GABELENTZ-LINSINGEN, Hans Albert von der. Altenburg (Thüringen) 14.11.1834 — Weimar 5.3.1892. German Naturalist interested in East Asia. Son of —> H. C. v. d. G. and Henriette von Linsingen (1813–1892), added his mother’s name (Linsingen) in 1860. Oberhofmeister. Married 1867 Margaretha Therese Elisabeth von Carlowitz, two sons and one daughter.…
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 v. G., an officer (later General) with Huguenot background and Catholic mother, school in Mainz and Brandenburg. Studied first from 1920 mathematics and natural science at Berlin, from…
GAASTRA, Dieuke. Dordrecht 18?? — 19??. Mrs. Dutch Indologist. Student of Gallée and Caland. Ph.D. 1906 Utrecht. One D.G. married Arij Roest Crollius. She was born in Workum 7.8.1871 as the daughter of Siemon G. and Catharina Visser, married there 1895 and died in the Hague 9.7.1936. They were living…
GAÁL, László. Karcag 22.1.1891 — Karcag 13.6.1964. Hungarian Classical and Iranian Scholar. Professor in Debrecen. 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 philologist and taught at secondary school in Nagy Kőrös, 1928-48 Director…
FURNIKA, Vitalij Petrovič. Dovžanka near Ternopil, western Ukraina 14.10.1940 — 16.4.1993. Russian (Ukrainian) Indologist (Tamil Scholar). Son of a farmer. Studies in Leningrad (Rudin) and 1969-70 in Madras. Graduated 1970 from Leningrad. Kand. filol. nauk 1979. From 1975 editor of the Raduga. Publications: C. 120 publications, i.al.: – Kand.diss. Tvorčestvo…
FUMI, Fausto Gherardo. Montepulciano (Toscana) 17.10.1840 — Genoa 1915. Italian Linguist interested in Sanskrit Literature. Studies at Pisa (under Bardelli), 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 “storia comparata…
FUGLSANG, Niels Studsgaard. Holeby, Laaland (Lolland) 19.11.1759 — Slagelse, Sorø 29.12.1832. Danish Priest in India. Son of Herman F., a vicar, and Lucie Abelone Studsgaard. After school in Aalborg studied philology, medicine and theology at Copenhagen. Ordained priest 1792. Minister of the Danish Lutheran congregation in Trankebar in 1792-1804. Back…
FÜRST, Alfons. Sulzdorf/O.-A. Aalen near Ulm 21.2.1892 — 19??. German student of Indology. Son of a farmer, educated in Hüttlingen, at Latinschule in Rottenburg and 1907-11 at Gymnasium of Ehingen. From 1911 studies of philosophy, theology and philology at Tübingen, soon Indology under Garbe. Ph.D. 1915 Tübingen. Publications: Diss. Der…
FÜRER-HAIMENDORF, Christoph(er) von. Vienna 27.6.1909 — London 11.6.1995. Austrian Anthropologist in the U.K. Professor in London. Son of Rudolf Fürer von H., an Austrian civil servant, of an ancient German family of nobility. Educated at Theresianische Akademie of Vienna University and studied anthropology and archaeology. Student of W. Schmidt, Koppers,…
FÜHRER, Alois Anton. Limburg an der Lahn 26.11.1853 — Binningen near Basel 5.11.1930. German Indologist and Archaeologist in India. Studies of Catholic Theology and Oriental languages at Würzburg. Ordained priest 1877. Ph.D. 1879 Würzburg (apparently under Jolly), soon to India. After a while as Professor of Sanskrit at St. Xavier…