KORVIN-KRASINSKI, Cyrill von (also written Korwin-Kr., Polish Cyryl Krasiński, lay Jan Kasímierz hr. Korwin-Krasiński). Mszana Dolna (then Austria, now Poland) 5.9.1905 — Maria Laach 1992. German (born Polish) Theologian and Scholar of Symbolism and Tibetan Medicine. Son of Henryk Piotr Zygmunt Krasiński (1866–1928). Studies in Paris and Innsbruck. Ph.D. 1948…
KORSCH, Theodor (Fedor Evgen’evič KORŠ). Moscow 22.4.(4.5.)1843 — Moscow 16.2. (1.3.)1915. Russian IE Linguist and Sanskrit Scholar. Son of Evgenij Fëdorovič Korš, a journalist. After classical education started in 1860 studies of classical philology, Sanskrit (under Petrov), Arabic, Persian and Turkish at Moscow University. Candidate’s degree 1864, Magister 1868 Moscow,…
KOROLEV, Nikolaj Ivanovič. Samarkand 8.1.1928 — 18.2.1995. Russian Indologist (Nepali & Newari scholar). Son of a civil servant, in 1950-56 in Red Army. Graduated 1958 from Moscow University’s Institute of Oriental languages. Kand. filol. nauk 1965 (monograph instead of diss.). From 1958 naučnyj sotrudnik at Inst. vostokovedenija of Academy of…
KOPPERS, Wilhelm. Menzelen near Xanten, Rheinland 8.2.1886 — Vienna 23.1.1961. Father. German Ethnologist, Catholic Priest and Theologian in Austria. Professor in Vienna. Son of a poor day labourer (later small farmer). He joined early the Society of the Divine Word (Societas Verbi Divini, S.V.D.) and was educated at its gymnasium…
KOPP, Hermann Oskar. Neckarhausen bei Mannheim 13.6.1902 — 1987. German Indologist (Pāli scholar). Son of Johann Kopp and Margareta Held (d. 1917). Gymnasium in Mannheim In 1920-28 studies of Protestant Theology and Indology (under Zimmer and Walleser) at Heidelberg, for a while at Leipzig, in 1930-34 at Walleser Institute. Ph.D. 1935…
KOPERNICKI, Izydor. Czyżówka, Lesser Poland, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Čiživka in Ukraine) 17.4.1825 — Cracow 24.9.1891. Polish Physician, Ethnologist and Romani scholar. Professor in Cracow. Son of Stanisław K. Studied medicine at Kiev (Ky’iv) and worked then as physician. From 1871 living in Cracow, from 1878 Docent and 1886 Professor of…
KONOW, Sten. Søndre Aurdal, Valdres 17.4.1867 — Oslo 29.6.1948. Norwegian Indo-Iranian Scholar. Professor in Oslo. Born in Central Norway as the son of minister Wollert Otto Konow (1833–1895, of a merchant family from Bergen) and Anne Heyerdahl. Educated in Lillehammer, matriculated in 1884. Studies of classical and Germanic philology (under…
KOHLBRUGGE, Dina Johanna (Hanna). Utrecht 25.7.1911 — Utrecht 13.12.1999. Dutch Indologist and Iranian scholar. Daughter of Herman Kohlbrugge (1872–1945) and Johanne Elisabeth Barner. After Gymnasium in Utrecht studies of Indology at Utrecht under Gonda. Ph.D. 1938 Utrecht. During the war participated in the resistance movement, during free hours learned Persian…
KOHL, Josef Friedrich. Katzengrün bei Falkenau (now Kaceřov in Czechia) 22.7.1908 — ?.1.1998. Austrian Indologist in Germany. Professor at Würzburg. Son of a Catholic estate steward from Bohemia, educated at German Gymnasium in Eger. In 1927-31 studies of biology, paleontology, physics and mathematics at German University of Prague, in 1931-33…
KÖRBER, Hans Nordewin von (Koerber). Treptow-Köpenick 23.7.1896 — San Diego ?.4.1979. German Sino-Tibetologist in the U.S.A. Son of Friedrich Theodor Joachim von Körber and Helene Elise von Otto. Gymnasium in Charlottenburg, studies at Berlin, Bonn, Marburg and Cambridge. In 1914 expedition to Khotan with A. H. Francke, sent by Scherman…