ST. BARBE, Henry Lewis (Louis, born as H. L. St.B. Browne). 1849? — ?.3.1886. British Civil Servant in Burma. Son of Colonel William Browne of Sidmouth, Devon. Educated at Rugby. Studies at Brasenose College, Oxford from 1868 (when 19). In 1870 joined I.C.S. and changed his name. Political Agent at…
SCHWAB, Julius. 17.4.1852 — 1928. German Librarian and Student of Indology. Born in a Roman Catholic family. Studies at Munich under E. Kuhn. Ph.D. 1882 Munich. From 1882 Hilfsarbeiter at Grossherzogliche Badische Hof- und Landesbibliothek in Karlsruhe, from 1887 at university library in Freiburg i.Br. (1890 custos, 1900 librarian, still…
STRACHAN, John. Brae near Keith, Banffshire 31.1.1862 — Prestwich, Lancashire 25.9.1907. British (Scottish) Classical and Celtic Linguist. Son of farmer Jacob Strachan and Ann Kerr. After Keith Grammar School studies of Classics from 1877 at Aberdeen (M.A. 1881) and Cambridge (Pembroke College, B.A. 1885, Fellow 1886, M.A. 1889), then IE…
STREITER, Friedrich Amadeus Johann Maria. Bozen (Bolzano) 2.11.1833 — Bozen 28.1.1894. Austrian Industrialist, former student of Indology. Born in the then Austrian South Tiroli, son of Joseph Maria Johann Bernhard Streiter (1804–1873) and Johanna Katharina Anna Holer (1802–1837). After school in Bozen and Innsbruck he entered military college in Graz,…
SCHULEMANN, Günther. Neisse/Schlesien (now Nysa in Poland) 26.8.1889 — Dresden 15.6.1964. Rev. German Philosopher and Buddhist Scholar. Professor in Breslau. Son of merchant Franz Schulemann (d. 1936) and Helene Meyer, the younger brother of —> Werner Schulemann (1888–1975). Studies of Catholic theology and philosophy at Berlin, Freiburg and Breslau, Ph.D.…
SCHRAM, Robert Gustav. Lemberg (L’viv) 18.1.1850 — Vienna 23.12.1923. Austrian Astronomer and Geodecist. Born in the then Austro-hungarian part of Ukraine, son of lawyer Adolf Schram. After gymnasium in Cracow from 1869 studies at Vienna. Ph.D. and PD 1874 Vienna. In 1872-73 briefly Assistant at Geneva observatory, then Th. von Oppolzer’s…
STROHAL, Emil Ernst. Klagenfurt 29.7.1874 — Leipzig 7.3.1902. Austrian Student of Indology. The eldest son of Emil Strohal (1844–1914), a legal scholar. Roman Catholic. Gymnasium in Graz. In 1893-94 studied law at Graz, then switched to Indology (Kirste), soon at Göttingen (Kielhorn) and 1895-96 at Vienna (Bühler). A serious illness…
STRONG, Sandford Arthur. Kensington, London 10.4.1863 — London 18.1.1904. British Semitic and Pāli Scholar, also an Art Historian. Son of Thomas Banks Strong, of the War Office, and Anna Lawson. After St.Paul’s school in London worked as clerk at Lloyd’s and attended classes at King’s College in London. From 1881…
STRONG, Dawsonne Melanchthon. Ross, Herefordshire 11.11.1841 — ?.7.1903. British Colonial Officer interested in Buddhism. Son of Clement Dawsonne Strong (1805–1898) and Charlotte Symonds. Served in Bengal Infantry, Major 1879, finally Major-General. Retired, in 1899 living in Edinburgh. Married 1870 Mary Louisa Smith (1848–1915), five sons and three daughters. Publications: Translated…
STRZYGOWSKI, Josef. Biala, Austrian Silesia (now Bielsko-Biała in Poland) 7.3.1862 — Vienna 2.1.1941. Austrian Art Historian. Professor in Vienna. Son of a cloth manufacturer, Josef Strzygowski (1823–1877), and his wife Josefine Fraas, Edle von Friedenfelt (1833–1909), a Roman Catholic of minor nobility. In 1880 took apprenticeship in a weaving plant,…