ROERICH, Nicholas (Nikolaj Konstantinovič Rërih). St.Petersburg 27.9.(9.10.)1874 — Naggar, Himachal Pradesh 1.3.1948. Russian Painter, lay Archaeologist, Theosophist and Central Asian Traveller. Son of Konstantin Fëdorovič Rërih (1837–1900, of Baltic German origin) and Maria Vasil’evna Kalašnikova (1844–1927). Father of —> G. N. Roerich and Svjatoslav Roerich (Svetoslav, 1904–1993, painter in India).…
ROERICH, Georg N. (Jurij Nikolaevič Rërih, George Nicolas de Roerich). Okulovka, Valdajskij raion, obl. Novgorod 3.(16.)8.1902 — Moscow 21.5.1960. Russian Tibetologist, lived long time in India. Professor in Moscow. Son of —> N. K. Roerich (1874–1948) and Elena Ivanovna Šapošnikova (1879–1955), grew up in St.Petersburg. When 15 began to study…
RÖNNOW, Kasten Anders. Stockholm 24.1.1897 — Uppsala 2.5.1943. Swedish Indologist and Historian of Religions. Son of director August Olsen Rönnow (1857–1924) and Hilda Jonsson, educated in Stockholm. Studied under Charpentier at Uppsala: Fil.kand. (M.A.) 1918, Fil.lic. 1923, Ph.D. 1927 Uppsala. Further studies in Munich and Paris. From 1928 Docent of…
ROE, Charles Arthur (or C. Arthur Roe). Blandford Forum, Dorset 4.9.1841 — Oxford 28.1.1927. Sir. British Civil Servant in India. Son of wine merchant John Bannister Roe (1802–1869) and Mary Anne Allies. Educated at Lancing, Sussex, studied at Merton College, Oxford Boden Sanskrit scholar there. Joined the Civil Service in…
ROCKHILL, William Woodville. Philadelphia, Pa. 1.4.1854 — Honolulu 8.12.1914. U.S. Diplomat, Traveller, Sinologist and Tibetan Scholar. Son of Thomas Cadwalader Rockhill (1819–1871) and Dorothea Anne Woodville (1823–1913). Lost his father when 13 (but ancestors.familysearch.org claims he died 19.2.1854) and the mother settled in Paris to avoid the Civil War. Studies…
ROCK, Joseph Francis Charles (Josef Franz Karl Rock). Vienna 13.1.1884 — Honolulu 5.12.1962. Austrian-born U.S. Botanist, Geographer and Central Asian Scholar. Son of the steward of a Polish count. Not accepting his father’s wish to become a priest he began early travelling around Europe and in 1905 emigrated to the…
ROCCA, Vittorio. Leghorn 1.10.1862 — 19??. Italian Indologist. Docent in Rome. Studies at Pisa. From 1905 libera docenza in sanscrito at Pisa, apparently soon moved to Rome, still there in 1934. A specialist of dharmaśāstra, but also a fascist. Publications: Sulla valore della parola “barbaro” in India, in Grecia, in…
ROBINSON, Richard Hugh. Carstairs, Alberta 21.6.1926 — Madison 6.8.1970. Canadian Buddhist Scholar in the U.S.A. Professor in Madison. Son of a farmer, of Scottish-Irish ancestry. Educated in Carstairs, learned Chinese from a Chinese friend. In 1944-47 studies of economics, French and German at University of Alberta (B.A. 1947), then Chinese,…
ROBERTSON, George Scott. Southwark, London 22.10.1852 — London 2.1.1916. Sir. British (Scottish) Physician in India. Surgeon Major. Served and travelled in the North-West. Son of pawnbroker Thomas James Robertson and Robina Corston Scott, both of Orkney. “Educated at Westminster Hospital. Entered the Indian medical service, 1878, served in Afghan campaign,…
ROBERTS, Ernest Stewart. Swineshead, Lincolnshire 1847 — Cambridge 16.6.1912. Rev. British Classicist and Linguist. Lecturer in Cambridge. Son of Dr. Stewart Blacker Roberts (1819–1877) and Selina Milson (1829–1869). Educated at Boston School, studies at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Fellow there 1870, Tutor 1876, Senior Tutor 1885, President 1894 (or…