PERINI, Osvaldo. Verona (?) 1826 — 1890. Italian Journalist, Author, Historian and Translator interested in Sanskrit Literature. In 1849 expelled as a nationalist from Verona by Austrian government, worked as teacher in Breno near Brescia, and, after a while in Lugano, in other Lombardian towns, in 1853-62 in Turin and…
PEPPE, William Claxton. Birdpur, Gorakhpur dt. 1.2.1852 — Welshpool, Montgomeryshire 1937. British Engineer in India, interested in Archaeology. Son of —> William G. Peppe (1822–1889) and Delia Patience Bown. Educated in Aberdeen, then studied there engineering. He inherited from his father the indigo estate of Birdwood in Piprahwa (in U.P.…
PEPPE, William George. Aberdeen 19.4.1822 — on Red Sea 19.7.1889. British (Scottish) Businessman in India, interested in Archaeology. Son of George Peppe (born Peape, 1785–1837) and Janet Thomson, brother of —> Th. F. Peppe. Studied engineering at Aberdeen. In 1843 went to India with his brother George (1820–1864) to erect…
PEPPE, Thomas Frazer. Scotland 1826/33 (not 1839/44) — Ranchi, India 4.6.1907. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India, interested in Archaeology and Photography. Son of George Peppe (1785–1837, as he died in 1837, the birth years 1839 and 1844 are impossible) and Janet Thomson, brother of —> William G. Peppe. In…
PELLIOT, Paul. Paris 28.5.1878 — Paris 26.10.1945. French Sinologist and Central Asian Scholar. Professor in Paris. Son of merchant Charles Théodore P. and Marie Renault, educated in Paris. Studied in Paris for diplomatic career, but soon turned to Indology and Sinology under Lévi, Chavannes and Cordier. In 1900 joined the…
PAULI, Carl Eugen. Barth, Vorpommern 14.10.1839 — Lugano, Switzerland 7.8.1901. German IE Scholar and Etruscologist. Son of Carl P. and Henrica Roepke. Matriculated from Putbus, studies at Erlangen and Greifswald. Ph.D. 1862 Greifswald. Worked as schoolteacher in Stettin, from 1867 Lauenburg/Pommern, 1860 Hannoversch-Münden, 1873 Hannover and 1876-83 as Rector in…
PASTOR RODRÍGUEZ, Julián de. 18?? — 1???. Spanish Lawyer and Historian. Doctor en Derecho. In Sanskrit autodidact, taught it at the University of Zaragoza in 1869-70, later worked as notary in Madrid (still 1896). Publications: Wrote on Spanish history. Sources: Alvarez 54f.
PARSONS, Francis Cotton. Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire 29.11.1867 — Lausanne, Vaud 23.12.1924. British Civil Servant in India. Son of a farmer, William Baldock Parsons, and Louisa Ambrose. Joined I.C.S. in 1886, served in South India. Retired 1914, living in Cambridge passed B.A. 1916 and M.A. 1921. Lecturer in Telugu at Trinity College,…
PAPINIU, Eugen. 18?? — 19??. Romanian. In 1918 in London. One E.P. (b. 1885) was Ambassador in 1941. Bănăţeanu (Vi-BhQ 27, 1961, 258) calls him “Indianist”. Publications: Translated directly from Sanskrit: Kālidāsa, Śakuntalā, dramă sanscrită, în româneşte de Eusebiu Camilar după traducerea din original a lui E.P. p. 122. Bucureşti…
AINSLIE, Whitelaw. Duns, Berwickshire 17.2.1767 — London 29.4.1837. Sir. British Army Physician in India. Son of Robert Ainslie and Catharine Whitelaw. Joined the E.I.C. medical service in 1788 as Assistant Surgeon, and served in Madras Presidency. Surgeon 1794, Superintending Surgeon 1810, retired in 1815 and returned to England. Wrote on…