U – Persons of Indian Studies by Prof. Dr. Klaus Karttunen

UXBAND, F. E., nom-de-plume of —> Vilmos Hevesy

USBORNE, Charles Frederick

USBORNE, Charles Frederick. London 18.2.1874 — 6.11.1919. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Thomas Usborne (1838–1898), a businessman, and Agnes Elizabeth Gibbs. Studies at Balliol College, Oxford. Rejected by army because of his modest height he joined I.C.S. in 1898. Finally Deputy Commissioner of Hissar (Haryana). He suffered of…

UPJOHN, Aaron

UPJOHN, Aaron. 17?? — 1???. British Printer in India. Arrived at Calcutta in 1785 as ship’s musician (bassoon player). There he became printer and part owner of the Calcutta Chronicle. Bankrupt in 1792. He printedthe very first Bengali–English dictionary ever published in his own name, but it is claimed that the real…

UHTOMSKIJ, Èsper Èsperovič,

UHTOMSKIJ, Èsper Èsperovič, Prince. Oranienbaum (now Lomonosov) west of St.Petersburg 26.8.1861 — Detskoe Selo (Puškin), St.Petersburg 26.11.1921. Russian Scholar, Collector, Traveller, Political Thinker, Entrepreneur and Publisher. Son of Èsper Alekseevič Uhtomskij (1832/34–1885), a naval officer, of ancient boyar family, and Evgenija Alekseevna Greig (1835–1870). Studies of philosophy and Slavonic at…

UHLIK, Rade

UHLIK, Rade (born as Aladar Uhlik). Sarajevo 1.2.1899 — Sarajevo 12.6.1991. Bosnian-Herzegovinian Linguist and Gypsy Scholar. Born in a Lutheran family, grew up in Vienna, Budapest and and Belgrade. Studied Germanistics at Belgrade and worked as schoolteacher, then as translator at Tanjug. Later custos in Bosnia-Hercegovina Museum in Sarajevo. He…

URAY, Géza

URAY DE URA, Géza Ferenc Zoltán. Budapest 16.8.1921 — Vienna 17.7.1991. Hungarian Tibetan Scholar. Professor in Budapest. Son of Zoltán János Uray (1888–1946) and Margit Izabella Klara Zala. Reluctantly following his father’s wish he enrolled the Military Academy in 1939, but in 1940 moved to university. First studied law, from…

UPHAM, Edward

UPHAM, Edward. Exeter 1776 — Bath 25.8.1834. British Bookdealer and Orientalist. Born in Exeter, where his father Charles Upham (1739–1807) was later (1796) the mayor. Himself worked as bookseller in Exeter, in 1807 became its sheriff and 1809 mayor. After earlyretirement lived in Dawlish (Devon) and Bath. Married 1801 Mary…

UNKRIG, Wilhelm Alexander

UNKRIG, Wilhelm Alexander. Köslin, Pomerania (now Koszalin in Poland) 1883 — Traisa near Darmstadt 24.6.1956. German Mongolian and Lamaist Scholar. Son of a crofter. From 1908 he was trained for missionary work among the Mongols at Religious Academy in Kazan and in 1912 became Russian Orthodox priest. The World War…

ÚJFALVY, Charles-Eugène (Károly Jenő)

ÚJFALVY DE MEZŐ-KÖVESD, Charles-Eugène (Mezőkövesdi Újfalvy Károly Jenő, Karl Eugen Újfalvy von Mezőkövesd). Vienna 18.5.1842 — Florence 31.1.1904. Hungarian Traveller and Anthropologist of Central Asia living in France. Born in an aristocratic family, son of cavalry officer Samuel de Újfalvy and Theresa Huszár. Grew up in the family estate in…

UHLIG, Helmut

UHLIG, Helmut. Chemnitz 18.5.1922 — Rotenburg an der Wümme in North-Eastern Niedersachsen 24.2.1997. German Teacher and Author interested in Buddhist Studies. Son of post official Georg Uhlig and his wife Olga, a leftist family highly critical towards Nazis. Matriculated in 1941, then in army, but was wounded in Balkan and…