REMY, Arthur Frank JJoseph. Elberfeld near Wuppertal 26.6.1871 — 24.10.1954. U.S. (of German Origin) Germanist Scholar interested in Indo-Iranian. Professor in New York. Born in a Roman Catholic family in the Ruhr area, started school in Koesfeld. Father emigrated to the U.S.A. in 1880 and the family followed in 1882…
REICHELT, Hans (Johann). Baden bei Wien 20.4.1877 — Ibid. 11/12.5.1939. Austrian Indo-Iranian Scholar. Professor in Graz. Son of Leo Reichelt, the owner of a printing press, and Luise Schemel, educated in his home town. In 1896-98 studied IE, Classical, Germanic and Indo-Iranian philology (Bühler, Meringer, Fr. Müller) at Vienna, then…
REGNAUD, Paul. Mantoche (Haute-Saône) 19.4.1838 — Sanary-sur-Mer (Var) 18.11.1910. French Indologist. Professor in Lyon. Son of a court clerk. From 1868 studies at Paris under Bergaigne and Hauvette-Besnault. Diplom of É.P.H.É. 1873, worked as journalist in Franche-Comte. Ph.D. 1884 Paris. From 1879 maître de conférence and from 1887 the first…
REGAMEY, Constantin (Konstanty). Kiev (now Kyiv in Ukraine) 15.(28.)1.1907 — Lausanne 27.12.1982. Polish/Swiss Indologist, Tibetan and Buddhist Scholar and Componist. Professor in Lausanne and Fribourg. Born in Ukraine (then part of Russia) in a Polish-Swiss family. Father, Konstanty Kasimierz Regamey (1879–1938) was pianist, componist and music teacher, mother, Lydia Slavitsch,…
REES, John David. London 16.12.1854 — London 2.6.1922. First Baronet (1919). British Civil Servant in India. Son of Lodwich William Rees (1816–1885) and Ann Jones. “Educated at Cheltenham. Entered the Madras Civil Service, 1875. Private Secretary to three successive Governors…; Government Translator in Tamil, Telugu, Persian and Hindustani. British Resident…
REA, Alexander. Dundee 17.10.1858 — Bangalore 4.2.1924 (ancestry.com 4.2.1921). British (Scottish) Archaeologist and Photographer in India. Son of David Rea and Helton Mair. Educated in Glasgow. Arrived in India in 1882 and became Assistant of Burgess in the A.S.I., Madras Division, from 1886 its head, 1902 Superintendent of Archaeological Survey…
RAWLINSON, Hugh George. Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire (Wikidata: Brighton) 12.5.1880 — Seaview, Isle of Wight 8.6.1957. British Civil Servant and Historian in India. Son of Rev. George Rawlinson and Evelyne Maud Hearn. After classical studies at Cambridge, Emmanuel College (M.A.), he joined Ceylon Educational Service in 1903. Moving to India in…
RAWLINSON, George. Chadlington, Oxfordshire 23.11.1812 — Canterbury 6.10.1902. Rev. Canon. British Classical Scholar and Historian. Son of Abraham Tyson Rawlinson (1777–1845), a breeder of racehorses, and Eliza Creswicke, younger brother of —> H. C. Rawlinson (1810–1895). Educated at Swansea grammar school and Ealing school, from 1834 studied at Trinity College,…
RAVERTY, Henry George. Falmouth, Cornwall 31.5.1825 — Grampound Road, Cornwall 20.10.1906. British Colonial Officer and Oriental (Afghan) Scholar in India. Son of Peter Raverty, a naval surgeon of Irish background (his father was O’Raverty), educated in Falmouth and Penzance. Came to India as cadet of Welsh Fusiliers, in 1843 moved…
RAU, Adolf Wilhelm Ludwig. Gera 15.2.1922 — Gera 29.12.1999. German Indologist. Professor in Marburg. Son of Rudolf Rau (1877–1954), a schoolteacher, and Johanna Seifarth (1890–1985), also a teacher, gymnasium at Rutheneum in Gera. Began with Sanskrit already when 15. From 1940 studies at Leipzig under Fr. Weller, soon interrupted by…