QUECKE, Kurt. 19?? — 1975. German Physician and Indologist. Ph.D. 1947 Marburg, under Nobel. Also Dr.med. In 1959 Kreismedizinalrat in Marburg. In 1972 apparently in Giessen. Perhaps he is K. Quecke of Essen, born 15.7.1924, student at Tübingen from 1943. Publications: Diss. Die Lehre von den drei Körpern Buddhas (Trikāya).…
PULGRAM, Ernst. Vienna 18.9.1915 — Ireland 17.8.2005. U.S. (Austrian-born) Linguist, Specialist of Italic and Romance Languages. Son of tailor Sigmund Pulgram. Educated in Vienna,1934 began studies at Vienna under Kretschmer et al., Ph.D. 1938 in Romance philology. After Anschluss he had to escape from the Nazis as a Jew in…
PROKOSCH, Eduard. Eger, Bohemia (Cheb, Czechia) 15.3.1876 — New Haven, Conn. 11.8.1938. U.S. (born Austrian) Linguist, Specialist of IE and Germanic. Son of Wenzel Prokosch, a schoolmaster, and Marie Fischer. Studied jurisprudence at Prague and Vienna (advocate examination 1897). Emigrated to the U.S.A. 1898 (citizen 1904). Worked briefly as reporter…
PONETTE, Pierre August Maria Jozef. Ronse, East Flanders 6.3.1910 — Ranchi 3.2.2000. Father. S.J. Belgian Catholic Missionary in India. Son of René Ponette (1874–1918), textile manufacturer and advocate, and Margareta Van Coppenolle (1882–1969). Joined S.J. in 1927 and 1931 its Indian mission. In 1932-35 studies of language and theology in Shembaganur,…
PINGREE, David Edwin. New Haven, CT 2.1.1933 — Providence, RI 11.11.2005. U.S. Indologist and Historian of Science. Son of Daniel Pingree (1902–1986) and Elizabeth Maconi. Grew up in Providence and attended school there. Graduated 1950 from Phillips Academy in Andover. Studied Sanskrit, classics and mathematics, then also Arabic, at Harvard. Mainly…
PHILIPS, Cyril Henry. Worchester 27.12.1912 — Swanage, Dorset 29.12.2005. Sir. British Historian. In the 1920s some years in Bihar, where his father worked as engine driver. Educated at Rock Ferry High School. From 1931 studies at Liverpool, graduated 1934 in history. Then studies at S.O.A.S., Ph.D. 1940. In WW II served…
PETROVIĆ, Svetozar. Karlovac 28.6.1931 — Novi Sad 23.10.2005. Croatian Scholar of Literature. Graduated from Zagreb 1956, also studied Indology at Allahabad. Ph.D. 1966 in Croatian literature. In 1959-70 Assistant and Docent of Yugoslavian Literature at Zagreb. In 1970-77 Professor of Literature at Novi Sad and from 1977 at Belgrade. Retired…
PETERS, John Punnett. New York City 16.12.1852 — New York City10.11.1921. U.S. Oriental Scholar. Son of Rev. Thomas McClure Peters and Alice Clarissa Richmond, as child ofetn ill. After Hopkins School studies at Yale (B.A. 1873). Ph.D. 1876 Yale. Ordined priest 1877. Further studies at Berlin (1879-81) and Leipzig (1882-83).…
PELLY, Richard Lawrence. Coldharbour, Surrey 18.7.1886 — Salisbury, Wiltshire 7.4.1976. Rev. British. Son of Rev. Canon Richard Arnold Pelly (1856–1949) and Margaret Jane Buxton (1859–1903). Educated at Marlborough College. Studies at Cambridge (Clare College), B.A. 1910, M.A. 1912. In 1915-18 served as army chaplain. In 1918-26 Vice-Principal of Bishop’s College…
PARRINDER, Edward Geoffrey Simons. New Barnet, Hertfordshire 10.4.1910 — 16.6.2005. British Scholar of Comparative Religion. Methodist minister. Son of a glove dealer, of a practising Wesleyan Methodist family. Educated in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, when 16 began working as a railway booking clerk. Interested in religion and mission studied 1929-32 at Richmond…