STEPHEN, Dorothea Jane. Simla 20.7.1871 — Andover, Hampshire 9.11.1965. British Missionary in South India. Cousin to Virginia Woolf; daughter of a lawyer, Bart. James Fitzjames Stephen (1829–1894), and Mary Richenda Cunningham. Born in India grew up in England. Warden of St. Andrew’s Missionary Training College in Madras. Unmarried. Publications: Studies in…
STANLEY, M. Victor. near Omro, Wisc. 1866 — 19??. U.S. Studied at Lawrence University, 1887-1892, then at University of Wisconsin (B.A. 1893) and University of Oregon (M.A. 1894, LL.B. 1904). Ph.D. 1895 Yale. In 1900 admitted to bar, for a while practised in Portland, Oregon. Then teaching Latin, soon Supervising-Principal…
STACK, Edward. 1850 — at sea 12.1.1887. British (Irish) Civil Servant in India. Studied at Queen’s University, M.A. Joined I.C.S. 1872, served in North-West Provinces, also visited Iran in 1891. From 1882 the first Director of Land Records and Agriculture in Assam. Learned quickly Assamese and began studying tribal languages,…
SINCLAIR, Albert Thomas. Brighton, Middlesex, Mass. 4.12.1844 — Boston, Mass. 21.4.1911. U.S. Lawyer and Gipsy Scholar. Son of Thomas Sinclair (1805–1883) and Caroline Abby Tracy. Worked as lawyer in Brighton, then in Boston. Married 1889 Mary Terrell Ross (1863–1902), three daughters. Publications: “An American-Romani vocabulary, by Albert Thomas Sinclair; comp. and…
SHERWOOD, Richard C. 17?? — 18??. British Physician in India. M.D. Surgeon in Fort St. George. Publications: “Of the Murderers Called Phánsigárs”, As. Res. 13, 1820, 250-181 (on Thugs) .Sources: Only mentioned in connection of the article.
SCHMID, Deocar. Lobeda (now part of Jena) 14.11.1791 — Calcutta 3.12.1828. Rev. German Missionary in India. Son of Rev. Rudolf Ludwig Schmid and his wife (d. 1806), brother of —> Bernhard Schmid (1788–1857), also a missionary. After gymnasium in Naumburg studied 1808-13 theology at Jena. Worked as tutor, decided to…
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…