ZIESENISS, Wilhelm Alexander. Börnsen bei Lauenburg 11.3.1899 — Breslau 11.4.1945. German Indologist and South-East Asian (Malay and Javanese) Scholar. Son of merchant Karl Hermann Zieseniss and Mary Matthew (from Scotland). Matriculated in 1917 from Hansaschule in Bergedorf. Studied at Heidelberg Arabic (Bezold) and Sanskrit (Liebich), a brief period at Freiburg…
ZIEGLER, Jakob Friedrich. Dagersheim near Stuttgart 8.5,1832 — Grossheppach, Weinstadt, Württemberg 18.11.1906. Rev. German Missionary in South India. Son of the elder J. Fr. Ziegler (1789–1871), a farmer and butcher, and Maria Margareta Dannecker (1797–1836). From 1862 worked as teacher for Basel Mission in mangalore and Dharwar. After a visit…
ZETTERSTÉEN, Karl Vilhelm. Orsa, Dalarne 18.8.1866 — Uppsala 1.6.1953. Swedish Oriental Scholar. Professor in Uppsala. Son of Captain Alexander Mauritz Z. and Maria Augusta Thalén. Studied at Uppsala from 1884: FK 1889 (M.A.), FL 1894, FT 1895 (Ph.D.), student of H. N. Almkvist. Further studies under Sachau at Berlin. Docent…
ZARUBIN, Ivan Ivanovič. St.Petersburg 27.9.(9.10.)1887 — Leningrad 3.2.1964. Russian Iranian Scholar. Son of a physician. Graduated 1912 from Historical-Philological Faculty, St.Petersburg, and from Juridical Faculty, Harkov. Dr. filol. nauk 1938. From 1910 naučnyj sotrudnik in Department of Central Asian Muslim Peoples, Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, from 1918 its Head.…
ZAKO, Anton (Zako-Çajupi). Sheper in South Albania 27.3.1866 — Cairo 11.6.1930. Albanian Lawyer, Playwright, Poet and Translator of Indian Literature. Zako was his real name, Çajupi a nom-de-plume. He was Orthodox Christian and spent most of his life in Egypt. Son of Harito Zako, the owner of a succesful tobacco…
ZAEHNER, Robert Charles. Sevenoaks, Kent 8.4.1913 — Oxford 24.11.1974. British Scholar of Comparative Religion, especially Iranian and Indian. Professor in Oxford. Son of Swiss-German immigrants to England. Educated at Tonbridge School. From 1932 studied at Christ Church College, Oxford, i.al. classics, Persian and Iranian, also Sanskrit and Arabic, 1936-37 Middle Persian…
ZACHARIAE, Theodor Victor Hugo. Großkmehlen bei Liebenwerda, Brandenburg 3.2.1851 — Halle 5.5. 1934. German Indologist. Professor in Halle. Son of Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal (1812–1894), a specialist of Byzantine law and second generation nobleman. Educated at the same school in Pforta as Nietzsche, Deussen, and the only 2 years…
YOUNGHUSBAND, Francis Edward. Murree, Rawalpindi dt. 31.5.1863 — Lytchett Minster, Dorset 31.7.1942. Sir. British Colonial Officer, Diplomat, Traveller, and Central Asian Scholar. In 1882-1909 in India and Asia. Son of Major (then Major-General) John William Y. (1823–1907, in India 1840–70) and Clara Jane Shaw (1832–1891, sister of —> Robert Shaw).…
OVSJANIKO-KULIKOVSKIJ, Dmitrij Nikolaevič (Ukr. Dmitro Mikolajovič O.-K.). Kahovka, Herson oblast 23.1.(4.2.)1853 — Odessa 9.10.1920. Ukrainian Linguist, Indologist and Literary Critic. Professor in Harkiv (Kharkiv), Academician in St.Petersburg. Born in a noble family, son of Nikolaj Nikolaevič Ovsjaniko-Kulikovskij and Varvara Nikolaevna Rud’. After gymnasium in Simferopol studies of Sanskrit and linguistics…
OTTO, Rudolf Louis Karl. Peine, Hannover 25.9.1869 — Marburg 6.3.1937. German Lutheran Theologian and Scholar of Religion. Professor in Marburg. Son of Friedrich Wilhelm Otto (1809–1882), a factory owner, and Katharine Karoline Henriette Sophie Reupke (1818–1911), lost his father in the age of 12. Matriculated 1888 from Hildesheim, studied theology…