DOROW, Carl Friedrich Ferdinand Wilhelm. Königsberg 22.3.1790 — Halle 16.12.1846. German Antiquarian Scholar. A precursor of Indian art history who, according to Mode, did not share the common contempt of Indian art of his times. Son of Friedrich Dorow and Sophie Reichardt. Lost early his father, educated in Marienburg (Malbork in…
DORN, Johann Albrecht Bernhard (Boris Andreevič) von. Scheuerfeld bei Koburg 11.5.1805 — St.Petersburg 19.5.(31.5.)1881. German Oriental (Iranian) Scholar in Russia. Son of Rev. Heinrich Wilhelm Dorn (1770–1836), a minister, and Susanna Friederike Bühl. Gymnasium in Coburg. Studies from 1822, first Theology, soon Oriental languages, at Halle and Leipzig. Ph.D. and…
DONNER, Otto. Kokkola 15.12.1835 — Helsinki 17.9.1909. Finnish Indologist and Finno-Ugrian Linguist. Professor in Helsinki. Son of Anders Donner (1796–1857), a wealthy businessman and shipowner in Kokkola on the west coast of Finland, and Olivia Matilda Dahlström (1803–1857). Matriculated in 1857 from Vaasa, then studied Finnish at Helsinki and passed…
DONATI, Girolamo. Perugia 3.3.1857 — Perugia 4.12.1901. Italian Indologist. Student of De Gubernatis at Florence. For a while in Perugia (1885). Then libero docente di sanscrito at R. Istituto di Studi superiori di Firenze, from 1890 in charge of Sanskrit teaching when De Gubernatis moved to Rome. Also conservator of…
DOMENICO DA FANO (Dominicus a Fano,lay Francesco Magnani). 1674 — 1728. Father. Italian Capuchin Missionary. Joined Capuchin order 1690. In Tibet in 1706-11and 1716-25, with interval in Europe. He was the Head of the Capuchin Mission in Lhasa, until his death, when he was succeeded by —> Orazio Della Penna.…
DODWELL, Henry Herbert. Great Haseley, Oxfordshire 3.5.1879 — Chertsey, Surrey 13.6.1946 (or 30.10.). British Historian. Son of Herbert Dodwell (1846–1923) and Violet Sinclair Watson (1850–1890). Educated at Thame Grammar School, studies at St.John’s (Oxford), graduated 1908 and joined Indian Educational Service, retired 1922. In 1922-46 Professor of History and Culture…
D’JAKONOVA, Natal’ja Vasil’evna. St.Petersburg 28.11.(11.12.)1907 — 14.7.1996. Russian Iranian scholar. Daughter of an official. Graduated 1930 from Leningrad. Kand. filologičeskih nauk 1946. In 1931 naučnyj sotrudnik in Ukrainian Oriental Institute (?) in Harkov (Kharkiv), in 1932-35 and 1942-45 at Oriental Institute of Soviet Academy, in 1935-42 and 1945-54 at Hermitage.…
D’JAKONOV, Mihail Mihajlovič. St.Petersburg 13.(26.)6.1907 — Moscow 8.6.1954. Russian Historian of the Ancient World. Son of Mihail A. D’jakonov, an official and author. From 1921 grew up in Norway. Studies in Oslo (1924-26, under Morgenstierne) and Leningrad (Bartol’d, Frejman), graduated 1930. Kand. ist. nauk 1937, Dr. ist. nauk 1946. In…
D’ISTRIA, Dora —> Ghica, Elena
DIMES, Eileen M. Miss. 19?? — ????. British Librarian. Graduated B.A. in English 1932 University of London and in Sanskrit 1958 ibid. Librarian (1941), from 1945 worked in the library of S.O.A.S., from 1950 as Assistant in Indian Section. In 1959 succeeded A. Master as Assistant Keeper for Modern Indian…