SALET, Pierre. Paris 10.11. or 9.3.1875 — Paris 20.11.1936. French Astronomer interested in religions. Son of Georges Salet (1844–1894) and Louise Zélie Roger d’Hostel. From 1899 student of astronomy at Paris Observatory, aide-astronome 1906, astronome adjoint 1912, astronome titulaire 1927. Married 1906 Marie Thérèse Bazin (1881–1970), three sons. Publications: Les…
REUTHER, Oskar August. Herner, Sauerland 20.10.1880 — Heidelberg 5.8.1954. German Historian of Architecture. Son of merchant O. A. Reuther. Studied 1899-1904 architecture at Technische Hochschule Dresden, soon interested in archaeology. Worked as architect in Berlin, in 1905-12 also participated in Koldewey’s excavations in Babylon. Ph.D. 1909 Dresden. Then also in other…
PROKOSCH, Eduard. Eger, Bohemia (Cheb, Czechia) 15.3.1876 — New Haven, Conn. 11.8.1938. U.S. (born Austrian) Linguist, Specialist of IE and Germanic. Son of Wenzel Prokosch, a schoolmaster, and Marie Fischer. Studied jurisprudence at Prague and Vienna (advocate examination 1897). Emigrated to the U.S.A. 1898 (citizen 1904). Worked briefly as reporter…
PIKE, Albert. Boston 29.12.1809 — Washington, D.C. 2.4.1891. U.S. Author, Poet, Orator, Editor, Lawyer. and Confederate General. Son of Benjamin Pike and Sarah Andrews. Grew up in Byfield and Newburyport, Mass. Self-educated, worked as teacher in Gloucester, North Bedford, Fairhaven and Newburyport. In 1831 left for west, stayed first in…
PIETRASZEWSKI, Ignacy (Ignatius). Biskupiec, Warmia 31.12.1796 — 16.11.1869. Polish Orientalist. Son of Baltazar Pietrazewski (d. 1802) and Barbara Ciecierska. Studied at Vilnius, 1826-31 at St.Petersburg (Turkish, Persian, Arabic). In 1832-40 worked in Russian consulates in Constantinople, Jaffa, Thessalonika and Alexandria. Taught briefly Turkish at St.Petersburg. From 1844 living in Berlin. Ph.D.…
PETERS, John Punnett. New York City 16.12.1852 — New York City10.11.1921. U.S. Oriental Scholar. Son of Rev. Thomas McClure Peters and Alice Clarissa Richmond, as child ofetn ill. After Hopkins School studies at Yale (B.A. 1873). Ph.D. 1876 Yale. Ordined priest 1877. Further studies at Berlin (1879-81) and Leipzig (1882-83).…
PELLY, Richard Lawrence. Coldharbour, Surrey 18.7.1886 — Salisbury, Wiltshire 7.4.1976. Rev. British. Son of Rev. Canon Richard Arnold Pelly (1856–1949) and Margaret Jane Buxton (1859–1903). Educated at Marlborough College. Studies at Cambridge (Clare College), B.A. 1910, M.A. 1912. In 1915-18 served as army chaplain. In 1918-26 Vice-Principal of Bishop’s College…
PAREJA Casañas, Félix Maria. Barcelona 15.12.1890 — Alcalá de Henares 26.8.1983. S.J. Padre. Spanish Islamic Scholar. Joined S.J. in 1915. Noviciate in Valenci. Studied in Zaragoza, Barcelona and Cambridge. Ph.D. 1935 Madrid (diss. on al-Andalus). In 1935-39 taught Arabic, Islamology and Latin at Bombay University. In 1939-54 taught Missiology and Islamology at…
OEHRN, Carolus (Karl Öhrn). Helsingborg 26.2.1777 — Helsingborg 25.4.1832. Swedish Lawyer. Son of Sven Öhen (d. 1816) and Maria Schiött, grew up in Helsingborg. Studies at Lund, fil.cand. 1797, law examination 1798, magister 1799. Notary from 1801, then council member in Helsingborg 1812-32. Married 1804 Beata Maria Coster, four children. Publications: Dissertatio …
NEVE, Ernest Frederic. Brighton 3.2.1861 — Srinagar 8.2.1946. British Surgeon in India. The youngest child of David Neve, a silk mercer, and Mary Jane Wibmer. After Brighton Grammar School two years in Germany, then from 1879 studied at Edinburgh, from 1882 concentrated on medicine. M.D. 1886 and immediately left for…