STRACHAN, John. Brae near Keith, Banffshire 31.1.1862 — Prestwich, Lancashire 25.9.1907. British (Scottish) Classical and Celtic Linguist. Son of farmer Jacob Strachan and Ann Kerr. After school in Keith, studies of Classics from 1877 at Aberdeen (M.A. 1881) and Cambridge (Pembroke College, B.A. 1885, Fellow 1886, M.A. 1889), then IE…
STREITER, Friedrich. Bozen (Bolzano) 2.11.1833 — Bozen 28.1.1894. Austrian Industrialist, former student of Indology. Born in the then Austrian South Tiroli, son of Joseph Streiter and Johanna Holer (d. 1837). After school in Bozen and Innsbruck he entered military college in Graz, but soon resigned for further study of languages.…
SCHULEMANN, Günther. Neisse/Schlesien (now Nysa in Poland) 26.8.1889 — Dresden 15.6.1964. German Philosopher and Buddhist Scholar. Professor in Breslau. Son of merchant Franz Sch. and Helene Meyer, brother of —> Werner Sch. Studies of Catholic theology and philosophy at Berlin, Freiburg and Breslau, Ph.D. 1913 Breslau. Ordained priest 1918. PD…
SCHRAM, Robert Gustav. Lemberg (L’viv) 18.1.1850 — Vienna 23.12.1923. Austrian Astronomer and Geodecist. Studies at Vienna. Dr. In 1872-73 briefly Assistant at Geneva observatory, then Th. von Oppolzer’s Assistant in Austrian geodetic survey and after his death 1887 its director. Mainly known of his research on eclipses. Publications: “Hilfstafeln für Chronologie”,…
STROHAL, Emil Ernst. Klagenfurt 29.7.1874 — Leipzig 7.3.1902. Austrian Student of Indology. The eldest son of Emil Strohal (1844–1914), a legal scholar. In 1896-97 studied medicine at Leipzig, then switched to Indology. Ph.D. 1900 Göttingen (under Windisch). Died preparing his habilitation. Publications: Diss. Bhāskararāya’s Śivanāmakalpalatālavāla. Herausgegeben, übersetzt und erklärt. 1.…
STRONG, Sandford Arthur. London 10.4.1863 — London 18.1.1904. British Semitic and Pāli Scholar. Son of Thomas Banks Strong, of the War Office, and Anna Lawson. After St.Paul’s school in London worked as clerk at Lloyd’s and attended classes at King’s College in London. From 1881 studies of Sanskrit (under Bendall)…
STRONG, Dawsonne Melanchthon. Ross, Herefordshire 11.11.1841 — ?.7.1903. British Colonial Officer interested in Buddhism. Son of Clement Dawsonne Strong (1805–1898) and Charlotte Symonds. Served in Bengal Infantry, Major 1879, finally Major-General. Retired, in 1899 living in Edinburgh. Married 1870 Mary Louisa Smith, six children. Publications: Translated from Persian: Selections from…
STRZYGOWSKI, Josef. Biala, Austrian Silesia (now Bielsko-Biała in Poland) 7.3.1862 — Vienna 2.1.1941. Austrian Art Historian. Professor in Vienna. Son of a cloth manufacturer, and his wife Edle Trass von Friedenfelt, of minor nobility. In 1880 took apprenticeship in a weaving plant, but later abandoned this career. From 1882 studies…
STÜBE, Rudolf Heinrich Karl. Behren-Lübchin, Mecklenburg-Schwerin 27.7.1870 — 1930. German Historian of Religion. In 1890-94 studies of theology and Oriental languages at Rostock, Halle (i.al. under Pischel) and Berlin. Ph.D.1894 and cand. theol. 1897 Halle. Worked as schoolteacher (Oberlehrer) in Leipzig, continuing his studies. Publications: Diss. Jüdisch-babylonische Zaubertexte. 33 p.…
STUMPF, Peter. 26.1.1940 — 26.5.1977. German Tocharian Scholar. School in Berlin and from 1953 in Frankfurt. From 1959 studies of IE and Indology at Frankfurt. Ph.D. 1968 Frankfurt (under W. Thomas). Worked as Assistant at Frankfurt. Negative opinion of Thomas prevented the planned habilitation at Frankfurt. Died young of heart…