BOGLE, George. Daldowie on Clyde near Glasgow 26.11.1746 — Calcutta 3.4.1781. British (Scottish) Traveller and Diplomat. Youngest son of George Bogle (1700–1784), an important Glasgow merchant, and Ann Sinclair, mother died when he was 13. Educated at Haddington, Glasgow, then at Edinburgh University, finally at Enfield Academy near London. After…
BOGDAN-DUICĂ, Gheorghe (born Gh. Bogdan). Brassó/Kronstadt, Hungary (now Braşov in Romania)) 2.1.1866 — Braşov 21.9.1931. Romanian Literate interested in Indian Literature. Son of a poor merchant, Ioan Bogdan (1832–1906) and Elena Munteanu. After school in Braşov from 1885 studies at Budapest, Jena and Vienna (but degree only at Bucharest 1897).…
BÖHTLINGK, Otto Nikolaus von (Russian Otto Nikolaevič Betlingk). St.Petersburg 11.6.(30.5.)1815 — Leipzig 1.4.1904. Russian (German) Indologist. Born in St.Petersburg as a Dutch citizen in a family (father Nikolaus Dietrich Böhtlingk, 1773–1839, a merchant), which originally came from Lübeck, his mother, Maria Wilhelmina Strahlboin (died soon after his birth), was a…
BÖHM, Annie Karoline. Mährisch Ostrau (Moravská Ostrava in Czechia) 17.8.1893 — Haifa, Israel 11.9.1985. Austrian (Moravian Hew) Student of IE Linguistics. Daughter of Dr. Max Böhm (1857–1952) and Adele Wolf. Ph.D. 1921 Vienna. Then editor of the Neue Weinzeitung. Moved to Israel and worked 15 years as secretary to Ata…
BOEHLING, Georg. Rodenberg, Kreis Rinteln 28.10.1854 — Hannover 3.6.1912. German Teacher and former Student of IE Linguistics. Studies at Göttingen, Berlin, Königsberg and Marburg. Ph.D. 1882 Marburg. Then worked as teacher at St.Petersburg University, later at Technische Hochschule Hannover. Is he the same G. Boehling, who later wrote the book…
BODEN, Joseph. 1763 — Lisbon 21.11.1811. British Colonial Officer. Founder of the famous Boden chair of Sanskrit at Oxford University. Entered the Bombay Native Army in 1781 as Lieutenant, held appointments in the staff in Bombay, and was member of the Military Board. Lieutenant-colonel 1806, retired in 1807 and moved…
BODE, Mabel Kate Haynes (née Haynes). 28.10.1864 — Shaftesbury, Dorset 20.1.1922. British Indologist (Pāli scholar). Daughter of Robert William Haynes (1828–1879), a lawyer and law publisher, and his wife Emily (1833–1870). After parents’ death lived with an aunt, Janet Mary Haynes. Educated at Notting Hill High School for Girls in…
BODDING, Paul Olaf. Gjøvik, Oppland 2.11.1865 — Odense, Denmark 25.9.1938. Rev. Norwegian Missionary and Munda Scholar in India, lived long time among the Santals. Son of a bookseller, Edvard Olsen Bodding (1825–1905), and Betzy Emilie Wennevold (1838–1889). After meeting —> L. O. Skrefsrud in his father’s shop he decided to…
BOCHINGER, Jean-Jacques (Johann Jacob B.). Strasbourg 28.11.1802 — Strasbourg 12.8.1831. French (Alsatian) Protestant Theologian. Of humble origin, son of Jean Bochinger (1758–1807), a weaver, and Christine Madeleine Lutz (1778–1833). Studies at Protestant Seminary and Theological Faculty of Strasbourg, then at Heidelberg and Göttingen. For a while, 1824-26, private tutor in…
BOAKE, William John Slade. Colombo 1844 — London 2.6.1889. British (Irish) Civil Servant in Sri Lanka. Son of Rev. Dr. Barcroft Boake of Dublin (1814–1876), Principal of Colombo Academy in 1842-70, and Mary Katherine Slade (d. 1860). Obtained Lic. Med. of Trinity College, Dublin, and Diploma of Medicine and Surgery,…