PICTET, Adolphe. Lancy, Kanton Geneva 9/11.9.1799 — Geneva 12/20.12.1875. Swiss Officer and IE Scholar. Teacher and Docent in Geneva. Son of the well known diplomat and politician, the member of Genevan Government Charles Pictet-de Rochemont (1755–1824), and Sara Rochemont. Educated at Hofwyl (Bern), then studies aesthetics and philosophy at Geneva…
PICKFORD, John. 18?? — 1???. British Indologist. Studies at Oxford (Brasenose College) under Monier Williams (1865 there), Boden Scholar of Sanskrit. M.A. Until 1872 Professor of Sanskrit at Presidency College in Madras. Retired from the membership of R.A.S. in 1873. At least he cannot be the same as J.P., “a…
PHILLOTT, Douglas Craven. London 28.6.1860 — 11.9.1930. British Colonial Officer in India. Lieutenant-Colonel (1906). Son of Lt.Col. Henry Rodney Phillott (1812–1876) of Indian army and Lilias Syme. Educated at Felsted School in Essex and from 1880 at Sandhurst. Lieutenant 1881, Captain 1891, Major 1900. Served in Punjab Cavalry, for a…
PHILLIPS, Maurice. Llanboidy, Carmarthenshire 11.4.1839 — Southport, Merseyside 27.8.1910. Rev. British (Welsh) Missionary in India. Studies at Bedford College, in 1861 left for Madras. From 1862 worked for London Missionary Society in Salem, Coimbatore and from 1891 in Madras, retired 1908 and returned to the U.K. Fellow of Madras University…
PHEAR, John Budd. Earl Stonham, Suffolk 9.2.1825 — Exmouth, Devon 7.4.1905. Sir. British Lawyer in India. Son of Rev. J. Phear, a rector, and Catherine Wreford. Educated privately, studies at Pembroke College, Cambridge (B.A. 1847, M.A. 1850), then Fellow, Lecturer of Mathematics and Assistant Tutor at Clare College, Cambridge. “Senior…
PHAYRE, Arthur Purves. Shrewsbury 7.5.1812 — Bray near Dublin 14.12.1885. Sir. British (Irish Protestant) Colonial Officer and Burmese Scholar. In Burma 1834-74. Son of Richard Phayre (1761–1830) and Mary Ridgeway. “Educated in Shrewsbury, entered the Bengal Army, 1828. Served in the administration of Burma, 1834-48, in the Panjab, 1848-9; Commissioner…
PFUNGST, Arthur Joseph. Frankfurt a.M. 9.3.1864 — Frankfurt a.M. 3.10.1912. German Industrialist, Poet and Bauddha. Son of Julius Pfungst (1834–1899), a tobacco merchant, and Rosette Bertha Oppenheim. Studied chemistry and mathematics at Leipzig (dr. 1886). Succeeded his father as one of the owners of Naxos-Union (manufacturing grinding machines) in Frankfurt/Main,…
PEZZI, Domenico. Turin 20.4.1844 — Turin 24.10.1905. Italian IE Scholar. Professor in Turin. Studies at Turin, among other things Sanskrit under Flechia. Ph.D. 1865. Taught at Turin University (Facolta di lettere): from 1871 aggregato alla Facoltà, from 1876 incaricato del corso di grammatica greca, from 1878 Professore straordinario di grammatica…
PÉTURSSON, Sigurður Kristófer. Klettakoti á Snæfellsnesi 9.7.1882 — 19.8.1925. Icelandic Literate and Self-Taught Amateur Scholar. An Esperantist and a Theosophist. From early youth suffered of several diseases. Ph.D. Publications: Transl.: Hávamál Indíalands (Bhagavad-gíta). 126 p. Reykjavik 1924. – Wrote about Icelandic; diss. Sjúklingur í Laugarnesspítala. 192?. Sources: Icelandic Wikipedia; http://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/1428646/ with…
PETTAZZONI, Raffaele. San Giovanni in Persiceto, near Bologna 3.2.1883 — Rome 8.12.1959. Italian Scholar of Comparative Religion. Professor in Rome. Son of Cesare P. and Maria Luigia Minezzi. Studies of archaeology, etc. at Bologna and Rome. Ph.D. 1905 Bologna. From 1909 worked at Sardinian Department of Antiquities in Museo preistorico…