LEROY, Maurice Alphonse Lucien. Ath, Hainaut 23.1.1909 — Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Brussels 3.3.1990. Belgian Linguist. Professor in Brussels. Son of Georges Leroy and Charlotte Huet. Studies of classical philology, Docteur en Philosophie et Lettres 1931 Bruxelles. Worked as schoolteacher in Brussels. In 1935-37 further studies in Paris: at É.P.H.É. under Bloch, Vendryes,…
LEONARD, G. S. 1??? — 1???. Probably British Civil servant in India. In 1878 in Saidpur. Connected with Leonard Theological College, a Methodist Institution in Jabalpur? But our man is styled Mr., not Rev., and there were other people of the name Leonard in India. In 1888 he withdraw from…
LENTZ, Otto Helmut Wolfgang. Hameln an der Weser 23.2.1900 — Marburg 8.12.1986. German Iranian Scholar. Professor in Hamburg. Son of Dr. Alfred Lentz (1860–1911), director of girls’ Gymnasium in Hameln, and Katharina Gette. Educated in Hameln, matriculated 1917. In 1918-23 studies of IE and classical languages, later also Iranian, Indo-Aryan…
LEIST, Burkard Wilhelm. Westen/Aller 12.2.1819 — Jena 31.12.1906. German Historian of Law. Son of Friedrich Wilhelm Leist (1761–1820), official assessor, and Henriette Köring (1791–1874). After school in Brauschweig studied law at Göttingen, Heidelberg and Berlin (Savigny), Dr.iur. 1841 and PD 1842 Göttingen. From 1846 ord. Professor of Law at Basel,…
LEHOT, Maurice. 18?? — 5.3.1931. French Indologist. Studied at Lyon, among other things Indology under Lacôte. He worked as schoolteacher (Professor) at lycée in Aix-en-Provence (in 1920/29 there) and the work took most of his time so that he could only conclude his edition, chāyā and translation of the Ratnāvalī,…
LEHMANN, Johannes Edvard. Copenhagen 19.8.1862 — Copenhagen 23.3.1930. Danish Scholar of Comparative and Iranian Religion. Professor in Lund (Sweden). Son of Heinrich Lehmann (1815–1890), a medical Professor in a family of officials with German origin, and Signe Mackeprang (1819–1911). Matriculated in 1880 from Copenhagen, then studies of theology (under F.…
LEHMANN, Erich Arno. Kaitz near Dresden 23.5.1901 — Halle 21.4.1984. German Missionary and Indologist (Tamil Scholar). Professor in Halle. Son of an insurance official, lost his father when 4. After Lutheran missionary seminary in Leipzig (ordained priest), in 1926–34 worked as a missionary teacher of Leipzig Mission at Shirkali in…
LEFMANN, Salomon. Telgte near Münster 25.12.1831 — Heidelberg 14.1.1912. German Indologist. Professor in Heidelberg. Son of a Jewish merchant and farmer, educated at Telgte Jewish school and privately in Paderborn. After seminary in Münster worked as teacher of Jewish religion in Westfalen. At the same time studied at the universities…
LEE-WARNER, William. Little Walsingham, Norfolk 18.4.1846 — Norwich, Norfolk 18.6.1914. Sir. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Canon Henry James Lee-Warner (1809–1885), of Thorpland Hall, Norfolk, and Anne Astley. Educated at Rugby and from 1865 studied at Cambridge (St.John’s College). B.A. 1869, M.A. 1872. In 1869 joined I.C.S., served…
LECOUTERE, Carolus (Charles) Franciscus Petrus. Antwerpen 11.12.1865 — Knokke, West Flanders 19.9.1921. Belgian Linguist. Professor in Leuven. Son of sculptor Petrus Lecoutere and Ludovica Vandenbroucke. Student of de Harlez at Leuven, but concentrated more on Classics (Ph.D. 1892) and then turned to Germanistics. Eo. Professor at Louvain (Leuven) from 1895,…