OBRY, Jean-Baptiste-François. Villers-Bretonneux (Somme) 17.9.1793 — 1871. French Literate interested in Indology and Religions. Son of wool merchant Firmin Obry and Marie Floride Debrie. Worked as attorney and judge in Amiens. “Juge honoraire, membre de l’académie d’Amiens”. He was much interested in Hebrew and in the 1830s he invented a…
NYERUP, Rasmus. Nyrup, Ørsted Sogn, Funen 12.3.1759 — Copenhagen 28.6.1829. Danish Scholar interested in India. Son of Christen Rasmussen, a poor villain, and Karen Simonsdatter. In 1773 came to Odense Latin school, matriculated 1776 and went to Copenhagen. Studies of philology and theology at Copenhagen University, M.A. 1784. In 1784-1803…
NOVIKOV, Nikolaj Ivanovič. Tihvinskoje-Avdotjino near Bronnicky (SE of Moscow) 8.5.(27.4.)1744 — ibid. 12.8.(31.7.)1818. Russian Literate, one of the leading representatives of Enlightenment in Russia. Born in a noble family, son of Ivan Vasil’evič Novikov (1699–1763), educated in Moscow. After military service in 1762-67 worked in the committee for the renovation…
NOUETTE, Charles Georges. Montlhéry near Paris 6.5.1869 — Paris 2.5.1910. French Traveller, the photographer of the Pelliot expedition in Central Asia in 1906-09. After the cossack destruction of the 1920s his and Stein’s photographs are the only remaining document of many Dunhuang murals. He was son of merchant Albert Charles…
NORSA, Umberto. Mantua 16.12.1866 — Mantua 5.4.1943. Italian Polyglot Author and Translator. Born in a Jewish family, educated in Mantua, already then (1881) translated Catull’s poems, in 1884 Heine and W. von Humboldt. Law studies at Bologna, following his father’s wishes, but he also attended the classes of Giosuè Carducci.…
NORRIS, Edwin. Taunton, Somerset 24.10.1795 — Brompton, London 10.12.1872. British Oriental and Celtic Scholar. Son of a printer. Educated at the local school by its headmaster, his uncle Henry Norris, himself uncle of —> J. Dowson (1820–1881). Never studied at a university. As young he spent six years in France…
NORMAN, Harry Campbell. Winkleigh, Devonshire 19.12.1878 — Benares (Varanasi) 11.4.1913. British Indologist (Pāli Scholar) in India. Son of James Norman (d. 1910), a physician, and Elizabeth Campbell, educated in Edinburgh. From 1896 studies at Edinburgh of Greek (under Butcher), Latin (Hardie) and Sanskrit (Eggeling). After M.A. in Classics moved in…
NOORDEN, Carl Friedrich Johannes von. Bonn 11.9.1833 — Leipzig 25.12.1883. German Historian interested in Sanskrit. Born in a wealthy family of Frisian origin, son of Johannes von Norden (1801–1855), a Prussian officer, and Hilda Nasse. After gymnasium in Bonn studied law at Bonn, soon also philology, then also at Marburg.…
NOLTE, Hans Josef. Paderborn 20.7.1857 — Papenburg, Emsland 4.8.1916. German Student of IE Linguistics. From Paderborn. Ph.D. 1894 Erlangen. Worked as teacher, in 1904-16 Director of Papenburg Realgymnasium. Publications: Diss. Die Anfänge des Ackerbaus, Jäger- und Hirtenlebens. Ein Beitrag zur indogermanischen Altertumskunde. 92 p. Marburg 1894. Sources: Diss. in Janert;…
NOER, Prince Friedrich Christian Charles Augustus Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Graf von. Slesvig (Schleswig) 16.11.1830 — Noer, Schleswig 25.12.1881. German-Danish Prince, Officer and Historian, from 1870 Graf (Count) von Noer (Prussian title). Son of Graf Friedrich Emile August von Noer (1800–1865) and his wife Henriette, Gräfin von Danneskiold-Samsøe. Grew up in Slesvig and…