GRIERSON, Mrs. (née Lucy Elizabeth Jean Collis). Dublin 7.7.1854 — Camberley, Surrey 19.9.1943. British (Irish) Woman in India, wife of —> G. A. Grierson (1851–1941). Daughter of Maurice Henry Fitzgerald Collis (1824–1869), M.D., a famous surgeon in Dublin, and Sarah Marcella Lyster Jameson. Married in 1880, lived 30 years in…
GRIERSON, George Abraham. Glenageary, county Dublin 7.1.1851 — Camberley, Surrey 7.3.1941. Sir. British (Irish) Indologist. Son of the elder G. A. Grierson (1794–1875), LL.D., Queen’s Printer for Ireland, and Isabella Ruxton. Educated at St. Bee’s School and in Shrewsbury, then studied at Trinity College in Dublin, studied mathematics, Hindustani and…
GREY, William George. Wellington, New Zealand 12.10.1866 — 6.4.1953. British Colonial Officer in India. Son on Major William Robert Grey (1826–1896) and Amy Hare. Joined the army in 1886, served in Natal, Straits Settlements and Gibraltar, in 1889 transferred to Indian army. From 1902 in political service, first as vice-consul…
GRENARD, Joseph-Fernand. Paris 4.7.1866 — Saint-Mandé (Val de Marne) 1.4.1945. French Traveller. Companion of Dutreuil de Rhins in his travels of exploration in Central Asia and Tibet. Son of telegraph official Alphonse Grenard and Jenny Panthin. Studied at École des sciences politiques and É.L.O.V. For particulars of the travel see…
GREN, Erik Idor Theander. Karlstadt 3.10.1904 — Uppsala 26.11.1959. Swedish Historian and Numismatician. Librarian in Uppsala. Son of Samuel Theander Gren (1863–1941) and Erika Svensson. Studies at Uppsala. From 1931 worked in University Library in Uppsala, in the end as Assistant Librarian. From 1941 also PD of classical history at…
GRELLMANN, Heinrich Moritz Gottlieb. Jena 7.12.1756 — Moscow 13.10.1804. German Cultural Historian, Statistician and Pioneer of Gipsy Studies. Professor at Göttingen. After school in Weimar studied 1776-81 at Jena under von Schlözer. Then in Göttingen, where he became in 1787 ao. and 1794 ord. Professor. In 1804 Professor of Statistics…
GRÉGOIRE, Antoine. Louvain 26.6.1871 — Uccle (Brussels) 2.5.1955. Belgian Iranian Scholar, Linguist and Phonetician. Professor in Liège. Educated in Verviers and Liège. Studies at Liège (dr. philol. class. 1893), then further studies of IE at Leipzig (Brugman, Sievers, Hirt), Munich (E. Kuhn, Krumbacher) and Paris (Bréal, V. Henry, Meillet). In…
GREFE, Fedor Bogdanovič —> GRAEFE, Ch.-Friedrich
GREENOUGH, James Bradstreet. Portland, Maine 4.5.1833 — Cambridge, MA 11.10.1901. U.S. Classical Scholar and Linguist interested in Sanskrit. Professor at Harvard. Son of James Greenough (1802–1885) and his wife Catharine, the family moved soon to Boston. After Boston Latin School graduated A.B. in 1856 from Harvard College. Studied one year…
GREEN, Alexander. Kassa, Hungary 1888 — Wellesley, MA 11.11.1934. U.S. Linguist. Grew up in Hungary, came to the U.S.A. in 1903. Studies, mainly German, at College of the City of New York (B.A.) and Columbia University (M.A.). Ph.D. 1913 Columbia. Further studies at Leipzig. In 1913-16 Instructor in German at…