alphabet – Page 134 – Persons of Indian Studies by Prof. Dr. Klaus Karttunen

BARIGUE DE FONTAINIEU

BARIGUE DE FONTAINIEU —> BARRIGUE DE FONTAINIEU.

BARBOUR, Philip Lemont. Louisville, Kentucky 21.12.1898 — Petersburg, Virginia 21.12.1980. U.S. Linguist, Historian and Radio Broadcaster. Son of Philip Foster Barbour (1867–1944), a physician, and Jessie A. Lemont (1872–1947). In 1910 moved with his divorced mother ans sisters to New York. Studies of history and languages at Columbia and Cornell…

BANESS, Joshua Frederick

BANESS, Joshua Frederick. Delhi 30.1.1830 — Simla 7.6.1884. British Civil Servant in India. Born in India, son of Athanes Baness (1802–1845) ja Harriet Lumley (1808–1880), the surname Baness is Scottish. Surveyor and Chief Draftsman in Geographical and Drawing Branch of the Survey of India (1881).Married 1856 Marie Knight (b. 1832)…

BAIN, Francis William

BAIN, Francis William. 29.4.1863 — 24.2.1940. British Fantasy Writer. Studied at Oxford. He lived long time in India (in I.C.S. 1892-1919) and presented his own writings as translations of Indian texts. For Indology they have of course no value. An impostor like he has no right to be included here.…

AYTON, James Alexander

AYTON, James Alexander. Calcutta 28.7.1791 — near Budge Budge (now in Kolkata Metropolitan area) 10.8.1832, when 41. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of James Ayton and Margaret Burges, of Scottish origin. Lieutenant, Assistant Professor of Arabic and Persian at College of Fort William in Calcutta (1820), later Brevet Captain.…

ASTI VERA, Armando

ASTI VERA, Armando. Buenos Aires 25.6.1914 — Buenos Aires 3.2.1972. Argentinian scholar of Religion. Ph.D. 1939 Buenos Aires, in philosophy, then taught at several Argentinian universities. Founder (in the late 1960s) and director of the Centro de Estudios de Religiones y Filosofías del Oriente in the Departemento de Filosofía y…

ARRIËNS, Pieter

ARRIËNS, Pieter. Herwijnen, Gelderland 7.1.1791 — the Hague 17.5.1860. Dutch Naval Officer. Son of Nicolaas (Claas) Arriëns and Catharina Gijsbertha Boellaard van Tuyl. Joined the navy as cadet in 1802, 1808 Lieutentant. In 1831-43 commander and companion of Prince William Frederick Henry of the Netherlands on various travels (including India),…

ARENSKIJ, Pavel Antonovič

ARENSKIJ, Pavel Antonovič. Livny, Orlov gub. 12.7.1887 — Sevvostlag 25.12.1941. Russian Indologist (Hindi Scholar). Son of a composer, Anton Stepanovič Arenskij (1861–1906) and Elizaveta Vladimirovna Lačinova. Living in Moscow, after revolution joined the Red Army and worked in visual agitation in Smolensk. From 1921 at Oriental Institute in Moscow, from…

ANTONESCU, Teohari

ANTONESCU, Teohari. Bucharest (?) 1.9.1866 (?) — Iaşi 11.1.1910. Romanian Historian and Classical Scholar interested in Indology. Son of Petru Antonescu, a small trader. His background and early years are uncertain, some say that he was born in Giargiu in 1867 as the illegitimate son of monk Antonie and Alexandrina…

ANDREWS, A

ANDREWS, A. 18?? — 1???. His work is a scanty collection of word lists arranged according to part of speech and word length. James: “It is very difficult to discern to what useful purpose a publication such as this could could realistically be put.” Publications: The English and Tamil Popular…