TAWNEY, Charles Henry. Willoughby, Warwickshire 26.12.1837 —Camberley, Surrey 29.7.1922. British Indologist. Son of Rev. Richard Tawney (1801–1848) and Susanna Bernard (1812–1846). Educated at Rugby, studies at Cambridge, Trinity College (Senior Classic and Fellow 1860), M.A. From 1864 Professor at Presidency College in Calcutta, from 1876 its Principal. Also Registrar of…
TARN, William Woodthorpe. London 26.2.1869 — Muirtown near Inverness 7.11.1957. Sir (1952). British (Scottish) Lawyer and Classical Historian. Son of William Tarn, a silk merchant, and Frances Arthy. After Eton College studies at Trinity College, Cambridge. After Inner Temple worked as lawyer in London in 1894-1905, but was more interested…
TAMMELIN, Erik Johan (later Erkki TAMMIO). Hämeenlinna 5.8.1861 — Helsinki 15.7.1930. Finnish Classical Scholar. Son of a carpenter, the elder E. J. T., and Maria Sulander. Matriculated from the Finnish Normal Lyceum in Hämeenlinna, studied at Helsinki University (M.A. 1886) with Latin as his main subject (under F. V. Gustafsson).…
TAGLIABUE, Camillo. Milano 1838 — Milano 16.10.1905 (when 67). Italian Missionary and Urdu Scholar. Worked as missionary in Hyderabad, Deccan, in 1864-78. From 1879 to his death Professor of Hindustani at I.U.O.N. in Naples, in 1892-97 also professore incaricato of English. His grammar is based on that of Platts. Publications:…
TABARD, Antoine Marie (Anthony Mary Tabard). Torigni-sur-Vire, Normandy 15.10.1863 — Mysore 2.7.1926 (when 63). Rev. French Missionary and Indologist in India. Roman Catholic priest. Educated at home and in Caen. M.A. 1881 Paris. After missionary education he was ordained priest in 1886 and sent to Bangalore as a teacher. He…
QUACKENBOS, George Payn. New York 1879 — New York 1947. U.S. Linguist interested in Sanskrit. Son of John Duncan Q., a Professor of English Literature, and Laura Amelia Pinckney. Studies at Columbia University, New York (A.M.). In 1910 Instructor in Latin at New York City College. Ph.D. 1915 Columbia. Married…
PULLÈ, Francesco Lorenzo Ubaldo Cesare Francesco, conte di San Florian. Modena 17.5.1850 — Ebrusco near Brescia 22.8.1934. Italian Indologist. Professor in Padova, Pisa and Bologna. Son of Carlo Augusto Dionigi Pullè (1819–1898), an officer, and Virginia Ricci. Studies at Florence (De Gubernatis) and Berlin (Weber, also Mommsen and Kiepert). In…
PUINI, Carlo. Leghorn 29.5.1839 — Florence 4.6.1924. Italian Sinologist and Buddhist Scholar. Professor in Florence. Studied Chinese, Japanese, Tibetan and Mongolian at Pisa. From 1877 eo. and from 1883 ord. Professor of East Asian history and geography at R. Istituto Superiore di Firenze. Retired in 1921. Specially interested in the…
PRZYLUSKI, Jean (Jan Przyłuski). Le Mans 17.8.1885 — Mareil-sur-Loir 27.10.1944. French Indologist, South East Asian scholar and Linguist. Professor in Paris. Born of an originally Polish family, educated in Rennes and Paris. In 1907-13 at E.F.E.O. in Indochina, 1912 visited China. In 1913 returned to Paris and continued his studies under Lévi,…
PROCHÁZKA, Václav. 18?? — 19??. Czechoslovakian Theosophist. Publications: Translated from Hartmann’s German version: Bhagavad-Gita čili vznešena piseň o nesmrtelnosti. 100 p. Prague 1900. Sources: Google only knows the footballer V.Pr.