BARTHOLOMAE, Friedrich Christian Leonhard

BARTHOLOMAE, Friedrich Christian Leonhard. Forsthaus in Forstleithen bei Limmersdorf, Land­kreis Kulmbach 21.1.1855 — Langeoog, Ostfriesland 9.8.1925. German IE and Iranian Scholar. Professor in Münster, Giessen, and Heidelberg. Son of a forester (Oberforster) Leonhard B. (d. 1859) and Maria Friederike Aichinger. Gymnasium in Bayreuth. From 1872 studied IE, Indian and Iranian…

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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 as illegitimate, according to much later rumours the son of Napoleon I. In 1825-28 he served in Ministry of Finances, then as a journalist in the Globe and in…

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BARTHÉLEMY, Adrien

BARTHÉLEMY, Adrien Léon Nicolas. Paris 24.8.1859 — Emancé (Rambouillet) 18.12.1949. French Iranian and Arabic Scholar. Son of a confectioner, lost early his father. Studied at É.L.O.V. Arabic, Turkish, and Persian, at É.P.H.É. Sanskrit and Avestan (under Darmesteter), graduated 1884 with a thesis on the Pehlevi Gujastak Abalish. From 1884 served…

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BARSTOW, Arthur Edward

BARSTOW, Arthur Edward (“Bustling Bill”). Edinburgh 17.3.1888 — near Layang Layang, Malaya 28.1.1942. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer in India. Major-General. Son of Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Adam Anderson B. and Jane Cape. Educated at Bradfield College and Sandhurst. From 1909 served in the Punjab with the 15th Ludhiana Sikhs (during WW 1…

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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 (A.B. 1897) and Johns Hopkins (A.M. 1898, Ph.D. 1903), Bloomfield’s student. In 1903-07 Instructor of Latin at Johns Hopkins, 1907-09 Preceptor of Classics at Princeton, 1909-10 Instructor at Dartmouth…

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BARRETO, Júlio Francisco Antönio Adeodato

BARRETO, Júlio Francisco António Adeodato. Margão, Goa 3.12.1905 — Coimbra 6.8.1937. Portuguese (Luso-Goan) author and journalist. Son of Vicente Mariano B., educated in Nova Goa (Panjim). At the age of 17 came to Portugal, where he remained after studies of law, history and philosophy at Coimbra (graduated in both, 1928…

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BARR, Kaj

BARR, Kaj. Copenhagen 26.6.1896 — Copenhagen 4.1.1970. Danish Iranian Scholar. Professor in Copenhagen. Adopted son of Friederich Eduard Barr (1912), a mechanic, and Karen Frederikke Frederiksen (d. 1917). Matriculated from Copenhagen 1917. Began studies at Technical High School, but soon turned to classical, Arabic and Iranian philology (under Christensen) at…

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BARNETT, Lionel David

BARNETT, Lionel David. Liverpool 21.10.1871 — 28.1.1960. British Indologist. Son of banker Barron Lewis B. and Adelaide Cowen. Educated at University College in Liverpool and from 1892 at Trinity College, Cambridge, studying classical languages. B.A. 1896, M.A. 1899, Litt.D. 1900. He began his scholarly career as a classical scholar, but…

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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 Vienna. Ph.D. 1912 Vienna. From 1920 PD, then Professor of Comparative Grammar of IE Languages at Royal Yugoslavian University in Belgrad in the 1930s and till 1954,…

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