GEISLER, Carl. Eschwege, Kurhessen 18?? — 1???. German Student of IE Linguistics. Ph.D. 1873 Vienna. Publications: Diss. Eine Untersuchung über ‘Sein und Nichtsein’ in den indogermanischen Sprachen. Probably a manuscript, Vienna 1893. Sources: scopeq.cc.univie.ac.at.
GEIGER, Wilhelm Ludwig. Nürnberg 21.7.1856 — Neubiberg near Munich 2.9. 1943. German Iranian Scholar and Indologist. Professor in Erlangen and Munich. Husband of —> Magdalene Geiger. Son of Johannes Leonhard Geiger (1820–1894), a Lutheran minister, and Emma Paur (1832–1918). Studied classical philology and Oriental languages at Berlin, Bonn and Erlangen…
GEIGER, Magdalene (née Grobe). Calbe (an der Saale) 19.6.1877 — 25.1.1960. German Indologist. Wife of —> Wilhelm Geiger (1856–1943). Daughter of a flax mill owner, according to custom of the time was sent to a girls’ school in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. In school and at home she learnt…
GEIGER, Bernhard. Bielitz-Biala in Austrian Silesia (now Polish Bielsko) 30.4.1881 — New York 5.7.1964. Austrian Indo-Iranian Scholar, later in the U.S.A. Professor in Vienna and New York. Son of Chiel Geiger, a Jewish tailor who moved in 1902 to the U.S.A. School and gymnasium in Biala. Studies of Semitics, Iranian…
GEHMAN, Henry Snyder. Ephrata, Lancaster Co., Pa. 1.6.1888 — Princeton, NJ 13.5.1981. Rev. U.S. Classical scholar, Semitist and Sanskritist. Professor in Princeton. Son of Christian Eberly Gehman (1857–1941) and Amanda Minerva Snyder, a family with Mennonite background. Educated at Franklin and Marshall College (1909 A.B., 1911 A.M.). In 1905-06 taught…
GEDEN, Alfred Shenington. Didsbury, Manchester 26.11.1857 — Bromley, London 3.8.1936. Rev. British Scholar of Religion. Son of John Dury Geden (1822–1886), D.D. of St.Andrews and Wesleyan minister, and Elizabeth Mease. Educated at Manchester Grammar School, studies at Magdalen College, Oxford. In 1881 ordained Wesleyan minister. M.A. Oxford. D.D. Aberdeen. In…
GEBAUER, Jan. Úbislavice (Auslauf) near Nová Paka 8.10.1838 — Prague 25.5.1907. Czech Slavic and IE Linguist. Professor of Slavic Philology at Charles University in Prague. Born of German father and Czech mother, a poor family in a small village, sent by local vicar to high school in Jičín. At university…
GAWROŃSKA, Antonina (née Miłkowskaja). 1864? — 1944?. Polish Teacher and Translator. Mother of —> Andrzej Gawroński (1885–1927). Daughter of Zygmunt Miłkowski alias Teodor Tomas Jeż (1824–1915), a well-known poet. Married with the historian Franciszek Rawita-Gawroński (1845-1930), three sons. Publications: Translations. Sources: Husband and son in *Polski Słownik Biograficzny 7. Kraków…
GAUTHIOT, Robert-Edmond. Paris 13.6.1876 — Val-de-Grâce, Paris 11.9.1916. French Linguist, specialist of Iranian and Uralic, a Pioneer of Sogdian Studies. Son of a French teacher of German, Charles Simon Gauthiot, and a German mother, Elise Wilhelmine Augusta Langerhans (b. 1849). Educated in Paris at Lycée St.Louis (where his father was…
GATTI, Stanislao. Naples 1820 — Benevento 4.2.1870. Italian Philosopher – one of the Napoletan Hegelians – also interested in Indology. Son of the elder St. Gatti and Marianna De Nigro. Educated in Naples. Although he knew some Sanskrit, he leaned heavily on German and English translations. Publications: Transl.: Nala e…