DUTENS, Jean-Michel Albert Alfred. Abbeville (Somme) 13.3.1841 — Paris 8.7.1917. French Linguist. Son of Louis Dutens (1800–1866) and Marie Amélie Hecquet d’Orval. Ph.D. 1883 Paris. According to Meillet his dissertation was good, but attracted so little attention that the depressed author never published much more, although remained member of the…
DURSCH, Johann Georg Martin. Deggingen, Kr. Göppingen, Württemberg 11.11.1800 — Rottweil, Württemberg 21.2.1881. German Catholic Theologian interested in Sanskrit. Studies at Tübingen, ordained as priest in 1825. Dr.theol. and Ph.D. 1825. Then two and a half year studies of Oriental languages in Paris (under Chézy et al.). After returning he…
DUROISELLE, Charles. Paris 25.6.1871 — Paris 7.4.1951. French Archaeologist and Pāli Scholar in Burma. Son of François Victor Duroiselle, a designer, and Clara Lorichon, went to Burma when 19. From 1903 correspondant of É.F.E.O. In 1909 Honorary Keeper of Manuscripts in Bernard Free Library, Rangoon. Superintendent of the Archaeological Survey…
DUPUIS, Louis Savinien. Sens, Yonne (Bourgogne) 18.8.1806 — Pondichéry 4.6.1874. Father. French Missionary and Tamil Scholar in India. Son of Edme Louis Dupuis und Victoire Remy. The home was very religious and he was put in local Jesuit school. Also seminary in Sens, ordained priest 1829. In 1831 sent to…
DUPEYTY-TRAHON, Jean-Ferdinand. Claire-Fontaine (Seine-et-Oise) 30.3.1794 — 1836. French Indologist. Son of an officer, who had served in India under Haidar ‘Ali, became interested in India through his father’s reminiscences. After studies of medicine in Paris became in 1813 the physician of the 150th regiment, but felt unhappy in the army…
DUNCKER, Max(imilian) Wolfgang. Berlin 15.12.1811 — Ansbach 21.7.1886. German Historian and Politician. Son of Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Duncker (1781–1869), a bookseller and publisher, and Fanny Auguste Levy. After Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium studies at Berlin under Hegel et al., for a while also at Bonn. Ph.D. 1834 Berlin. After some difficulties PD 1839…
DUNCAN, Jonathan. Wardhouse, Forfarshire 15.5.1756 — Bombay 11.8.1811. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India. Son of Alexander Duncan (d. 1792), one of the directors of E.I.C., and Jean Michie. Accepted to the E.I.C.’s civil service he arrived at Calcutta in 1772. After serving in various subordinate capacities, he was selected,…
DUMONT, Paul-Émile. Brussels 27.8.1879 — Baltimore 8.12.1968. Belgian Indologist in the U.S.A. Professor in Baltimore. Son of Constant Louis Michel Dumont (1823–1892), the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Belgium, and Hermine Devos. Studies at Bruxelles in 1897-99, graduated in philosophy. Now studied Sanskrit at Bologna under Pullé. Ph.D.…
DUKA, Theodor (Tivadar Duka). Dukafalva (now Dukovce in Slovakia) 22.6.1825 — Bournemouth 5.5.1908. Hungarian Physician in India and the U.K. Son of Francis de Duka, a landowner, and Johanna de Szeghy. Educated in Sárospatak and Eperjes, studied law at Budapest. Active in the 1848 Hungarian revolution, escaped to Germany and…
DUFF (Mrs. Rickmers), Christian Mabel. Calcutta 7.12.1866 — Munich 24.12.1939. British (Scottish) Traveller and Indologist. Daughter of merchant William Pirie Duff, a merchant in Calcutta, and Isabella Davidson, granddaughter of the pioneer of Scottish mission in India, Dr. Alexander Duff (1806–1876). Educated in London and Berlin, she studied Sanskrit at…