SUHOČEV, Aleksej Sergeevič. Strežnevo, Oktjabr’skij raion, obl. Kursk 22.3.1928 — 2000. Russian Indologist, specialist of Urdu and Assami Literature. Son of a farmer. In army in 1950-56. Graduated 1957 from Moscow. Kand. filol. nauk 1962, Dr. 1976. From 1956 naučnyj sotrudnik, 1974 staršij n. s. at Oriental Institute, AN SSSR,…
STEGMILLER, Frumentius. Feldafing, Bavaria 16.6.1880 — Kaufbeuren, Bavaria 2.2.1929. S.D.S. Father. German Catholic Missionary in India. School in Munich. Entered Salvatorian order in 1894, studied theology in Rome and Meran, ordained priest in 1903. In 1906-11 worked in Khasi Hills, Assam (now Meghalaya). Back in Germany, served in WW I…
STANLEY, Patricia Cotman. Morton, Texas 5.9.1933 — Austin 5.3.2003. U.S. Linguist. Daughter of John Pat Cotman and Pauline Martin. Studies at Chicago (B.A. 1966) and Austin, one year in India. Ph.D. 1972 University of Texas, Austin. Taught at Washington State University, University of Łódź in Poland (1976-78), University of Texas…
SOKOLOVA, Valentina Stepanovna. Kronštadt 11.(24.)2.1916 — Emel’janovo, Tverskaja obl. 7.9.1993. Russian Iranian Scholar. Daughter of a farmer. Graduated 1938 from Leningrad. Kand. filol. nauk 1944. Dr. filol. nauk 1955. Docent 1947. From 1939 taught at Leningrad University, from 1941 naučnyj sotrudnik at Instituta jazykoznanija, Leningrad (AN SSSR), 1950 staršij naučnyj…
SLATER, Gilbert. Plymouth 27.8.1864 — Oxford 8.3.1938. British Economist and Social Reformer. Son of a school teacher, Daniel Slater (1832–1902), and Ellen Augusta Trevor. Studied economics (M.A.), one of the first doctors of the London School of Economics. In 1909-15 Principal of Ruskin College in Oxford. From 1915 the first…
SEDDON, Felix John Vaughan. Pendleton, Lancashire 1798 — Murshidabad 25.11.1865.British Oriental Scholar. Son of attorney William Seddon (1757–1808) and Penelope Watson (1761–1826), educated in Manchester. In 1815 left for India. From 1820 Registrar of Rangpur, 1824-25 accompanied the army in Burmese war as translator, knew Assamese and Manipuri, also Persian and…
SEBEOK, Thomas Albert (“Tom”, Hungarian Tamás Sebők). Budapest 9.11.1920 — Bloomington, Indiana 21.12.2001. U.S. (born Hungarian) Linguist and Semiotician. Son of Dezső Sebők and Vera Perlmann. After school in Budapest in 1936 father sent him to Cambridge (Magdalen College) to learn English, 1937 moved to the U.S.A., naturalized 1944. B.A.…
SCOTT WARING, Edward Warren Hastings. England 1783 — India 1821. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Major John Scott Waring (1747–1819, served in India c. 1766–81, later M.P.) and Elizabeth Blackrie (1745–1796), nephew of —> Jonathan Scott (1754–1829). In Bengal Civil Service, worked in Bundelkhand. “Collector at Futteyghur.” From…
SCHWARZ, Franz Ferdinand. Graz 26.12.1934 — Graz 8.5.2001. Austrian Classical Scholar interested in Indology. Professor in Graz. Son of a court official. Studied at Graz Classical Philology, Comparative Linguistics and Indology (under Brandenstein). Ph.D. 1961. Worked as schoolteacher of Latin at a gymnasium in Graz. Further studies in 1971-72 at…
SCHLERATH, Holger Bernfried. Leipzig 15.5.1924 — Berlin 30.5.2003 (or 12.12.?). German Indo-Iranian Scholar. The only child of literary editor Dr. Franz Schlerath and Karoline Suter, in 1928 the family moved to Frankfurt. Matriculated 1943 from Frankfurt, briefly student at Frankfurt, in 1944-45 in the army as wireless operator (briefly war…