SCHACHT, Hans. Gränichen, Aargau 21.3.1863 — 1943/44. Swiss Teacher interested in Sanskrit. Educated at Collège classique de Sion and Gymnase classique de Lausanne. Studies of classics (and Sanskrit?) at Berlin University. Ph.D. 1890 Berlin. After a while as private tutor in Łodz he taught in 1895-98 at Collège and École…
SCERBO, Francesco. Marcellinara (Catanzaro, Calabria) 7.10.1849 — 13.10.Rome 1927. Italian Linguist and Oriental (Hebrew & Sanskrit) Scholar. Professor in Florence. Of modest origin, son of Giacinto Pietro Scerbo and Maria Riglione. From 1863 studies at seminary of Nicastro. Ordained priest 1873. Continued his studies at Florence concentrating on Semitics, but…
ŠČERBATSKOJ, Fëdor Ippolitovič (Theodor Scherbatskoy). Kielce, Poland 19.9.(1.10.)1866 — Borovoe (Burabaj), Kazakhstan 18.3.1942. Russian Indologist, specialist of Buddhist Philosophy. The name is somewhat problematic, but according to Russian colleagues (Vasil’kov) -koj (instead of -kij) seems well attested. Born in the then Russian part of Poland where his father, Ippolit Fëdorovič…
SAUNDERS, Virginia. 18?? — 19??. U.S. Indologist. Living in New York City. Publications: “Portrait Painting as a Dramatic Device in Sanskrit Plays”, JAOS 39, 1919, 299-302; “Some Literary Aspects of the Absence of Tragedy in the Classical Sanskrit Drama”; JAOS 41, 1921, 152-156; “Magic in Sanskrit Drama”, JAOS 45, 1925,…
SAUNDERS, Kenneth James. Cape Town 10.1.1882 — 1937 (findagrave knows K.J.S. 1883 – 19.11.1937, buried in Eastbourne, Sussex). British (?) Missionary and Buddhist Scholar in Sri Lanka and India, finally in the U.S.A. Studies at Cambridge (Emmanuel College): B.A. 1905, M.A. 1912. In 1908-12 Vice-Principal of Trinity College in Kandy.…
SAUNDERS, Arthur Leslie. London 7.3.1862 — 31.10.1935. British Civil Servant in India, interested in Indian Religions. Son of Arthur William Saunders. Studied briefly at Oxford (Balliol College), joined I.C.S. 1880. Served in Central Provinces and United Provinces in 1882-1917, finally as Commissioner of Meerut, then 1918-23 in Financial Department of…
SALYS, Antanas (Anthony). Reketė, North-West Lithuania 21.7.1902— Philadelphia 31.7.1972. Lithuanian IE and Baltic Linguist, later in the U.S.A. Educated in Telsini. Studies of comparative linguistics, Slavic and Lithuanian at Kaunas and Leipzig (Trautmann). Ph.D. 1929 Leipzig. In 1930-39 PD of IE at Vytautas University in Kaunas, developed experimental phonetics of…
SALEMANN, Carl Gustav Hermann (Karl Germanovič Zaleman). Reval (Tallinn) 28.12.1849 (9.1.1850) — Petrograd 30.11.(13.2.)1916. Russian (German of Estonia) Iranian Scholar. Professor in St.Petersburg. Son of Lieutenant-Colonel Hermann Salemann (1808–1887) and Jenny Louise Reinholdine von Böningh. After gymnasium in Tallinn in 1859-67 studied Arabic, Persian, Turkish and Sanskrit at Oriental Faculty, St.Petersburg…
SALDANHA, Mariano Jose Luis de Gonzaga. Ucassaim (Uskai), Bardez, Goa 21.6.1878 — 1975. Portuguese (Goanese) Indologist. Professor in Lisbon. Educated at Liceu de Nova Goa, studies of medicine and pharmacy at Escola Médica de Goa and Escola Colonial in Lisbon, also studying Indology at university under Dalgado. In 1906 returned…
ŞĂINEANU, Lazăr (Lazare Sainéan, originally Eliezer Schein, Lazăr Şain). Ploieşti 23.4.1859 — Paris 11.5.1934. Romanian Romance Linguist, also interested in IE and Sanskrit. Born in a modest Jewish family, son of Moisi Schein, a house painter and amateur artist. Studies at Bucharest under Haşdeu, Georgian, et al., further studies in…