ANTON, Konrad Gottlob. Lauban, Oberlausitz (Lubań in Poland) 29.11.1745 — Dresden 4.7.1814. German Oriental Scholar and Linguist. Professor at Wittenberg. In one source (Gel. T.) born in 1743. Son of Konrad Anton, a belter, and Maria Magdalene Zimmer. Studies at Leipzig. From 1775 Professor of Oriental (i.e. Semitic) Languages at…
ANQUETIL-DUPERRON, Abraham Hyacinthe. Paris 7.12.1731 — Paris 18.1.1805. French Orientalist, Pioneer of Iranian and Indian Studies. Travelled in India 1755-61, then member of the A.I.B.L. in Paris. He was the son of a spice merchant from Paris, Pierre Anquetil, and Angélique Coignard, and brother of historian Louis-Pierre Anquetil (1723-1806). He…
ANKER, Peter (until 1788 Ancher). Fredrikshald 31.7.1744 — Øraker near Kristiania (Oslo) 17.4.1832. Norwegian Colonial Officer in Danish service in India. Son of trader and industrialist Erik Ancher (1709–1785) and Anne Cathrine Tank (1723–1761), brother of politician Carsten Tank Anker (1747–1824). In 1759-65 travelled with his brother in Europe, then…
ANGELUS FRANCISCUS A SANCTA THERESIA. Mondovi 16.9.1650 — Verapoly 17.10.1712. Italian Carmelite Missionary in India. Joined the order in Mondovi in 1666, started for India 1675 and joined the Malabar Mission in Verapoly 1676. From 1700 Bishop of Metellpoly and Apostolic Vicar of Syro-Malabar. The process of his beatification was…
ANDERSON, Robert. 1792 — March 1843. Rev. British Civil Servant and Tamil Scholar in India, Madras Presidency. Born of a wealthy family, educated at Harrow and Haileybury. Learned Sanskrit, Persian and Bengali at East India College, went to India, but after nine years was forced to return in 1819 because…
AMADUZZI, Giovanni Cristofano (Johannes Christophorus Amadutius). Savignano di Romagna 18.8.1740 — Rome 21.1.1792. Italian Classical and Oriental Scholar. Educated at the Episcopal Seminary in Rimini. Joined the Minorite order. In 1762 he came to Rome, and began the study of Oriental languages. From 1769 Professor of Greek at Archiginnasio della…
ÁLVAREZ, Simão. 16?? — 17??. Father. S.J. Portuguese Clergyman in India. He was Provincial in Goa (1639), and thus the work could possibly be posthumously published. But as Pereira calls him “Goan Brahmin” he was perhaps local convert named after the Jesuit. In the Vocabulario he was assisted by his…
ALTER, Franz Karl. Engelsberg, Austrian Silesia (Andělská Hora in Czechia) 27.1.1749 — Vienna 29.5.1804. S.J. Austrian (Silesian) Orientalist and Greek Scholar. Born in what is now Czech part of Silesia. Educated in Olmütz (Olomouc). Jesuit from 1766, after the suppression of the order taught Greek at a gymnasium, further studies…
ALLARD, Jean François. St.Tropez 8.3.1785 — Peshawar 23.1.1839. French General in North-West India. Son of Jean François Philippe Allard (1758–1828) and Marie Claire Vicard (1758–1785). From 1803 in cavalry, served in Italy and was the aide-de-camp of marshal Brune. Legion d’honneur. Like some other officers he turned after Waterloo to the…
ADELUNG, Friedrich Georg von (Russian Fëdor Paclovič Adelung). Stettin 25.2.1768 — St.Petersburg (or Berlin?) 30.1.1843. German (in Russia) Historian and lay Indologist. Son of the Prussian Oberfeldapothekar Paulus Adelung (1736–1785) and Sophia Charlotte Landgraff, nephew of the famous Linguist Johann Christoph Adelung (1732–1806). After Ratslyzeum in Stettin studies at Leipzig…