GOETZ, Hermann. Karlsruhe 17.7.1898 — Heidelberg 8.7.1976. German Art Historian, long time in India. Son of Hermann Goetz (1848–1901), an artist and director of Badische Landeskunstschule. Gymnasium in Munich. Studies of art history at Munich. Ph.D. 1923 Munich. In 1926-31 in Berlin, then 1931-36 at Kern Institute in Leiden as…
GÖSSEL, Heinrich. Leipzig 11.1.1887 — 19??. German Student of Indology. Studied under Windisch in Leipzig before the WW I, Ph.D. (1914 called dr.), then Assistant there. Habilitation 1917 Leipzig, but apparently he could not begin as PD. Also interested in Old Iranian and IE. Probably he is Heinrich Eberhard Gössel…
GODWIN-AUSTEN, Henry Haversham (until 1854 H. H. Austen). Teignmouth, Devon 6.7.1834 — Godalming, Surrey 2.12.1923. British Colonial Officer and Scientist in India. Son of Robert A. C. Austen (later Godwin-Austen, 1808–1884), a geologist, and Maria Godwin. After school at Guildford he went in 1848 to Sandhurst. Entered the army in…
GLASER, Karel (Karol Glazer). Kötsch bei Marburg (now Hočen [Zgormje Hoče] near Maribor, in Slovenia) 3.2.1845 — ibid. 18.7.1913. Austrian (Slovenian) Indologist. Schoolteacher in Trieste. Son of Franc Glaser and Ana Trnjak, gymnasium in Maribor. In 1865-68 studies of classical philology and Slavistics at Vienna, further studies at Berlin. For…
GLASENAPP, Otto Max Helmuth von. Berlin 8.9.1891 — Tübingen 25.6. 1963. German Indologist. Professor in Königsberg and Tübingen. Son of banker —> Otto von Glasenapp (1853–1938) of a Pomeranian noble family and Elisabeth (Lilli) Marie Jähns. Educated in Berlin, as a schoolboy already much interested in India and Sanskrit. After…
GLADWIN, Francis. 1744/45? — 1812. British Colonial Officer and Orientalist (Persian Scholar) in India. Served in the Bengal Army at least 30 years, until his death. He was encouraged by Warren Hastings in his study of Oriental languages, mainly worked on Persian literature. From 1801 he was the first Professor…
GIUSSANI, Carlo. Milano 6.11.1840 — Milano 21.4.1900. Italian Indologist and Classical Scholar. Teacher in Milano. Son of Giovanni Giussani and Angela Carrera. Learned first Sanskrit and linguistics from Ascoli, then studies at Turin and Pisa. Student of Bardelli, graduated at Pisa in 1864. Further studies at Berlin (Weber), Erlangen (Spiegel)…
GIRAUDEAU, Pierre-Philippe. Saint-Mars-de-Coutais (Loire-Inférieure) 17.3.1850 — Kangding (Dajianlu), Tibet 13.11.1941. French Catholic Missionary in Tibet. Son of Pierre Jean Giraudeau and Jeanne Guihal. Served in Franco-German war, then turned to religion, ordained priest 1876 in Nantes. In 1877 joined Missions étrangères and after seminary in Paris departed in 1878 to…
GIRARD DE RIALLE, Julien. Paris 27.9.1841 — Santiago (Chile) 23.11.1904. French Civil Servant and Diplomat interested in Indology and Ethnology. Graduated in 1861, travelled anonymously in the Balkans and wrote travel accounts. In 1865-66 by the order of French government in Syria. Privately he studied Sanskrit, Avestan and linguistics (also…
GIORGI, Antonio Agostino (Augustinus Antonius Georgius; baptized Francesco Maria Giorgi). Santo Mauro di Romagna (near Rimini) 10.5.1711 — Rome 4.5.1797. Italian Monk, Theologian, and Orientalist, a Coptic Scholar and Pioneer of Tibetan Studies. Son of Antonio Giorgi (1685–1723) and Antonia Semprini (1687–1767). Augustinian monk since 1726, studied philosophy, science, theology…