RICE, Carlton Cosmo. Iowa 12.8.1876 — Albemarle, Stanly, NC 17.71945. U.S. Linguist. Studies at University of Texas (A.B. 1897, M.A. 1899) and Harvard (A.M. 1900). Ph.D. 1902 Harvard. Assistant Professor of Romance Languages at University of Oregon 1902-03, Stanford University 1903-05, and University of Iowa 1907-09, Associate Professor at University…
RENEL, Charles Ulysse. Strasbourg 6.5.1866 — Antanarivo 9.9.1925. French Philologist. The only child of Émile Louis Étienne Renel, a railway official, and Uranie Charlotte Henriette Lafite (d. 1878). After Franco-Prussian war the family moved to Épinal (Vosges). From 1884 studies in Paris, at Lycée Louis-le-Grand and from 1886 École normale supérieure,…
RABEL, Lili (after 1969 Lili Rabel Heymann). 1913 — California 1985. German-born Linguist in Canada and the U.S.A. Ph.D. 1957 Berkeley. Associate Professor of Linguistics at University of Calgary 1967–78, then retired. Married 1969 Frederic G. Heymann (1900–1983, a historian). Publications: Khasi, a language of Assam. 15+257 p. Louisiana State Univ.…
PRIEUR, Simon Léon Édouard. Bordeaux 11.2.1803 — 1848. French Colonial Official in India. Son of Alexandre Simon Prieur and Marguerite Jenny Dulphy. Teacher (professeur d’humanités) at Collège royal de Pondichéry and member of Conseil général in Pondichéry. Married 1841 Nancy Aimée Céléstine Lafauche (b. 1823), one son and one daughter. Publications: “Histoire du…
PLAESCHKE, Herbert Karl Alfred. Wismar 1.6.1928 — Halle 29.12.2002. German (East) Indologist and Art Historian. Son of Alfred Plaeschke (1894–1981), a book dealer, and Margarete Möller. Studies of Oriental archaeology (H. Mode) and Indology (Ammer) at Halle, graduated 1959. Dr.phil. 1963 Halle. Dr.sc. 19??. PD 1971 Halle. Worked as wiss. Mitarbeiter…
PETTIGREW, William. Edinburgh 5.1.1869 — 19.1.1943. Rev. British Missionary in India. Son of a sea captain, lost early his mother and father remarried, grew up in a strict Anglican family. Decided early to become a missionary and completed High School at Ardington Aborigines Mission Training Centre. Arrived in India in…
PETRI, Winfried Wilhelm Eduard Emil. Braunschweig 4..9.1914 — 10/11.4.2000.German Historian of Astronomy. Studied mathematics, physics and Oriental languages and worked in various positions, mainly in Berlin. Ph.D. 1943. Participated in WW II and was American war prisoner. In 1946-49 worked as miner. Then went to Munich, employed in observatory. Now studied…
PENNELL, Theodore Leighton. Clifton, Bristol 7.10.1867 — Bannu (now in Pakistan) 23.12.1912. British Missionary Physician in India. Lost early his physician father, educated at Eastbourne College. Studies at London University College and Hospital, M.D. 1891. Sent by Church Missionary Society arrived at Karachi in 1892, accompanied by his mother (d.…
NUSSBAUM, Louis-Frédéric Emmanuel (nom-de-plume Louis Frédéric). Paris 17.12.1923 —Quincy-sous-Sénart near Paris 24.11.1996. French Artist, Art Historian and Writer. Worked as illustrator, travelled in North Africa. Interested in Asia he studied at Sorbonne and É.P.H.É. Did not enter academic career and remained free author. Several visits to Asia, took numerous photographs.…
NESPITAL, Helmut Ernst Robert. Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg 4.8.1936 — Berlin 10.5.2001. German Indologist (Hindi Scholar). Professor in Bamberg. Son of Fritz Nespital (1888–1969) und Elfriede Thiel. Grew up in Berlin. Studied from 1955 at Humboldt University in Berlin (East), began with philosophy, but soon turned to Oriental languages (Indian, Persian, Turkish, Arabic).…