WORLITZKY, Franz

WORLITZKY, Franz. 1??? — 19??. Austrian Student of Indology. Ph.D. 1931 Vienna. Publications: Diss. Die Ādityas und ihre Beziehungen zu den anderen Göttern des vedischen Pantheons. Manuscript, Vienna 1931. Sources:  Diss. in Janert; nothing further information found.

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WODILLA, Paul

WODILLA, Paul. 4.3.1903 — 7.3.1982. Slovakian student of Indologyin Germany. Gymnasium in Kežmarok, matriculated 1922. Then studied theology and philosophy at Bratislava, in 1926 moved to Erlangen. Ph.D. 1928 Erlangen. Then returned to Czechoslovakia, but 1946 moved to Karlsruhe. There he was working in town administration (Stadtrat 1959-71). Publications: Diss. Niedere…

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WLASCHIM, Katharina

WLASCHIM, Katharina. Vienna 14.2.1902 — Detroit ?.5.1984. Ph.D. 1927 Vienna. Her surname points to Czech (Vlašim). Daughter of Dagobert Wlaschim (born in Prague) and Bertha Baumgartl, married Fritz Flesch (1903–1981), moved with him to Detroit. Publications: Diss. Studien zu den indogermanischen Ausdrücken für ‘geben’ und ‘nehmen’. Manuscript. Vienna 1927. Sources: Diss. in…

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WISE, James

WISE, James Fawns Norton. 1835 — 1886. British (Scottish) Physician in India. Son of —> Th. A. Wise (1802–1889) and Emily Isabella Disney (1812–1839). Worked ten years in Dhaka, retired. In India he copied inscriptions, collected folklore and conducted ethnographic studies. Publications: “Notes on Sunárgáon, Eastern Bengal”; JASB 43:1, 1874,…

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WAYMAN, Alex

WAYMAN, Alex. Chicago 11.1.1921 — New York 22.9.2004. U.S. Indologist and Buddhist Scholar. Professor in New York. During WW II served in the army, over three years in the Philippines, Okinawa, and Australia (also studies at University of Queensland). Studied Mathematics at U.C.L.A.: B.A. 1948, M.A. 1949. Then from 1952…

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WOODTHORPE, Robert Gosset

WOODTHORPE, Robert Gosset. Purfleet, Essex 22.9.1844 (or 26.5.) — 28.10.1920 (niceartgallery, others say 1898}.  British Colonial Officer in India, Explorer and Amateur Artist. Major-General. In 1865 joined Royal Engineers, soon to India. In 1871-72 surveyed Lushai Hills, then Garo and Naga Hills. In 1885 led an expedition from Upper Assam…

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WOODBURNE, Angus Stewart

WOODBURNE, Angus Stewart. London, Ontario 1.9.1881 — Madurai 13.2.1938. Rev. Canadian Missionary in India. Son of Thomas W. and Anne Elizabeth Cathro. Studies at McMaster in Toronto (B.A. 1906, M.A. 1910) and University of Chicago (B.D. 1917, Ph.D. 1918). Ordained Baptist minister in 1906. In 1906-14 missionary in India. In…

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WOLLASTON, Arthur Naylor

WOLLASTON, Arthur Naylor. Beulah Hill, Norwood, Surrey 14.10.1842 — Walmer, Kent 8.2.1922. Sir.  British Oriental Scholar. Son of Henry Francis W. and Elizabeth Naylor. Educated at Stockwell Grammar School. In 1859 (when only 16) joined Political Department of India Office, worked under John Kaye, later moved to Revenue, Statistic and…

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WIRZ, Paul

WIRZ, Paul. Moscow 29.5.1892 — Ulopu, Maprik, Papua New Guinea 30.1.1955. Swiss Ethnologist. Born of Swiss parents in Russia, son of Jakob Wirz (1856–1904), a businessman, and Louise Nidecker. School in Moscow and Zürich. Studied physics and chemistry at Technische Hochschule in Zürich, but soon turned to Ethnology. Ph.D. 1920.…

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WILSER, Ludwig

WILSER, Ludwig. Karlsruhe 5.10.1850 — Heidelberg 19.11.1923. German Physician and Racist Theoretician. Gymnasium in Karlsruhe, medical studies at Freiburg, Heidelberg and Leipzig. Dr.Med. Then practising physician in Karlsruhe until 1897, when he moved to Heidelberg and lived there as private scholar. He was interested in craniometry and had relations both…

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