SCHLAGINTWEIT, Emil. Munich 7.7.1835 — Zweibrücken 20.10.1904. German Indologist and Tibetan Scholar. The youngest son of oculist physician Joseph Schlagintweit (1792–1854) and Rosalia Seidl (1805–1839), younger brother of —> Adolf, Hermann, and Robert Schlagintweit. A fifth brother was Eduard Schlagintweit (1831–1866), an officer and explorer of Morocco. After the early…
SCHLAGINTWEIT, Adolf. Munich 9.1.1829 — Kashgar 27.8.1857. German Natural Scientist and Traveller in India and Central Asia. Son of oculist physician Joseph Schlagintweit (1792–1854) and Rosalia Seidl (1805–1839), brother of —> Emil, Hermann and Robert Schlagintweit. A fifth brother was Eduard Schlagintweit (1831–1866), an officer and explorer of Morocco. After the…
SCHIRMEISEN, Karl. Senftenberg, Bohemia (now Žamberk, Czechia) 13.12.1868 — Ahrweiler, Germany 11.8.1958. German (of Czech) Scientist (Mineralogist) interested in history and archaeology. Dr. Living in Brno, teacher at German Technical School. Proposed highly speculative theories, apparently often with racist ideas. Married 1897 Marie Haberhauer, three children. Publications: Die Arischen Göttergestalten.…
SCHILLING VON CANSTADT, Paul Ludwig, Freiherr (Cannstatt, Russian Pavel Lvovič Šilling fon Kanštadt, Baron). Real (Tallinn) 5.(16.)4.1786 — St.Petersburg 25.7.(6.8.)1837. Russian (German of Estonia) Officer, Diplomat, and Lay Sinologist also interested in Tibetan, and in Physics. Son of an officer, Ludwig Joseph Ferdinand Schilling von Canstadt, of old Swabian noble…
SCHIERN, Frederik Eginhard Amadeus Høst. Copenhagen 22.11.1816 — Frederiksberg near Copenhagen 16.12.1882. Danish Historian and Classical Scholar. Son of Jens Kragh Høst (1772–1844), a historian and lawyer, and Susanne Margrethe Oxholm (1786–1845), who after divorce married Niels Schiern (1789–1853, an official). Educated in Copenhagen, then studied history and law there.…
SCHIERLITZ, Ernst. Schleissheim near Munich 13.1.1902 — Munich 11.2.1940. German Indologist and Sinologist in China. Son of Josef Schierlitz, a post employee, and his wife Franziska. Educated in Bamberg and Munich. After military service in 1917-19 matriculated in 1921 from Munich. Then studied at Munich literature and art history, soon…
SCHIEFNER, Franz Anton von (Anton Antonovič Šifner). Reval (Tallinn) 6.(18.)7.1817 — St. Petersburg 4.(16.)11.1879. Russian (German of Estonia) Indologist and Tibetan Scholar. Academician in St.Petersburg. Son of Franz Schiefner (1774–1848), a glass merchant who had moved to Estonia from Bohemia, and Christiane Schneider. After school in Reval began in 1836 studies of…
SCHERZL, Vincenz (Vikentij Ivanovič Šercl’, Čeněk Šercl). Beroun, Bohemia (Czechia) 28.9.1843 — Ljubljana 4.12.1906. Czech Indologist and IE Scholar in Ukraine and Russia. Professor in Har’kov (Har’kiv) and Odessa. Brother of —> Richard Scherzl (1850–19??). Educated in Prague, in 1861-64 studied law at Prague, but used much time for learning…
SCHERZL, Richard (Ričard Ivanovič Šercl’). Prague 19.9.1850 — after 1914. Czech Scholar in Ukraine. Younger brother of —> V. Scherzl (1843–1906). School and 1868-72 studies of classical philology at Prague, in 1872-74 Slavic at St.Petersburg. Worked as teacher moving to Har’kov (Harkiv), where his brother was living. Completed his degree…
SCHERMAN, Lucian Milius. Posen (now Poznań in Poland) 10.10.1864 — Hanson, Mass. 29.5.1946. German Indologist and Anthropologist. Professor in Munich. Husband of —> Christine Scherman (1865–1940). Son of Adolph Scherman (1807–1876), a merchant and land owner, and Johanna Auerbach (1834–1907). After school in Breslau and Posen studies of Romanistics and Indology…