DELEU, Jozef Albert Cornelius. Alveringem. West Flanders 17.11.1925 — Ghent 15.3.1994. Belgian Indologist. After school in Veurna, from 1944 studies at Ghent (B.A. 1948 in Germanic philology, then turned to Sanskrit and Tocharian under Couvreur, Ph.D. 1957 under Scharpé) and in 1959 Hamburg (Schubring and Alsdorf). In 1949-58 teacher (leraar…
DELBRÜCK, Richard. Jena 14.7.1875 — Bonn 22.8.1957. German Archaeologist and Classical Scholar. Son of —> Berthold Delbrück (1842–1922) and Constance Kämptz. Studied economy, then classical archaeology at Neuenburg, Munich, Berlin and Bonn. Ph.D. 1899 Bonn. PD 1903, Professor 1909, in 1911-15 Director of the Roman Branch of German Archaeological Institute,…
DELBRÜCK, Berthold Gustav Gottlieb. Putbus, Rügen 26.7.1842 — Jena 3.1.1922. German Indologist and IE Scholar. Professor in Jena. Son of a judge, Ernst Friedrich Felix Delbrück (1811–1852), of a well-known family of lawyers and theologians, and Auguste Henrietta Wilhelmine Böhmer (1815–1872). Educated in Stralsund and Halle (Franckesche Stiftungen). Early death…
DEKKER, Gerbrand Jan. Westzaan, North Holland 7.10.1882 — 1964. Dutch Orientalist and Scholar of Religion in Switzerland. Son of Klaas Dekker (1849–1922) and Clazina Fortanier. Ph.D. Private scholar living in Meilen near Zürich. Married with Ellen. Publications: Die Rückwendung zum Mythos: Schellings letzte Wandlung. 220 p. Munich 1930. – “Der…
DE GUBERNATIS, Giuseppe Angelo. Turin 7.4.1840 — Rome 26.12.1913. Count. Italian Indologist. Professor in Florence and Rome. Born in a noble family, son of Giambattista De Gubernatis (d. 1867), a revenue official, and Maria Cleofe Turchetti; his brother was the diplomat and geographer Enrico De Gubernatis (1836–1914), his sister the educator…
DE FOREST (DeForest), Lockwood, II. New York City 23.6.1850 — Santa Barbara, Cal. 3.4.1932. U.S. Artist and Designer interested in Indian and Tibetan Art. Grew up in a wealthy family in New York, son of Henry Grant De Forest (1820–1889) and Julia Mary Weeks. After studies in New York (no…
DE COU, Herbert Fletcher. Good Harbor, Mich. 10.6.1868 — Cyrene (Libya) 11.3.1911. U.S. Classical Scholar. Son of Eber and Margaret DeCou. Educated at home and in Kendal, Mich. Studies at Detroit High School and from 1885 at University of Michigan (B.A. 1888). A.M. 1890 University of Michigan, in 1892-93 Instructor of…
DEBRUNNER-RUDIN, Johann Albert. Basel 8.2.1884 — Bern 2.2.1958. Swiss Linguist, a Specialist of Greek and Sanskrit. Professor in Bern and Jena. Son of Albert Debrunner, a potter, and Elisabeth Schaub, a poor and deeply religious family. Educated in Basel. From 1902 studies of classical philology and comparative linguistics at Basel…
DEASY, Henry Hugh Peter. Dublin 29.6.1866 — Carrigahorig, Co. Tipperary 24.1.1947. British (Irish) Officer and Traveller in Central Asia. Captain. Son of Right Hon. Richard Deasy (1812–1883), Lord Justice of Appeal (Ireland), and Monica O’Connor. He was “educated at Bournemouth and Dublin. Joined the 16th Lancers, 1888, and resigned his…
DAZA DE CAMPOS, Mario. Madrid 7.7.1863 (or 7.3.) — Madrid 6.12.1943. Spanish Classical Scholar interested in Sanskrit. Studies of literature and law at Madrid i.al. under Garcia Ayuso. Both Ph.D. and Lic. of Civil and Canonic Law. Ord. Professor of Sanskrit at Madrid University in the 1910s and still in…