FRENKIAN, Aram. Constanţa 19.3.1898 — Bucharest 10.9.1968. Romanian Classical (Greek) Scholar interested in Indology. Son of Armenian refugees, Haroutioun Frenkian and Zarouhi Essayan. Studies at Iaşi, from 1926 further studies of Greek, linguistics and Sanskrit in Paris under Meillet, Bloch, Finot, et al., also philosophy under Bréhier. Ph.D. 1931 Bucharest.…
FREJMAN, Aleksandr Arnol’dovič. Warsaw 10.(22.)8.1879 — Leningrad 19.1.1968. Russian Iranist, specialist of Middle Iranian. Professor in Leningrad. Son of an official. After gymnasium in Warsaw in 1889-99, studies of Indo-Iranian and Armenian at Oriental Faculty (under Salemann, Žukovskij, Ol’denburg, Ščerbackoj and Marr) and of linguistics (under Bulič and Baudouin de…
FREI, Henri. Baar, Canton Zug 5.6.1899 — Hedingen, Canton Zürich 14.11.1980. Swiss Linguist. Professor in Geneva. Son of Gustav Adolf Frei, an industrialist, and Ida Dändliker. Studies of linguistics at Geneva and Paris (É.L.O.V.) until 1926 (including New Indo-Aryan and Japanese). Ph.D. 1929 Geneva (under Bally). In 1933-34 Professor at…
FRAZER, Robert Watson. Dublin ?.5.1854 — 30.11.1921. Irish Indologist and Dravidian Scholar in British Civil Service in India. Lecturer in London. Son of Dr. William Frazer, a physician. Educated at Rathmines School and Trinity College in Dublin (under Atkinson). LL.B. In 1877-86 served in India, Madras Civil Service. In 1886…
FRAUWALLNER, Erich. Wien-Währing 28.12.1898 — Vienna 5.7.1974. Austrian Indologist and Tibetan Scholar. Professor in Vienna. Son of the financial secretary (later wirkl. Hofrath) Friedrich Georg Frauwallner and Maria Barbara Riedler. School in Vienna. In 1915 started learning Sanskrit still as a schoolboy. In 1916 to army, served two and a…
FRASER, James Nelson. 1869 — Bombay 12.3.1918. British Civil Servant in India. In Educational Department, Principal of the Training College in Bombay for Teachers in Secondary Schools. Died after a few days’ illness. Publications: Deccan College: A Retrospect 1851–1901. 160 p. Poona 1902. – Transl. with K. B. Marathe: The…
FRASER, James. 1713 — Easter Moniack, Inverness-shire 21.1.1754. British (Scottish) Factor in India, Historian and Manuscript Collector. Son of Alexander Fraser (d. 1733) of Reelick near Inverness. Residing in Surat in 1730-40 he is said to have learned Sanskrit and Avestan (at least he knew Persian). Back in England started…
FRANZÉN (born Pettersson), Gustaf Oskar. Grebo, Östergötland 21.10.1861 — Stockholm (or Umeå?) 4.2.1914. Swedish Medical Missionary in India. Son of Frans Reinhold Pettersson (1837–1888) and Katharina Persdotter. A physician. In India as early as 1898, served in Bijori (Madhya Pradesh), still there in 1909. Wrote articles on Gond religion in…
FRANKFURTER, Oskar. Hamburg 23.2.1851 — Hamburg 1.10.1922. German South-East Asian and Pāli Scholar. Son of Rabbi Naphtali Frankfurter (1810–1860) and his wife Amalie (1810–1873). After Johanneum in Hamburg studied i.al. Indology at Berlin and Göttingen. Ph.D. Göttingen 1874 (diss. on Greek). In Oxford collaborated with Childers and became acquainted with…
FRANKE, Rudolf Otto. Wickerode, Harz 24.6.1862 — Königsberg 5.2.1928. German Indologist. Professor in Königsberg. Son of Alexander Franke (1833–1887), a mill owner, and Clara Osterloh (1834–1882). Educated at the school of Franckesche Stiftungen in Halle. In 1881-85 studies of classical and Germanic philology, then Indology (under Kielhorn) at Göttingen, also…