MÜLLER-HESS, Eduard (until 1882 E. Müller). Berlin 14.4.1853 — Bern 9.7.1923. German Indologist in Switzerland. Professor in Bern. Son of Captain Eduard Müller and Valérie Geigy (Swiss from Basel). After school in Berlin studies of Indology and comparative linguistics at Berlin, Tübingen and Leipzig, then further studies of Indology, English…
MÜLLER, Reinhold Franz Gustav. Berlin 16.4.1882 — Einsiedel bei Chemnitz 2.2.1966. German (East) Indologist and Physician. Son of a Gustav Müller (1851–1941), a schoolteacher. Grew up in Berlin, often spent summers in Innsbruck. In 1902-07 studies of medicine at Berlin and Innsbruck, then Assistant at Greifswald until 1911. Dr.med. 1909…
MÜLLER, Herbert (Mi Sung-lin). Gumbinnen, Ostpreussen (now Russian Gusev) 29.8.1885 — Bonn 9.8.1966. German Sinologist, Lawyer, Journalist and Art Dealer. Son of Eduard Müller, owner of a brewery, and Anna Kiupel. Matriculated 1904 from Gumbinnen. Law studies at Berlin, Kiel and Bonn, also linguistics and ethnology. Dr.jur. 1909 Bonn, with…
MÜLLER, Friedrich Wilhelm Karl. Neudamm near Frankfurt a.d. Oder (Debno in Poland) 21.1.1863 — Berlin 18.4.1930. German Central Asian Scholar. Museum Director in Berlin. His parents are not named, in 1873 the family moved to Berlin, where he attended Französisches Gymnasium (as also Le Coq), and from 1883 studied at…
MÜLLER, E. H. 18?? — 19??. German Missionary. Dr.theol. Apparently also studied under E. Kuhn at Munich. In India as early as 1901, in 1916 working for Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Mission in Guntur. Publications:“Devarakunda, der Göttertopf. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Hausgötter Südindiens”, Fs. E. Kuhn 1916, 332-335. Sources: Nothing…
MUCH, Hans. Zechlin/Neuruppin, Brandenburg 24.3.1880 — Hamburg 28.11.1932. German Bauddha. Son of Rev. Karl Much (1847–1925) and Martha Lindner (1855?–1883). Studies of medicine at Marburg, Kiel, Berlin and Würzburg, Dr.med. 1903 Würzburg in the age of 22. Worked from 1905 in Marburg nd from 1909 in a hospital in Hamburg…
MOUW, Johan Andréas dèr (nom-de-plume Dèr Mouw or Adwaita). Westerwoort near Arnhem 24.7.1863 — ’s-Gravenhage 8.7.1919. Dutch Poet and Philosopher. Son of Jacobus Cornelis dèr Mouw (orig. Dermauw) and Anna Elisabetha Zillinger. Educated in Deventer, from 1883 studies of classical languages, philosophy, and Sanskrit (under Kern) at Leiden. Ph.D. 1887,…
MOULTON, James Hope. Richmond, Surrey 11.10.1863 — on sea off Corsica 7.4.1917. Rev. British Iranian Scholar. Professor in Manchester. Son of Rev. William Fiddian Moulton (1835–1898), a minister, teacher and biblical scholar, and Hannah Hope, educated at Leys School in Cambridge. Studies at King’s College, Cambridge, fellow 1888-94. Ordained 1886…
MORISON, James. 1852 — 1935. British Indologist. Studies at Oxford (under Macdonell) and Vienna. Ph.D. 1893 Vienna (apparently under Bühler). From 1914 Librarian of Indian Institute at Oxford, also teaching. Apparently he had served in India as IA 24, 1895 contains his translation of A. Barth’s article. Married. Publications: Diss. Der elfte…
MORELAND, William Harrison. Belfast 13.7.1868 — Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire 28.9.1938. British (Anglo-Irish) Historian of Islamic India. Born in Northern Ireland, son of the elder W. H. Moreland and Emily McGowan. Educated 1881-86 at Clifton College, Somerset. In 1886 accepted to I.C.S., studied law and other subjects at Cambridge (LL.B. 1889…