philosophy. Son of a worker. In 1935-42 taught at Moscow Conservatory. ...
- BRONSON, Miles
BRONSON, Miles. Norway, N.Y. 20.7.1812 — Eaton Rapids, Mich. 9.11.1883. U.S. Baptist Missionary in India. ...
- BROOKS, Robert R. R.
BROOKS, Robert Romano Ravi. Rome, Italy 1905 — Nyack, NY 28.1.1992. U.S. Economist. Grew up in Vermont and Florida. From 1945 Orin Sage Professor of Economics at Williams College in ...
- BROOKS, Sarah Wells
BROOKS, Sarah Wells. 18?? — 19??. U.S.Early Female Student. Studied from 1892 at Harvard Annex ...
- BROUGH, John
BROUGH, John. Dundee 31.8.1917 — Bishop’s Stortford, near Cambridge 9.1. 1984. British (Scottish) ...
- BROUGHTON, Thomas Duer
BROUGHTON, Thomas Duer. 1778 — London 16.11.1835. British Colonial Officer in India. Son ...
- BROWN, Cecil Jermyn
BROWN, Cecil Jermyn. Ipswich 1886 — 20.10.1945. British Teacher of English Language and Numismatist in India. Son of Edgar Jermyn Br. and Annie Lovely. ...
- BROWN, Charles Philip
BROWN, Charles Philip. Calcutta, India 10.11.1798 — London 12.12.1884. British Civil Servant in India (1817-55) and Indologist, specialist of Telugu language. Son of Rev. ...
- BROWN, George William
BROWN, George William. Hartford co., Maryland 25.10.1870 — Hartford, CT (?) 4.12.1932. U.S. Missionary and Indologist. Son of a farmer in Hartford co., Maryland. Studies at ...
- BROWN, J. Coggin
BROWN, John Coggin. West Auckland, co. Durham ?.10.1884 — 23.6.1963. British Geologist in India and Burma. Son of George Richard Brown and Eliza Bedlington. ...
- BROWN, Nathan
BROWN, Nathan. New Ipswich, NH 22.6.1807 — Yokohama 1.1.1885. Rev. U.S. Baptist Missionary in India and Japan. Son of Nathan Brown and Elizabeth Goldsmith. ...
- BROWN, Percy
BROWN, Percy. Birmingham 1872 (or Calcutta 22.11.1871) — Srinagar 22.3.1955. British Art Historian in India. Son of Joseph Henry Samsum Brown ...
- BROWN, Thomas Richard
BROWN, Thomas Richard. Whatton, Nottinghamshire 1791 — Southwark, West Sussex 1.9.1875. British Priest and a Self-Made Scholar. Son of Richard Brown of Cambridge. ...
- 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, W. Norman
BROWN, William Norman. ...
- BROWN, William
BROWN, William. 1757/67? — 1837. British Civil Servant in India. Senior merchant in Madras in the 1810s, 1817 ...
- BROWN, William
BROWN, William. 1??? — 18??. British Colonial Officer in India. Captain, of the Revenue Survey (mentioned in 1822/42), ...
- BROWNE, Edward Granville.
BROWNE, Edward Granville. Uley near Dursley, Gloucestershire 7.2.1862 — Cambridge 5.1.1926. British Oriental Scholar (mainly ...
- BROWNE, Gerald Michael
BROWNE, Gerald Michael (mentioned both as Gerald M. and G. Michael). Detroit 13.12.1943 — Urbana, Ill. 24.8.2004. U.S. Philologist. Son ...- BROWNE, James
BROWNE, James. 1744 — 1792. British Colonial Officer in India. Major. Joined Indian army in ...
- BROWNE, John Frederick
BROWNE, John Frederick. 1835? — 1???. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Robert Browne. Studies at Exeter College, Oxford ...
- BROŽOVÁ, Marie
BROŽOVÁ, Marie. Prague 1.8.1897 — 19??. Czechoslovakian Student of IE Linguistics. Studies at Prague under ...
- BRUCE, Charles
BRUCE, Charles. Roncally, Bengal 13.10.1836 — Edinburgh 13.12.1920. Sir. British (Scottish) Indologist, then ...
- BRUCE, John
BRUCE, John. Fife 1744/45 — Fife 16.4.1826. British (Scottish) Historian of the Colonial Period. Son of shipmaster Andrew Bruce and Jean Squyre. Studies at Edinburgh, then Professor of Logic and Moral ...
- BRUCE, Richard Isaac
BRUCE, Richard Isaac. 1840 — 29.4.1924. British (Irish) Colonial Officer ...
- BRÜCKE, Ernst Wilhelm (von)
BRÜCKE, Ernst Wilhelm (von). Berlin 6.7.1819 — Vienna 7.1.1892.
- BRUGMANN, Karl
BRUGMANN, Karl Friedrich Christian. Wiesbaden 16.3.1849 — Leipzig 29.6.1919. German Indo-Europaean Scholar. Professor in Leipzig. Until 1882 wrote his name as Brugman (with one ...
- BRUHL, Odette
BRUHL, Odette —> Odette MONOD-BRUHL
- BRUINING, Albertus
BRUINING, Albertus. Pietersbierum, Friesland 2.7.1846 — ’s-Gravenhage 20.11.1919. Dutch Theologian, began as an Indologist. Son of Johannes Br., ...
- BRUNE, Johannes H.
BRUNE, Johannes H. Bochum 28.12.1883 — 19??. German Student of Indology. Roman Catholic. ...
- BRUNNER, Fernand
BRUNNER, Fernand. Lausanne 8.10.1920 — Cortaillod, canton Neuchâtel 1.11.1991. Swiss Philosopher. Professor in Neuchâtel. Studies at Lausanne (licence ès lettres 1942) and after ...- BRUNNER, Linus
BRUNNER, Linus. Woollen, Canton Aargau 7.3.1909 — St.Gallen 3.12.1987. Swiss Linguist. Son of Linus Br., a farmer. Ph.D. 1936 Zürich. Professor in Canton School in St.Gallen. Few have accepted his far-reaching ...
- BRUNNHOFER, Hermann
BRUNNHOFER, Gottlieb Hermann. Aarau 16.3.(21.3.?)1841 — Munich 28.10.1916. Swiss Indo-Iranian Scholar. Son of Gottlieb Br., a knifesmith, and Elisabeth Obrist. After Gymnasium in Aarau, ...
- BUCHANAN-HAMILTON, Francis
BUCHANAN-HAMILTON, Francis (until 1815 Francis Buchanan). Branziet, Callander, Pertshire 15.2.1762 — 15.6.1829. British (Scottish) Physician in India, Traveller, Naturalist, a Pioneer of Burmese Studies ...
- BUCHANAN, Claudius
BUCHANAN, Claudius. Cambuslang near Glasgow 12.3.1766 — Broxbourne, Hertfordshire 9.2.1815. Rev. British ...
- BUCHER, Jakob
BUCHER, Jakob. 18?? — 1???. Rev. German Missionary in South India. Working for Basel Mission ...
- BÜCHI, Ernst Carl
BÜCHI, Ernst Carl. Adorf, Thurgau 3.9.1914 — Löhningen, Schaffhausen 1.11.1982. Swiss Physical Anthropologist. Professor in Berlin. Grew up in Thurgau, school in Schaffhausen. Studies at Zürich, Ph.D. 1942 under ...
- BÜCHLER, Pál
BÜCHLER, Pál. Bácstótváros (Tovariševo in Serbian Vojvodina) 25.1.1877 — Târgu Mureş 7.7.1946. Hungarian (of Transylvania) Philologist and Translator ...
- BUCK, Carl Darling
BUCK, Carl Darling. Orland/Bucksport, Me. 2.10.1866 — Chicago, Ill. 8.2.1955. U.S. Linguist (IE and Classical ...
- BUCK, Stuart H.
BUCK, Stuart Henry. Attleboro, co. Bristol, MA 11.2.1911 — Lynchburg, VA 7.4.1997 (or 28.3.). U.S. Tibetologist and Mongolist. Son of Frederic Holden Buck and Florence Hacket. Graduated from Harvard ...
- BUDMANI, Petar
BUDMANI, Petar (Pero). Dubrovnik 27.10.1835 — Castelferretti near Ancona 27.12.1914. Croatian Serb Slavic ...
- BUGAULT, Guy
BUGAULT, Guy. St.Coulomb, Brittany 17.7.1917 — Le Reincy (Seine-Saint Denis) 27.10.2002. French Indologist. Student of Lacombe. Taught at Université de Paris-X-Nanterre, then Professor of Indian and Comparative Philosophy at ...
- BUGGE, 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, Georg
BÜHLER, Johann Georg. Borstel bei Nienburg (Hannover) 19.7.1837 — Bodensee 8.4.1898. German Indologist in India (1863-80) and Austria. Professor in Vienna. Son of Rev. ...
- BÜHLER, Michael
BÜHLER, Johann Michael. 1817 — India 7.6.1854. German Indologist and Missionary in South India. From Adelburg in Württemberg. After several years of Sanskrit studies ...
- BUHOT, Jean
BUHOT, Jean. Paris 13.8.1885 — Paris 5.9.1952. French Painter and Art Historian. The only child of painter Félix B. (1847–1898) and his English wife, née Johnston. After school in Paris travelled ...
- BUISKOOL, Herman
BUISKOOL, Herman Eildert. Weeding, Drenthe 12.1.1884 — Leiden 11.8.1963. Dutch Indologist. Son of ...
- BUITENEN, Johannes (Hans) Adrianus Bernardus van
BUITENEN, Johannes (Hans) Adrianus
- BULCKE, Camille
BULCKE, Camille (Kamiel). Ramskapelle, West Flanders 1.9.1909 — Delhi 17.8.1982. S.J. Belgian Missionary ...
- BULIČ, Sergej Konstantinovič
BULIČ, Sergej Konstantinovič. St.Petersburg (Vikip. Kazan) 27.8.(8.9.)1859 — Petrograd 15.4.1921. Russian Linguist. Professor in St.Petersburg. ...
- BUNSEN, Christian Karl Josias
BUNSEN, Christian Karl Josias (then Karl, Freiherr von Bunsen). Korbach, Waldeck 25.8.1791 — ...
- 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. Flensburg 1866 — 19??. German Linguist. Ph.D. 1892 Halle. In 1913 in Limerick, ...
- 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, Ebenezer. Grafton, Vermont 26.6.1805 — Newton Centre, Mass. 1.1.1870. Rev. U.S. Missionary in India, a Scholar of Marathi, Sanskrit and Indian Astronomy. Son ...
- BURGESS, James
BURGESS, James. Kirkmahoe, Dumfriesshire 14.8.1832 — Edinburgh 3.10.1916. British (Scottish) Indologist and Archaeologist ...
- BURGESS, May S
BURGESS, May S. 18?? — 19??. Miss. Could she be the daughter of —> James B.?
Publications: Translated from German to English Bühler & Zachariae on Navasāhasāṅkacarita, IA 36, 1907, ...
- BURGHART, Richard
BURGHART, Richard. U.S.A. 1944 — Heidelberg 1.1.1994, when 49. U.S. Anthropologist in Germany. B.A. 1966 ...
- BÜRK, Albert
BÜRK, Albert. 18?? — 19??. German or Austrian Indologist. No Indological diss. in Janert, not ...
- BURKHARD, Karl Friedrich
BURKHARD, Karl Friedrich. Leipheim bei Ulm, Bavaria 2.9.1824 — Vienna ...
- BURKITT, F. Crawford
BURKITT, Francis Crawford. Marylebone, London 3.9.1864 — Cambridge 11.5.1935. British Theologian. Son of Crawford B. Educated at Harrow. Studied first mathematics at Cambridge (Trinity College), B.A. 1886, then turned to ...
- BURLĂ, Vasile M
BURLĂ, Vasile M. Opăiţeni (then Hungary) 6.2.1840 — Iaşi 8.1.1905. Romanian Classical and IE Scholar. ...
- BURLINGAME, Eugene Watson
BURLINGAME, Eugene Watson. Albany, N.Y. 5.8.1876 — 3.8.1932. U.S. Indologist (Pāli Scholar). Son of Eugene B. and Emma Patten Watson. Educated at ...
- BURN, Richard
BURN, Richard. L West Derby, Liverpool 1.2.1871 — Oxford 26.7.1947 (when 76). British Civil Servant in India, Historian of Islamic and Colonial India, ...
- BURNELL, Arthur C.
BURNELL, Arthur Coke. St.Briavels, Gloucestershire 11.7.1840 — London 12. or 16.10.1882. British Civil ...
- BURNES, Alexander
BURNES, Alexander. Montrose, Angus 16.5.1805 — Kabul 2.11.1841. Sir. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer (Lieutenant-Colonel) and ...
- BURNES, James
BURNES, James. Montrose, Angus 12.2.1801 — London 19.9.1862. British (Scottish) Physician in India. Son of ...
- BURNEY, Henry
BURNEY, Henry. 27.2.1792 — at sea 4.3.1845. British Colonial Officer (Captain, 1834 Lieutenant-Colonel) and Diplomat ...
- BURNOUF, Émile-Louis
BURNOUF, Émile-Louis. Valognes (Manche) 25/26.8.1821 — Paris 1.7. or 15/16.1.1907. French Indologist and Classical scholar. ...
- BURNOUF, Eugène
- BURNOUF, Jean-Louis
BURNOUF, Jean-Louis. Urville near Valognes 14.9.1775 — Paris 8.5.1844. French Classical Scholar interested in Sanskrit. ...
- BURRITT, Elihu
BURRITT, Elihu. New Britain, Conn. 8.12.1810 — ibid. 6.3.1879. “The Learned Blacksmith”. U.S. Literate interested in Sanskrit. Son ...
- BURROW, Reuben
BURROW, Reuben. Hoberley, near Shadwell, Leeds 30.12.1747 — Baxar, Bihar 7.6.1792. British Mathematician ...
- BURROW, Thomas
BURROW, Thomas. Westmoreland, Leck, North Lancashire 29.6.1909 — Kidlington, Oxfordshire 8.6.1986. British Indologist. ...
- 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 ...
- BURROWS, Stephen Montagu
BURROWS, Stephen Montagu. Headington, Oxfordshire 26.12.1856 — Oxford 4.3.1935. Sir. British Civil Servant in Sri Lanka. Son of Montagu B., Professor of Naval History, and Mary Anna Whalley-Smythe-Gardiner. Educated at Eton, studies ...
- BURT, Thomas Seymour
BURT, Thomas Seymour. 1805 — Cotmandene, Dorking, Surrey 8/9.3.1890. British Colonial Officer in India. Possibly ...
- BURTON, Richard
BURTON, Richard Francis. Barnham House, Hertfordshire 19.3.1821 — Trieste 20.10.1890 (Dingle & Garrett: ...
- BURY, John B.
BURY, John Bagnell. Clontibret, co. Monaghan 16.10.1861 — Rome 1.6.1927. British (Irish) Classical ...
- BUSCHARDT, Leo
BUSCHARDT, Leo Maxim. Copenhagen 24.8.1906 — Copenhagen 11.3.1966. Danish Indologist. Librarian in Copenhagen. ...
- BUSCHMANN, Eduard
BUSCHMANN, Johann Carl Eduard. Magdeburg 14.2.1805 — Berlin 21.4.1880. German Linguist. Son of a craftsman. After school in Magdeburg studies of Arabic, Persian and especially Sanskrit at Berlin (Bopp), then at Göttingen, ...- BUSHELL, Stephen Wootton
BUSHELL, Stephen Wootton. Ash-next-Sandwich, Kent 28.7.1844 — Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex 19.9.1908. British Physician ...
- BUSLAEV, Fëdor Ivanovič
BUSLAEV, Fëdor Ivanovič. Kerensk (now Vadinsk in obl. Penza) 13.(25.)5.1818 — Ljubino near Moscow 31.7.(12.8.)1897. Russian IE and Slavonic Linguist. Educated in Kerensk and Penza. ...- BUSSAGLI, Mario
BUSSAGLI, Mario. Siena 23.9.1917 — Frosinone, Lazio 14.8.1988. Italian Art Historian. Professor in ...
- BUTLER, John (Captain)
BUTLER, John. India? 1843? — Lak Nuti near Gologhat, Assam 7.1.1876, when 33. British Colonial ...
- BUTLER, John (Colonel)
BUTLER, John. Lip hot, Hampshire 1809 — Hampshire 22.5.1874. British Colonial Officer in India. Served in ...
- BUTLIN, Raymond Thomas
BUTLIN, Raymond Thomas. Fishley, Middlesex 6.2.1907 — Knysma, Western Cape, South Africa ...
- BUTTERWORTH, Allan
BUTTERWORTH, Alan (or Allan). Southport, Lancashire 25.7.1864 — London 25.5.1937. British Civil Servant ...
- BARTHOLD, W.