GALANOS, Demetrios (Dimitrios G., Δημήτριος Γαλανός). Athens 1760 — Varanasi 3.5.1833. Greek Indologist in India. Son of Pantaleon and Diamanta Galanos, a wealthy Athenian family, educated in Athens, Patmos and Constantinople, where his uncle had a high ecclesiatic position. Himself rejected the priestly career. In 1786 he came to India…
GAIT, Edward Albert. Camden Town, London 16.8.1863 (or 2.2.1862?) — Ealing, London 14.3.1950. Sir. British Civil Servant and Assamese Scholar in India. Son of John James Gait (1827–1905) and Anna Clarke. Graduated from University College, London. Entered I.C.S. in 1882. Became 1893 Director of Land Records in Assam, 1895 Secretary…
GÄRTCHEN, Adolf Friedrich Hermann Paul. Herrnstadt, Kr. Guhrau, Silesia (now Wąsosz in Poland) 14.10.1881 — 19??. German Teacher and former Student of IE Linguistics. Son of Hermann Gärtchen, a schoolteacher. Educated in Oela, from 1900 studies at Breslau, under O. Hoffmann, Hillebrandt, et al. Ph.D. 1905 Breslau. Further studies of…
GAEDICKE, Carl. 18?? — 1880?. German Indologist. A student of Delbrück and Cappeller. Ph.D. 1877 Jena (under Delbrück), but said to have died soon after finishing his study for the press. However, Kalliope knows a letter from him to Ad. Kuhn dated 1884. His only work was much praised. Publications:…
GABET, Joseph. Nevy-sur-Seille (Jura) 4.12.1808 — Rio de Janeiro 3.3.1853. French Lazarist Missionary in China. Son of a smallholder, went at the age of 15 to petit séminaire de Vaux, at 20 to grand séminaire de S.-Claude. Ordained as a priest at the age of 26. In 1834 he joined…
GABELENTZ, Hans Georg Conon von der. Poschwitz bei Altenburg (Thüringen) 16.3.1840 — Lemnitz (Thüringen) 11.12.1893. German Sinologist. Son of —> H. C. von der Gabelentz (1807–1874) and Henriette von Linsingen. After gymnasium in Altenburg studied law at Jena (or Halle, also linguistics). He worked from 1864 as an assistant judge…
GABELENTZ, Hans Conon von der. Altenburg (Thüringen) 13.10.1807 — Lemnitz bei Triptis (Thüringen) 3.9.1874. German Linguist. Son of chancellor Leopold von der Gabelentz (1778–1831) and Marianne von Seebach (1784–1876), of an old Saxonian noble family. Together with the publisher F. A. Brockhaus and two other friends the father invented the…
GABELENTZ-LINSINGEN, Hans Albert von der. Altenburg (Thüringen) 14.11.1834 — Weimar 5.3.1892. German Naturalist interested in East Asia. Son of —> H. C. von der Gabelentz (1807–1874) and Henriette von Linsingen (1813–1892), added his mother’s name (Linsingen) in 1860. Oberhofmeister. Married 1867 Margaretha Therese Elisabeth von Carlowitz (b. 1844), two sons…
GAASTRA, Dieuke. Dordrecht 18?? — 19??. Mrs. Dutch Indologist. Student of Gallée and Caland. Ph.D. 1906 Utrecht. One D. Gaastra married Arij Roest Crollius. She was born in Workum 7.8.1871 as the daughter of Siemon Gaastra and Catharina Visser, married there 1895 and died in the Hague 9.7.1936. They were…
FUMI, Fausto Gherardo. Montepulciano (Tuscany) 17.10.1840 — Genoa 1915. Italian Linguist interested in Sanskrit Literature. Studies at Pisa (under Bardelli, diplome 1862), Florence and Leipzig. First teacher in Liceo di Reggio-Calabria, then taught at University of Palermo in 1887-90 and from 1890 at Genoa, where he became ord. Professor of…