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PAUL, A.

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 E.

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 Pargiter (1816–1915) and Anna Matilda Palm, educated at Taunton Grammar School. Studies at Oxford (Exeter College), mathematics, Sanskrit, etc. In 1875 he joined the Bengal Civil…

PARFIONOVIČ, Iosif Nikolaevič

PARFIONOVIČ, Jurij Mihajlovič. Moscow 21.9.1921 — 18.9.1990. Russian Tibetan Scholar. Son of an official. Matriculated from a Moscow school in 1939. In 1941-45 in the Red Army, fought in Finnish-Russian war and in the capture of Berlin. After war Sinological studies in Moscow, in 1950-53 studied Tibetan in Beijing. Graduated…

PAPPACENA, Enrico

PAPPACENA, Enrico. Naples 5.12.1889 — Bari 5.9.1980. Italian Indologist and Scholar of Religion. Professor in Bari. Son of Roberto Pappacena and Clelia Casalini. Studies of Russian and Indology at Naples (Kerbaker), graduated 1914. In 1918-20 at Nancy in France teaching Italian. Then 1921-35 teaching at liceo in Lanciano, also concentrating…

PAPESSO, Valentino

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

PANKRATOV, Boris Ivanovič (Pan Kefu). 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,…

PANDER, Eugen

PANDER, Eugen. Livonia 2.1.1854 — Gross-Lüdershagen, Wendorf, Vorpommern 6.10.1894. Russian (German of Livonia) Economist in China, interested in Lamaism. Son of Johann Peter Pander. In 1875-77 studies at Riga Polytechnicum, then businessman, mainly in Moscow. Ph.D. (unknown, where and when). In 1881 traveled in Germany, England and France. From 1881…

PAHOMOV, Evgenij Aleksandrovič

PAHOMOV, Evgenij Aleksandrovič. Stavropol, Russian Caucasia 13.(25.)2.1880 — 2.5.1965. Russian Iranian and Caucasian Scholar, specialist of Middle Iranian Epigraphy and Numismatics. Son of an official, matriculated 1896 from Tiflis (Tbilisi). Graduated 1900 from Archaeological Institute in St.Petersburg and 1902 from St.Petersburg Technological Institute. In 1920-65 taught at Azerbaijan University and in…

PAHALINA, Tat’jana Nikolaevna

PAHALINA, Tat’jana Nikolaevna. Leningrad 8.10.1928 — Moscow 30.10.1995. Russian Iranian Scholar, specialist of Pamir Languages. Daughter of an official. Studies from 1946, graduated 1951 from Leningrad Oriental Faculty. Kand. filologičeskih nauk 1955, Dr. filol. nauk 1983, Professor 1991. From 1954 naučnyj sotrudnik at Linguistic Institute of Academy of Science in…