SEIDENSTÜCKER, Karl Bernhard (Girimānanda, Bruno Freydank). Gerbstedt, Mansfeld-Südharz 23.3.1876 — Leipzig 29.10.1936. German Bauddha and Buddhist Scholar. Son of a vicar (Oberpfarrer), Karl Seidenstücker (d. 1920) and his wife Luise (d. 1897), gymnasium in Halle. From 1895 studies of science and medicine at Göttingen, 1900 switched to philosophy and philology…
SEGERSTEDT, Torgny Karl. Karlstad, Värmland 1.11.1876 — Göteborg 31.3.1945. Swedish Journalist and Historian of Religion. Son of Albrekt Segerstedt (1844–1894), a teacher and publisher, and Fredrika Sofia Bohman (d. 1884). After school in Karlstad studied theology at Lund, kand.teol. 1901. Continued studies at Uppsala,brief periods also at Berlin and Rostock,and…
SEELY, John Benjamin. St.Pancras, London 1786 — India 1826. British Colonial Officer in India. Captain in Bombay Native Infantry. He gave the first detailed account of Elura caves and temples. Son of Lawyer John Seely and his wife Lucinda. He himself tells, to excuse his poor education, that he went…
SEDGWICK, Leonard John (Jack). Bristol ?.4.1883 — Bombay 27.6.1925. British Civil Servant in India, interested in Botany and Religion. Son of Roger Buttery Sedgwick and Anna Diana Acworth, father and several elder relatives had worked in India. Educated in Uppingham, studies at Cambridge (Pembroke College, B.A. 1905). Arrived in India…
SEDDON, Charles Norman. Rock Ferry, Cheshire 18.12.1870 — Oxford 27.3.1950. British Civil Servant and Oriental (Marathi and Persian) Scholar. Son of Charles John Seddon and Emily Washburn. Educated in Liverpool, in 1889-91 studies at Oxford (Balliol College). In 1891 to India, served in I.C.S., mainly in Gujarat. In retirement University…
SCHMIDT, Isaak Jakob (Jakov Ivanovič Šmidt). Amsterdam 14.10.1779 — St.Petersburg 27.8.(8.9.)1847. Dutch-born Central Asian Scholar in Russia. Academician in St. Petersburg. It is said that he was born in the Netherlands in a German (Moravian) merchant family, but Le Calloc’h points out that his father Johannes (Jan) Schmidt was born…
SCHLEGEL, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich (1814 von Schlegel). Hannover 10.3.1772 — Dresden 12.1.1829. German Literate and Pioneer of Indology. Son of Johann Adolf Schlegel (1721–1793), a Lutheran priest and author, of an old cultural family, and Erdmuthe Hübsch (1735–1811), nephew of the poet Johann Elias Schlegel (1719–1749), brother of —> A. W.…
SCHLEGEL, August Wilhelm von. Hannover 5.9.1767 — Bonn 12.5.1845. German Indologist, Classical Scholar and Art Historian. Professor in Bonn. Son of Johann Adolf Schlegel (1721–1793), a Lutheran priest and author, of and old cultural family, and Erdmuthe Hübsch (1735–1811), nephew of the poet Johann Elias Schlegel (1719–1749), himself started early…
SCHLAGINTWEIT, Robert von. Munich 27.10.1833 — Giessen 6.6.1885. German Traveller in India and Central Asia. Son of oculist physician Joseph Schlagintweit (1792–1854) and Rosalia Seidl (1805–1839), brother of —> Adolf, Emil and Hermann Schlagintweit. A fifth brother was Eduard Schlagintweit (1831–1866), an officer and explorer of Morocco. After the early…
SCHLAGINTWEIT-SAKÜNLÜNSKI, Hermann von. Munich 13.5.1826 — Munich 19.1.1882. German Traveller in India and Central Asia. Son of oculist physician Joseph Schlagintweit (1792–1854) and Rosalia Seidl (1805–1839), brother of —> Adolf, Emil and Robert Schlagintweit. A fifth brother was Eduard Schlagintweit (1831–1866), an officer and explorer of Morocco. After the early…