STRATTON, Alfred William. Toronto 25.6.1866 — Gulmarg, Kashmir 23.8.1902 (when 38). Canadian Indologist in India. Son of William Stratton (1835–1909) and Ellen Woods (1840–1897). Graduated in 1887 from the University of Toronto. In 1887-92 taught classics at Hamilton Collegiate Institute. In 1892 began study of Sanskrit and IE at Johns…
SCHWANBECK, Erwin Alexis. Falkenberg/Pommern (now Jastrzębniki in Poland)) 13.11.1821 — Köln 8.1.1850. German Classical Scholar and Indologist. Studied classical philology at Greifswald and from 1840 at Bonn, now also Indology. Worked as Mitredacteur of the Kölnische Zeitung. He published the editio princeps of Megasthenes’ fragments and started to work on…
STRANGE, Thomas Andrew Lumisden. London (?) 30.11.1756 — London 16.7.1841. Sir. British Civil Servant and Lawyer in India. Son of Sir Robert Strange (1721–1792), an eminent engraver, and Isabella Lumsden. Educated at Westminster School and Oxford (Christ Church, B.A. 1778, M.A. 1782). Called to the bar from Lincoln’s Inn in…
SCHWYZER, Eduard. Zürich 15.2.1874 — Berlin 3.5.1943. Swiss IE Scholar in Germany. Professor in Zürich, Bonn and Berlin. Son of coppersmith Johann Eduard Schweizer (1845–1910) and Sophie Ernst, grandnephew of —> Schweizer-Sidler (1815–1894; who was also his teacher in gymnasium). Educated in Zürich, matriculated 1892. Studies at Zürich (Kaegi, Hitzig)…
STOROST, Wilhelmas (Vilimas or Vilius Storostas; pseudonym Vydūnas, Vîdûnas). Jonaten, Lith. Jonaičinose (Jonaičiai), Heydekrug/Šilutė, German East Prussia (now in Lithuania) 22.3.1868 — Detmold 20.2.1953. Lithuanian (in Germany) Author and Theosophist interested in Sanskrit. Born in German East Prussia as member of the Lithuanian minority, son of Anskis Storost (1837–1903) and…
STOKES, Whitley. Dublin 28.2.1830 — Kensington, London 13.4.1909. Irish Lawyer and Linguist (Celtic Scholar). Son of Dr. William Stokes (1804–1878), Professor of Physics at Dublin, and Mary Black. Educated at St.Columba’s College. From 1846 studies at Trinity College, Dublin, Siegfried’s student, graduated B.A. 1851. Possibly for a while at Edinburgh,…
STÖNNER, Albert Heinrich. Bremen 30.5.1872 — 13.12.1931. German Indologist. Educated in Bremen. Studied first two years chemistry at Marburg and one year at Halle, then 5 years Indology at Berlin (Geldner, Weber, Sieg) and in 1901 at Halle (Pischel). Ph.D. 1901 Halle. From 1901 worked in Berlin Museum, concentrating on…
STERN, Philippe Gérard Isaïe Simon. Paris 11.4.1895 — Paris 4.4.1979. French Art Historian specialized in Indian and South-East Asian (Khmer & Champa) Art. Son of Lazare René Stern (1862–1951) and Cécile Marie Charlotte May. Studied in Paris first philosophy and musicology, soon Indian and Khmer cultures under Finot et al. In…
SCHÜTZ, Carl Wilhelm. Bückeburg, Schaumburg-Lippe 14.4.1805 — Bielefeld 14.9.1892. German Indologist. Ph.D. Son of local pastor, Johann Gottfried Schütz (1769–1848, a friend of Goethe), gymnasium in Bückeburg and Osnabrück. First studiedtheology at Halle from 1823-27. In 1828 visited Copenhagen, met Rask and became interested in Sanskrit. In 1829-34 teacher in…
SCHUYLER, Montgomery (Jr.). Stamford, Conn. 2.9.1877 — New York 1.11.1955. U.S. Diplomat and Indologist. Son of the elder Montgomery Schuyler (1843–1914), a famous diplomat, author and journalist, and Katherine Beeckman Livingston (1842–1914), an old New Yorkian family (since the 17th century). After Trinity School in New York studied at Columbia University…