GARBE, Richard Karl (von). Bredow bei Stettin (now Szczecin-Drzełowo) 9.3.1857 — Tübingen 22.9. 1927. German Indologist. Professor in Tübingen. Son of Gustav Garbe, a factory owner, and Eugenie Konopka. In gymnasium in Stettin he had Grassmann among his teachers. Studies at Tübingen, soon switched from law to Sanskrit (Roth). Ph.D.…
GAMPERT, Vilém (Wilhelm). Prague 29.6.1902 — Prague 14.3.1987. Czech Indologist. Studied Indology at German University of Prague under Winternitz and O. Stein. Ph.D. there 1928. From 1929 worked in university library, in 1939-45 in German army. In 1945-78 he was a scientific worker at Oriental Institute of the Charles University…
GALLÉE, Johan Hendrik. Vorden, Bronckhorst 9.9.1847 — Utrecht 3.2.1908. Dutch Linguist. Professor of IE Philology at Utrecht. Son of mayor Johannes Hermannus Gallée (1822–1901) and Neeltje van Olst. After school in Zutphen studied from 1866 at Leiden, among other things also Sanskrit under Kern. Ph.D. (Litt. Hum. Dr.) there 1873…
GALANOS, Demetrios (Dimitrios G., Δημήτριος Γαλανός). Athens 1760 — Varanasi 3.5.1833. Greek Indologist in India. Son of Pantaleon and Diamanta Galanos, a wealthy Athenian family, educated in Athens, Patmos and Constantinople, where his uncle had a high ecclesiatic position. Himself rejected the priestly career. In 1786 he came to India…
GAEDICKE, Carl. 18?? — 1880?. German Indologist. A student of Delbrück and Cappeller. Ph.D. 1877 Jena (under Delbrück), but said to have died soon after finishing his study for the press. However, Kalliope knows a letter from him to Ad. Kuhn dated 1884. His only work was much praised. Publications:…
GABELENTZ, Hans Georg Conon von der. Poschwitz bei Altenburg (Thüringen) 16.3.1840 — Lemnitz (Thüringen) 11.12.1893. German Sinologist. Son of —> H. C. von der Gabelentz (1807–1874) and Henriette von Linsingen. After gymnasium in Altenburg studied law at Jena (or Halle, also linguistics). He worked from 1864 as an assistant judge…
GABELENTZ, Hans Conon von der. Altenburg (Thüringen) 13.10.1807 — Lemnitz bei Triptis (Thüringen) 3.9.1874. German Linguist. Son of chancellor Leopold von der Gabelentz (1778–1831) and Marianne von Seebach (1784–1876), of an old Saxonian noble family. Together with the publisher F. A. Brockhaus and two other friends the father invented the…
GAASTRA, Dieuke. Dordrecht 18?? — 19??. Mrs. Dutch Indologist. Student of Gallée and Caland. Ph.D. 1906 Utrecht. One D. Gaastra married Arij Roest Crollius. She was born in Workum 7.8.1871 as the daughter of Siemon Gaastra and Catharina Visser, married there 1895 and died in the Hague 9.7.1936. They were…
GAÁL, László. Karcag 22.1.1891 — Karcag 13.6.1964. Hungarian Classical and Iranian Scholar. Professor in Debrecen. Son of László Gal and Zuzsanna Borsos. After gymnasium in Karsag studies of classical and Oriental languages at Kolozsvár University (under Gy. Németh and J. Csengeri), Ph.D. there 1913. Originally he was mainly a classical…
FURNIKA, Vitalij Petrovič. Dovžanka near Ternopil, western Ukraine 14.10.1940 — 16.4.1993. Ukrainian Indologist (Tamil Scholar). Son of a farmer. From 1965 studies in Leningrad (Rudin) and 1969-70 in Madras. Graduated 1970 from Leningrad. Kand. filol. nauk 1979. From 1975 editor of the Progress and from 1882-89 of the Raduga, then…