WHITNEY, Loren Harper. 12.9.1834 — 1912. U.S. Lawyer Interested in Religions. Worked in Chicago (1905). Publications: Life and Teachings of Zoroaster, the Great Persian, including a comparison of the Persian and Hebrew religions, showing that “the word of the Lord” came to the Hebrews by way of Persia. Part second offers…
WEIDENBACH, Hermann. 1901 — 19??. German Student of IE. Ph.D. 1932 Heidelberg. Google knows another diss. Das Geheimnis der Schweren Basis: Das Jery slavenicum!. 31 p. Heidelberg 1928. Publications: Diss. Das Jery indogermanicum. 45 p. Mannheim 1932. Sources: Diss in Janert.
VAUDEVILLE, Charlotte Louise Marie. La Tronche (Isère) 1918 — Poissy (Yvelines) 28.4.2006. Mademoiselle. French Indologist, a Specialist of Bhakti Religion and Poetry. Professor in Paris. Studied classics and Indology in Paris (Bloch and Renou): licence-ès-lettres 1939 Sorbonne (in classics), certificat d’études indiennes (Sanskrit) 1942 and diplome des langues orientales (Hindi) 1943.…
TSEREPES, Georgios N. (Giorgios Tserepis; Γεώργιος Τσερέπης). 1836 — 1908. Greek Linguist. From Cephallonia (?). In 1891 Docent of Sanskrit at Athens. Publications: Translated Meghadūta: Nephelangelos, poiēmation indikon (Νεφελάγγελος, ποιημάτιον ινδικόν). 1878. – Indika meletēmata(Ινδικά Μελετήματα). 1884. – Also wrote on Greek language. Sources: Scanty stray notes in Internet.
TREWEEK, Athanasius Pryor. Sydney 29.12.1911 — Sydney 20.1.1995. Australian Classical Scholar, Linguist and Mathematician. The only child of teacher Walter Henry Treweek (b. 1866 in Cornwall, d. 1920) and nurse Mary Matilda Dwyer (1872–1953). After Saint Ignatius’ College in Riverview he studied classics and mathematics at Sydney. Ph.D. 193?. From…
TOPOROV, Vladimir Nikolaevič. Moscow 5.7.1928 — Moscow 5.12.2005. Russian Indologist and IE Linguist. Son of an official. Graduated 1951 from Moscow University ( student of M. N. Peterson). Kand. filol. nauk 1955. From 1954 naučnyj sotrudnik at Instituta slavjanovedenija AN SSSR in Moscow, 1960 staršij naučnyj sotrudnik. Hon. Dr. filol.…
THORDARSON, Fridrik (Friđrik þórđarson). Reykjavik 7.3.1928 — 2.10.2005. Icelandic Iranian Scholar in Norway. Son of Thordar Gudmundson and Gudrun Sigurdadottir. After school in Reykjavik came to Norway 1951 and studied classical philology at Oslo (with Indology as minor), graduated 1963. From 1965 taught Classics at Oslo as Lecturer, from 1994…
TATE, George Passman. Bengal 22.7.1856 — Bengal 1941. British (Anglo-Indian?) Civil Servant in India. As Assistant Superintendent of the Surveyor General of India he conducted critical surveys in Afghanistan such as Baluch-Afghan Boundary Commission (1895-96) and Seistan Arbitration Mission (1903-05). In 1899-1900 in similar office in Hong Kong, then again…
TALAMO, Vincenzo. Ardore, Reggio Calabria 7.3.1914 — 2006. Italian Physician interested in Buddhism. In 1925 family moved to Turin, then back in Reggio. Interested early in Buddhism, but studied medicine at Naples and Florence. In the war served in Liguria and Balkan as medical officer. At armistice joined Tito’s partisans,…
SWARTZBERG, Leon Sommers, Jr. Manhattan, NY 29.12-1921 — Ashland, OR 5.8.2001. U.S. Anthropologist. Son of the elder L. Swartzberg and Sidney Nichols. Participated in WW II. In 1962 as a graduate student of Columbia University (New York) participated in fieldwork in Bihar and collected material for his dissertation. M.A. 1966,…