ALEKSANDROV, F. G. 18?? — 19??. Russian (Ukrainian?) Indologist or IE Scholar? He worked at Odessa University, but in 1922 was exiled as a member of KD Party and disappears. Publications: In Russian: “K skloneniju indoevropejskih osnov na -e/o v sanskritskom narečii drevneindijskogo”, Učenye zapiski vysšej školy g. Odessy 2…
ALBRIGHT, Ruth Norton (née Ruth Norton). Elizabeth, Union County. NJ 1.6.1892 — Baltimore 1.10.1979. U.S. Indologist. Daughter of Paul Thornley Norton (1865–1936) and Caroline Bain. Student of Bloomfield at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Ph.D. 1921 Johns Hopkins. Right after Ph.D., in 1921, she married her fellow-student, the soon well-known Semitic…
AICHELE, Walther Gustav Paul. Höhefeld, Wertheim near Stuttgart 27.1.1889 — Hamburg 1.5.1971. German Indonesian and Romani Scholar. Probably son of Johann Jacob Aichele (1863–1947) and Emilie Barbara Weiss. From 1913 studied theology and Oriental languages at Heidelberg, Halle and Freiburg. Ph.D. 1915 Heidelberg, From 1914 studied Indonesian under Otto Dempwolff…
AHVLEDIANI, Georgij Saridanovič (Giorgi Akhvlediani). Leykumi, Kutaisskij rajon 1.(13.)4.1887 — Tbilisi 9.7.1973. Georgian Indo-Iranian Scholar and Linguist. Son of a farm owner. Graduated 1914 from Harkov University (Kharkiv), further studies at Petrograd under Marr, Salemann, Ščerbatskoj, et al. Taught Linguistics at Tbilisi University from 1918, Professor from 1932. Taught general…
AGERSCHOU, Agnes Margrethe. Rudkøbing, Langeland 8.5.1912 — 12.8.1968. Danish Assistant of the C.P.D. Daughter of the bankfuldmægtig (?) Vilhelm Kristian Agerschou and Kristina Maria Sand Valborg Rinder. Matriculated from Randers 1930, M.A. 1940 in Nordic philology at Copenhagen. Assistant of the C.P.D. in 1940-49. Married 1934 Johannes Martinus Simonsen (1910–1958,…
ADICEAM, Marguerite E. (née Prost). Bourg (Gironde) 22.7.1911 — Pondicherry 21.10.1989. Mme. French Indologist. Studied classics at Lyon, later also Sanskrit. In 1946-54 teacher at French college in Pondicherry. Back in France student of Filliozat. In 1966-71 scientific member of E.F.E.O. in Pondicherry, then retired. Specialist of Hindu religion, especially…
ADAM, Matthew Thomson. 17?? — 18??. Rev. British Missionary Teacher in India and Author of Books on Hindi/Urdu. Ordained 1819, arrived in 1820 at Calcutta with his wife and soon proceeded to Benares, working for London Missionary Society as teacher at Hindu College. He was a keen student of Hindi.…
ABRAMJAN (Abramian), Ruben Tadesovič (Arm. Ruben T‘adēosi Abrahamyan). Gnišik, Turkish Armenia 9.(21.)2.1881 — 26.10.1951. Armenian Iranian and Armenian Scholar. Son of a civil servant. After gymnasium in Yerevan studied at Kiev, Leipzig and St.Petersburg, in 1911 graduated from Oriental Faculty in St. Petersburg. In 1912-21 teacher in Tiflis (Tbilisi), then…
ABEGG, Emil. Küsnacht near Zürich 11.1.1885 — Zürich 12.2.1962. Swiss Indologist. Professor in Zürich. Son of merchant Emil Abegg (1846–1894) and Fanny Guggenbühl, school and teacher’s college in Küsnacht. Learned Sanskrit first by himself, then from 1904 studied Germanistics, psychology, Arabic, Persian and Sanskrit (under Kaegi) at Zürich University. Ph.D.…
ABBOTT, Justin Edwards. Portsmouth, NH 25.12.1853 — Summit, NJ 19.6. or 16.9.1932. Rev. U.S. Presbyterian Missionary and Indologist (Marathi Scholar). B.A. Son of missionary parents, Rev. Amos Abbott (1812–1889) and Anstice Wilson, he came with them in 1857 to Rahuri (Ahmednagar dt.) and grew up in Maharashtra. Studies in the…