STOLZ, Friedrich. Hall in Tyrol 29.7.1850 — Innsbruck 13.7.1915. Austrian IE Linguist. Professor in Innsbruck. Son of Joseph Stolz, a psychiatrist, and Anna Luise Rapp (d. 1857). From 1868 studied classics at Innsbruck under Jülg et al., 1871-72 at Leipzig (Curtius). From 1872 teacher in Graz. Ph.D. 1872 Graz. Then…
STOKES, Eric Thomas. Hampstead, London 10.7.1924 — 5.2.1981. British Historian of South Asia. Son of Walter John Stokes and his wife Winifred. Educated in London and during early war in Towcester, Northamptonshire. From 1941 studies at Cambridge (Christ’s College). Two years 1944-46 of war service in Indian Mounted Artillery, then back…
STEVENSON, Henry Noel Cochran. 1903 — 19??. British Civil Servant in Burma. But according to The London Gazette 11.1.1929 he was promoted second Lieutenant in 1928. Supplement to the same 8.6.1944 mentions him as Assistant Superintendent in Burma Frontier Service, made O.B.E. in Civil Division. Publications: “Status Evaluation in the Hindu…
STEGMILLER, Frumentius. Bavaria 16.6.1880 — 2.2.1929. S.D.S. Father. German Catholic Missionary in India. Entered Salvatorian order in 1894, ordained priest in 1903. In 1906-11 worked in Assam (now Meghalaya). Back in Germany, served in WW I as priest in Western Front. Publications: “Aus dem religiösen Leben der Khasi”, Anthropos 16-17, 1921-22,…
STANLEY, Patricia Cotman. Morton, Texas 5.9.1933 — 5.3.2003. U.S. Linguist. Daughter of John Pat Cotman and Pauline Martin. Studies at Chicago (B.A. 1966) and Austin, one year in India. Ph.D. 1972 University of Texas, Austin. Taught at Washington State University, University of Łódź in Poland (1976-78), University of Texas at…
STACE, Walter Terence. Hampstead, London 17.11.1886 — Laguna Beach, Calif. 2.8.1967. British Civil Servant in Sri Lanka. Son of Major Edward Vincent Stace (1841–1903) of Royal Artillery and Amy Mary Watson (1856–1934). Educated ar Bath College (1895-1901) and at Fettes College in Edinburgh (1902-04). Planning priestly career he studied at…
SOKOLOVA, Valentina Stepanovna. Kronštadt 11.(24.)2.1916 — Emel’janovo, Tverskaja obl. 7.9.1993. Russian Iranian Scholar. Daughter of a farmer. Graduated 1938 from Leningrad. Kand. filol. nauk 1944. Dr. filol. n. 1955. Docent 1947. From 1939 taught at Leningrad University, from 1941 naučnyj sotrudnik at Instituta jazykoznanija, Leningrad (AN SSSR), 1950 staršij n.…
SMITH, William Carson. 1883 — 19??. U.S. Sociologist. Graduated 1907 from Grand Island College, Nebraska. In 1912-15 educational work in Assam for American Baptist Foreign Mission Society. Back in the U.S.A. studied Sociology at University of Southern California and University of Chicago. Taught at several American universities. Publications: The Ao…
SMITH, Henry Goodwin. New York City 8.1.1860 — Goshen, Hampshire County, MA 7.8.1940. Rev. U.S. Theologian. Son of Henry Bounton Smith (1815–1877), also a Theologian, and Elizabeth Lee Allen (1817–1898). Graduated 1881 from Amherst College. M.A. 1884 Union Theological Seminary. D.D. 1897 Wabash and Maryville. Presbyterian Pastor in Freehold, NJ,…
SMART, Roderick Ninian. Cambridge 6.5.1927 — Lancaster 29.1.2001. British (Scottish) Scholar of Religion. Son of William Marchall Smart (1889–1975, from 1937 Regius Professor of Astronomy at Glasgow), and Isabel Carswell, educated in Glasgow. In 1945-48 served in army intelligence, one year in Sri Lanka. Then studied classics and philosophy at…