languages – Persons of Indian Studies by Prof. Dr. Klaus Karttunen

NEUBAUER, Edwin

NEUBAUER, Edwin. 1??? — . Austrian Student of Indology. Ph.D. 1931 Vienna. Publications: Diss. Indisches Privatleben im Spiegel der Jātakas.Manuscript 1931. Sources: Diss. in Janert; nothing in internet.

MÜLLER, Gerhard Friedrich

MÜLLER, Gerhard Friedrich (Fëdor Ivanovič Miller). Herford, Westfalen 29.10.1705 — Moscow 11/22.10.1783. German Historian, Ethnograph and Explorer of Siberia in Russia. Son of gymnasium director Thomas Müller and Anna Maria Bode. Gymnasium in Herford, studied at Rinteln and Leipzig (Greman Wikip., in Russianversion Rinteln and Halle), mainly philosophy and history. In…

MORRETTA, Angelo

MORRETTA, Angelo (Dan Petraşincu). 1910 — 1997. Italian-Romanian Scholar of Religion. Ph.D. From 1951 living in Rome, probably died there. Publications: ‪Gli dei dell’ India: breve enciclopedia illustrata del pantheon indù. 364 p. Milano 1966. – Il pensiero vedanta. 396 p. Studi contemporanei 6.Rome 1968. – La parola e il silenzio. Una…

MONNA, Maria Cornelia

MONNA, Maria Cornelia. the Hague 16.6.1904 — ????. Dutch. Daughter of Willem Cornelis Monna and Antje Maria van der Marel. Publications: The Gathas of Zarathustra. A reconstruction of the text. 199 p. Amsterdam 1978. Sources: Birth and book only in Internet.

MOCKLER, Edward

MOCKLER, Edward. Belgaum 18.9.1842 — Guernsey 4.3.1927. British Colonial Officer. Son of Surgeon-Major Edward Mockler, Sr. (1810–1887) and Ann Sarah Pritchard (d. 1845). Joined Indian Army in 1859. From 1866 mainly in political offices, first in Aden, from 1873 in Makran. From 1979 Assistant to the Governor General’s Agent for…

MILBURN, R. Gordon

MILBURN, Robert Gordon. 30.5.1870 — 1968. Rev. British Missionary in India. After ordination worked as priest in London. Went to India as missionary, but lost his faith and turned to teaching. Vice-Principal of Bishop’s College, Calcutta, 1906-14. Also Lecturer in Logic and Philosophy at Calcutta University. Married Mary. Publications: England and…

MASCARÓ, Juan

MASCARÓ FORNÉS, Joan (Juan Mascaro). Santa Margalica / Santa Margarita, Mallorca 8.12.1897 — Comberton, Cambridge, U.K. 19.3.1987. Spanish (Catalonian) Poet, Translator and Philologist. Son of a farmer family. School in Palma, then worked in British consulate in Palma. Studied English, Sanskrit and Pāli at Cambridge and in Jaffna. From 1933…

MARŠAK, Boris Il’ič

MARŠAK, Boris Il’ič. Luga 9.7.1933 — Pendžikent 28.7.2006. Russian Archaeologist and Iranian (Sogdian) Scholar. Son of an official, grew up in Leningrad. Graduated 1956 from Moscow in history. Kand. ist. nauk 1965 Leningrad. In 1956-58 naučnyj sotrudnik at Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography in Dushanbe, from 1961 at Oriental…

ŁUGOWSKI, Andrzej

ŁUGOWSKI, Andrzej. Warsaw 26.1.1938 — 2006. Polish Indologist. Studied Indology and Germanistics at Warsaw and Poznań. M.A. 1961, Ph.D. 1968 Warsaw (Słuszkiewicz). Then taught at Warsaw. Publications: “Staroindyjskie wersje podania o potopie”, Euhemer 71-72, 1969, 49-54; “Legenda o Śunahśepie”, Euhemer 75, 1970, 17-25; “Fragmenty z Upaniszad”, Studia Filozoficzne 67, 1970, 35-42…

LISKER, Leigh

LISKER, Leigh. Philadelphia, Pa. 7.12.1918 — Ibid. 24.3.2006. U.S. Indologist (Dravidian Linguist). Professor in Philadelphia. Studies at University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia: B.A. 1941 in German, M.A. 1946 and Ph.D. 1949 in Linguistics. Taught at University of Pennsylvania: 1948-51 Instructor, 1951-60 Assistant Professor, 1960-64 Associate Professor and from 1964 Professor…