SCHULTZE, Martin. Nordhausen, Thüringen 11.1.1835 — Ellrich, Thüringen 10.9.1899. German Educator and Linguist. Son of organist Heinrich August Schultze (1818–1883) and Wilhelmine Ebert. Matriculated 1855 from Nordhausen and began studies of theology at Halle. Without graduation employed by Austrian consul F. Haas in Epirus, travelled in Balkan and Asia Minor,…
SCHUCHARDT, Hugo Ernst Mario. Gotha 4.2.1842 — Graz 21.4.1927. German Linguist in Austria. Professor in Graz. Son of Ernst Julius Schuchardt, a lawyer, and Malvina von Bridel-Brideri. Gymnasium in Gotha. Began his studies 1859 at Jena, soon (1860) switched from law to philology (i.al. Schleicher) and moved to Bonn. Ph.D.…
SCHÖNBORN, Emil. 18?? — 1???. German Student of Indology. In 1857 joined D.M.G. as student of theology and Oriental languages. Ph.D. 1862 Breslau. Probably became then teacher in Krotoschin (Krotoszyn) and from 1867 in Pless (Pszczyna), both in Silesia (now Poland). Publications: Diss. Aitareya-Brāhmaṇae specimen. 47 p. B. 1862. – Zur Erklärung Von…
SCHOENER, August Clemens. Bieswang, Bavaria 21.11.1872 — after 1940. German Missionary in South India. After theology studies in 1890-94 at Munich and Erlangen worked as vicar in Passau in 1894-96. In 1896 left for Trankebar, worked in Tamilnadu until 1903. Then quitted the mission and returned to Germany. Married 1899 Emilie…
SCHÖNBERG, Wolf Erich, Baron von. Herzogswalde, Sachsen 30.4.1812 — Herzogswalde 14.5.1883. German Traveller. Son of Friedrich August Wolf von Schönberg (1780–1830) and Henriette von Bühnau (1784–1812, died in childbed). Studied forestry at the academies of Tharandt and Dreissigacker. Travelled in India and Persia in the 1840s, then also in Africa. Married 1854…
SCHNEIDER (Šnejder), Varvara Petrovna. 1860 — 1941. Russian Artist. In 1909 she was member of the building committee of the St.Petersburg Buddhist temple. For the rest see under her sister —> Aleksandra Petrovna Schneider. Publications: Perhaps nothing. Sources: Vasil’kov & Sorokina 2003, 423.
SCHNEIDER (Šnejder), Aleksandra Petrovna. 1863 — 1942. Russian Artist. Niece of —> Minaev. Daughter of Pëtr Aleksandrovič Schneider and Elizaveta Pavlovna Minaev (d. 1875, after her husband). After the death of their mother raised by Minaev together with her sister —> V. P. Schneider. Together they kept his papers and…
SCHMID, Ludwig Bernhard Ehregott. Lobeda (now part of Jena) 20.3.1788 — Calicut (Kozhikode) 20.10.1857. Rev. German Missionary in South India. Son of Rev. Rudolf Ludwig Schmid and his wife (d. 1806). After gymnasium in Naumburg studied theology at Jena. Worked as tutor and planned to go to Paris for learning Sanskrit, but instead…
SCHANZ, Hugo. Schöneck, Vogtland 8.11.1834 — Bobenneukirchen, Vogtland 30.1.1892. German Missionary in South India. Son of Sigismund Robert Schanz (d. 1849), a lawyer and mayor. School in Schöneck and 1848-53 in Meissen. From 1853 studies of Theology at Leipzig. Ordained in 1861 in Leipzig and left for India. Worked in…
SCHAENZLIN (Schänzlin), Gottlieb L. Pfullingen near Reutlingen 25.5.1877 — Springfield, Clark, Ohio 27.9.1963. Rev. German Methodist Missionary in India, then in the U.S.A. Son of Johann Jakob Schaenzlin. M.A. 1921 Johns Hopkins, in Indology. From 1907 worked in Bengal, from 1914 he was Principal of Collins Institute and Bible Training School…