GARBE, Richard Karl (von). Bredow bei Stettin (now Szczecin-Drzełowo) 9.3.1857 — Tübingen 22.9. 1927. German Indologist. Professor in Tübingen. Son of Gustav Garbe, a factory owner, and Eugenie Konopka. In gymnasium in Stettin he had Grassmann among his teachers. Studies at Tübingen, soon switched from law to Sanskrit (Roth). Ph.D.…
GAMPERT, Vilém (Wilhelm). Prague 29.6.1902 — Prague 14.3.1987. Czech Indologist. Studied Indology at German University of Prague under Winternitz and O. Stein. Ph.D. there 1928. From 1929 worked in university library, in 1939-45 in German army. In 1945-78 he was a scientific worker at Oriental Institute of the Charles University…
GALLÉE, Johan Hendrik. Vorden, Bronckhorst 9.9.1847 — Utrecht 3.2.1908. Dutch Linguist. Professor of IE Philology at Utrecht. Son of mayor Johannes Hermannus Gallée (1822–1901) and Neeltje van Olst. After school in Zutphen studied from 1866 at Leiden, among other things also Sanskrit under Kern. Ph.D. (Litt. Hum. Dr.) there 1873…
GAIT, Edward Albert. Camden Town, London 16.8.1863 (or 2.2.1862?) — Ealing, London 14.3.1950. Sir. British Civil Servant and Assamese Scholar in India. Son of John James Gait (1827–1905) and Anna Clarke. Graduated from University College, London. Entered I.C.S. in 1882. Became 1893 Director of Land Records in Assam, 1895 Secretary…
GÄRTCHEN, Adolf Friedrich Hermann Paul. Herrnstadt, Kr. Guhrau, Silesia (now Wąsosz in Poland) 14.10.1881 — 19??. German Teacher and former Student of IE Linguistics. Son of Hermann Gärtchen, a schoolteacher. Educated in Oela, from 1900 studies at Breslau, under O. Hoffmann, Hillebrandt, et al. Ph.D. 1905 Breslau. Further studies of…
GABAIN, Annemarie von. Mörchingen (Morhange in Lorraine) 4.7.1901 — Berlin 15.1.1993. German Central Asian (Turcic) Scholar. Professor in Hamburg. Daughter of Arthur von Gabain (1860–1939), an officer (later General) with Huguenot background and Catholic mother, Maria Plewig, herself educated as Catholic. School in Mainz and Brandenburg. Studied first from 1920…
GAASTRA, Dieuke. Dordrecht 18?? — 19??. Mrs. Dutch Indologist. Student of Gallée and Caland. Ph.D. 1906 Utrecht. One D. Gaastra married Arij Roest Crollius. She was born in Workum 7.8.1871 as the daughter of Siemon Gaastra and Catharina Visser, married there 1895 and died in the Hague 9.7.1936. They were…
GAÁL, László. Karcag 22.1.1891 — Karcag 13.6.1964. Hungarian Classical and Iranian Scholar. Professor in Debrecen. Son of László Gal and Zuzsanna Borsos. After gymnasium in Karsag studies of classical and Oriental languages at Kolozsvár University (under Gy. Németh and J. Csengeri), Ph.D. there 1913. Originally he was mainly a classical…
FURNIKA, Vitalij Petrovič. Dovžanka near Ternopil, western Ukraine 14.10.1940 — 16.4.1993. Ukrainian Indologist (Tamil Scholar). Son of a farmer. From 1965 studies in Leningrad (Rudin) and 1969-70 in Madras. Graduated 1970 from Leningrad. Kand. filol. nauk 1979. From 1975 editor of the Progress and from 1882-89 of the Raduga, then…
FUMI, Fausto Gherardo. Montepulciano (Tuscany) 17.10.1840 — Genoa 1915. Italian Linguist interested in Sanskrit Literature. Studies at Pisa (under Bardelli, diplome 1862), Florence and Leipzig. First teacher in Liceo di Reggio-Calabria, then taught at University of Palermo in 1887-90 and from 1890 at Genoa, where he became ord. Professor of…