PEREIRA, António Pinto. 15?? — 1587. S.J. Portuguese Historian of India. From Mogadour, Bragança. Apparently secretary of an officer in Goa. His work, dealing with the contemporary history of Portuguese in India, was published only posthumously. Publications: História da Índia no tempo em que a Governou o Visorei Dom Luís…
PEPPE, William Claxton. Birdpur, Gorakhpur dt. 1.2.1852 — Welshpool, Montgomeryshire 19.2.1937. British Engineer in India, interested in Archaeology. Son of —> William G. Peppe (1822–1889) and Delia Patience Bown. Educated in Aberdeen, then studied there engineering. He inherited from his father the indigo estate of Birdwood in Piprahwa (in U.P.…
PEPPE, William George. Aberdeen 19.4.1822 — on Red Sea 19.7.1889. British (Scottish) Businessman in India, interested in Archaeology. Son of George Peppe (born Peape, 1785–1837) and Janet Thomson, brother of —> Th. F. Peppe (1826/33–1907). Studied engineering at Aberdeen. In 1843 went to India with his brother George (1820–1864) to…
PEPPE, Thomas Frazer. Scotland 1826/33 (not 1839/44) — Ranchi, India 4.6.1907. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India, interested in Archaeology and Photography. Son of George Peppe (born Peape, 1785–1837, as he died in 1837, the birth years 1839 and 1844 are impossible) and Janet Thomson, brother of —> William G.…
PENZL, Herbert. Neufelden, Oberösterreich 2.9.1910 — Oakland 1.9.1995. Austrian Linguist in the U.S.A., naturalised 1944. Professor in Berkeley. Born into an academic family. After gymnasium in Ottakring (Vienna) studied English philology at Vienna. With a scholarship (recommended by S. Freud) went to the U.S.A. and was in 1932-34 Editorial Assistant…
PELLIOT, Paul. Paris 28.5.1878 — Paris 26.10.1945. French Sinologist and Central Asian Scholar. Professor in Paris. Son of Charles Théodore Pelliot (1847–1935), an industrial chemist, and Marie Renault, educated in Paris (collège Massillon, lycée Charlemagne and collège Stanislas). Studied in Paris for diplomatic career at École des sciences politiques and…
PEARSON, James (Jim) Douglas. Cambridge ?.12.1911 — Cambridge 1.8.1997. British Librarian, Specialist of Asian Books. Of humble origins, grew up in Cambridge and was employed from the age of 16 as bookfetcher in the University Library there. He developed a taste for “exotic languages” and won a scholarship for Hebrew…
PAYNE, Ernest Alexander. Upper Clapton, London 16.2.1902 — 14.1.1980. British Baptist Theologian and Historian. Son of Alexander W. Payne and Mary C. Griffiths. Studied at King’s College, London (B.A. 1921). Intending to become missionary he then studied at Regent’s Park College (1922-25), Mansfield College of Oxford (B.D. 1927, M.A. 1944)…
PAX, Elpidius (born Wolfgang Pax). Breslau 22.4.1912 — Lippstadt, Kr. Soest 14.4.1993. German Linguist and Catholic Theologian. Son of Ferdinand Albert Pax (1885–1964), a marine biologist, and Elisabeth Nohr. Studied classics, comparative linguistics, archaeology and philosophy at Breslau, especially under Havers and Strauss. Ph.D. 1936 Breslau. PD 1937 Breslau. From…
PAULY, Else Margarete (née Christiansen). Holbæk, Zealand 23.2.1918 — 26.8.2000. Danish Indologist. Daughter of Axel William Christiansen (1888-1964), an accountant, and Valborg Vilhelmine Wael (1879-1949). Matriculated 1938 in Copenhagen, then studied English, French, Classics and Comparative Linguistics (L. Hjelmslev) at Copenhagen. In 1945 married and had three children (born 1946-49).…