ARENSKIJ, Pavel Antonovič. Livny, Orlov gub. 1887 — 25.12.1941. Russian Indologist (Hindi Scholar). Son of a composer, Anton Stepanovič Arenskij (1861–1906). Living in Moscow, after revolution joined the Red Army and worked in visual agitation in Smolensk. From 1921 at Oriental Institute in Moscow, from 1922 nayčnyj sotrudnik, 1923-25 teaching…
ANTONESCU, Teohari. Bucharest 1.9.1866 — Iaşi 11.1.1910. Romanian Historian and Classical Scholar interested in Indology. Son of Petru Antonescu. Student of Al. Obolescu, further studies in Paris (diplom of É.P.H.É. 1892, with a study on Greek vase painting), Heidelberg and Berlin. Returned in Romania in 1894, he first taught Greek…
ANDREWS, A. 18?? — 1???. His work is a scanty collection of word lists arranged according to part of speech and word length. James: “It is very difficult to discern to what useful purpose a publication such as this could could realistically be put.” Publications: The English and Tamil Popular…
ANDREW, William. 1??? — 1???. Apparently an Englishman who had been in India. His both grammars were meant for the students of Haileybury East India College by the author, who was then living in Woodford, Essex, although, as he states in the preface of the second, originally written for private…
ANDERSON, James. Edinburgh 1758 — Bath 3.10.1833. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer in India. Son of David Anderson (1707–1786, factor to the Earl of Wemyss) and Mary Mitchelson. Studied at Edinburgh. Came to India before 1782 as Lieutenant. In 1785 succeeded his brother David as the Resident with Sindhia, remained only…
ANDERSON, Charles William. 18?? — 19??. British (Scottish) Engineer in India. Worked on Bengal–Nagpur railway in Chakradharpur (in 1911/20 there). Indian Army List for 1915 mentions Lieutenant Ch.W.A. in Chakradharpur. JBORS 3, 1917, 423 says he was engineer of Bengal–Nagpur railway in Chakradharpur and graces vide.co.uk has him there as…
ZUBATÝ, Josef. Prague 20.4.1855 (or 1851?) — Prague 21.3.1931. Czechoslovakian Indologist and Slavic Scholar. Professor in Prague. Studied classical philology, Czech, Sanskrit and Comparative Linguistics at Prague (under Ludwig). Ph.D. 1883. PD 1885 Prague, in the Czech branch of the University, succeeding Vaníček in Sanskrit teaching. From 1894 Professor of…
WRIGHT, Joseph. Idle near Bradford, Yorkshire 31.10.1855 — Oxford 27.2.1930. British Linguist. Son of Dufton Wright (d. 1866), a woollen cloth weaver and quarryman, and Sarah Ann Atkinson, a modest family. Working from childhood in various odd jobs he started night-school when 15, concentrating on languages, and in 1876 went…
WRIGHT, Henry Nelson. Mainput, Uttar Pradesh 29.10.1869 — England 13.5.1941. British Civil Servant and Numismatist In India, concentrating on Muslim coins. Son of Francis Nelson Wright of I.C.S., educated at Eton. Studied two years classics at Oxford (Corpus Christi College). In 1890 sailed to India, first post in Meerut. From…
WLISLOCKI, Heinrich Adalbert von. Kronstadt (now Braşov) 9.7.1856 — Klosdorf bei Kleinkopisch (now Şona in Translivania) 19.2.1907. Austrian Gypsy Scholar. His father was Polish-Austrian tax collector and mother a German of Transylvania, gymnasium in Kronstadt. In 1875-79 studied at Klausenburg (Cluj-Napoca), mainly Germanic, but also Sanskrit (Brassai). Ph.D. 1879 (diss.…