PAUL, Otto. Berlin 4.5.1888 — Hungen, Kr. Giessen 6.10.1944. German Germanist and Iranian Scholar. A Nazi. Started studies late (1915) at Berlin concentrating on German and Linguistics, from 1924 at Munich (Ph.D. 1927), now also Aryan Philology, under Geiger, then also Wüst. Habilitation 1938 Munich. After a break with Himmler…
PAUL, Hermann Otto Theodor. Salbke bei Magdeburg 7.8.1846 — Munich 29.12.1921. German General, IE, and Germanic Linguist, one of the leading Neogrammarians. Professor in Freiburg and Munich. Son of master mason Peter Jakob Paul. After gymnasium in Magdeburgfrom 1866 studies at Berlin (Steinthal) and Leipzig (Zarncke, Curtius & Leskien), where…
PAUL, Frieda. 18?? — 19??. Austrian Student of Indology. Ph.D. 1918 Vienna. Publications: Diss. Die Kausalbegriffe in der indischen Philosophie. Manuscript 1918. Sources: Diss. in Janert.
PAUL, A., Nom-de-plume of —> Karl Eugen Neumann.
PARKER, Henry John. 1849 — 19??. British Engineer and Civil Servant in Sri Lanka. Arrived in 1873 and in 1873-1904 worked as Irrigation Officer at Public Works Department, serving in different parts of the island. Interest in ancient reservoirs led him to archaeology. At the same time he achieved an…
PARGITER, Frederick Eden. Jaffna, Sri Lanka 1852 — Charlbury, Oxfordshire 18.2.1927. British Civil Servant and Indologist in India (I.C.S. 1875-1906). Son of Rev. Robert P. and Anna Matilda Palm, educated at Taunton Grammar School. Studies at Oxford (Exeter College), mathematics, Sanskrit, etc. In 1875 he joined the Bengal Civil Service…
PARFIONOVIČ, Jurij Mihajlovič. Moscow 21.9.1921 — 18.9.1990. Russian Tibetan Scholar. Son of an official. In 1941-45 in the army. After war Sinological studies in Moscow, in 1950-53 studied in China. Graduated 1953 from Moscow. From 1953 naučnyj sotrudnik at Oriental Institute in Moscow. Kand. filol. nauk 1971. Publications: At least…
PAPPACENA, Enrico. Naples 5.12.1882 — Bari 5.9.1980. Italian Indologist and Scholar of Religion. Professor in Bari. Son of Roberto P. and Clelia Casalini. Studies of Russian and Indology at Naples (Kerbaker), graduated 1914. In 1918-20 at Nancy in France teaching Italian. Then teaching at liceo in Lanciano, also concentrating on…
PAPESSO, Valentino. Verona 29.8.1888 — 1944. Italian Indologist. Professor in Bologna. Studies at Bologna, graduated 1911. School teacher, also Docent of Sanskrit at Bologna University, then Professor incaricato there. He emphasized the IE heritage reflecting in the Veda. Publications: Edited: “Il ‘Pinākinīmāhātmyam’ attribuito al Brahmāṇḍapurāṇam”, GSAI 27, 1915, 81-128. –…
PANKRATOV, Boris Ivanovič. Kostroma 29.2.(12.3.)1892 — Leningrad 29.8.1979. Russian Sinologist, Tibetan and Mongolian Scholar. Son of a farmer, graduated in 1916 from the Sino-Mongolian Department of Vladivostok Oriental Institute and started teaching Manchu and Mongolian there. In 1918 he was sent to China and remained there until 1935, living in…