LUBER, Alois Adam August. Salzburg 28.8.1847 — Salzburg 20.6.1924. Austrian Teacher and Classical Scholar. Son of civil servant Ludwig Luber (1813–1850) and Josefa Wirl. Ph.D. 1870. Gymnasium Professor in Salzburg and from c. 1874 in Görz (now Gorizia), teaching history and geography. From 1881 Bezirksschulinspektor in St.Johann im Pongau and…
LOVE, Martha Lile. 1950? — 1979. Canadian (?) Student of Indology. Daughter of Donald Drewry Love (1919–1965) and Shirley C. Atkins (1921–1999). In 1977/78 at Toronto University (B.A.), then further studies in Pune. Died as graduate student working on “the Sphoṭa Theory of the Vaiyākaraṇas”. The university founded Martha Lile…
LOVARINI, Emilio. Vicenza (or Lovadina) 7.4.1866 — Lovadina, Treviso 31.1.1955. Italian Philologist interested in Indology. Studied Italian literature and Sanskrit, graduated from Padova in 1889 with Indological dissertation. Schoolteacher in Ragusa, Catanzaro, Taranto and from 1895 in Cesena. From 1900 Docent of Italian Literature at Bologna University and teacher of…
LOTTNER, Carl Friedrich. Berlin 20.6.1834 — Dublin 5.4.1873. German Celtic and IE Linguist in Ireland. Professor in Dublin. Son of general counsel, Justizrat Franz August Lottner (1796–1836) and Juliane Caroline Wilhelmine Sander. After school and Gymnasium in Berlin studied in 1851-54 at Berlin under Bopp and Grimm. Worked as schoolteacher,…
LOSCH, Hans. Camphausen near Saarbrücken 16.9.1902 — 10.12.1995. German Indologist. Professor in Bonn. Son of a mine owner, educated at St.Avold (Lorraine) and at Gymnasium in 1914-20 in Aachen. Studied from 1920 law at Bonn, in 1921-22 at Munich. Juridical degree 1923 at Bonn. Worked some time in a law…
LORINSER, Carl Maria Franz. Berlin 12.3.1821 — Breslau 12.11.1893. German Catholic Theologian interested in Sanskrit. Born of a family originally coming from Bohemia, the only child of Karl Ignatius Lorinser (1796–1853), a physician, and Auguste Fritze. In 1825 the family moved to Oppeln, Upper Silesia (Opole in Poland). After school…
LORIMER, John Gordon. Glasgow 1870 — Bushire, Persia 8.2.1914. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India. Sonof Rev. Robert Lorimer (1840–1925) and Isabella Lockhart Robinson, brother of —> D. L. R. Lorimer (1876–1962) and others. Educated at High School of Dundee. Studies at Edinburgh University and Christ Church, Oxford. He joined…
LORIMER, Emily Overend (née Emily Martha Overend). Dublin 1881 — Hatfield, Hertfordshire 10.6.1949. British (Anglo-Irish) Journalist, wife of —> D. L. R. Lorimer (1876–1969), participated in his travels and studies. Daughter of judge Thomas George Overend (1846–1915) and Hannah Kingsbury (d. 1953). Studied modern languages at Trinity College, Dublin. She was a…
LORIMER, David Lockhart Robertson. Strathmarkine near Dundee 24.12.1876 — Hatfield, Hertfordshire 25.2.1962. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer, Linguist and Indo-Iranian Scholar. Lieutenant-Colonel. Son of Rev. Robert Lorimer (1840–1925) and Isabella Lockhart Robertson (1849–1931), brother of —> J. Gordon Lorimer (1870–1914), —> Florence M. G. Lorimer (1883–1967), Emilia H. L. Lorimer, also…
LONG, James. Bandon, Cork 1814 — 23.3.1887. Rev. British (Anglo-Irish) Anglican Missionary in India. While earlier sources claim that of his background little is known, but in any case he passed some time in Russia, Wikipedia referring to Oddie knows that he was the son of John and Anne Long…