SANDBERG, Samuel Louis Graham. Oughtibridge, Yorkshire 9.12.1851 — Bournemouth 2.3.1905. Rev. British Priest and Tibetan Scholar. Son of Rev. Paul Louis Sandberg (1819–1878), a vicar and former (1843-49) missionary in India, with Swedish ancestry, and Maria Graham. Educated in Liverpool and Birkenhead. B.A. 1870 Dublin University, then studied law at Inner…
SAMPSON, John (“Romano Rai”). Schull, County Cork 25.2.1862 — West Kirkby, Cheshire 9.11.1931. British (Irish) Librarian and Gipsy Scholar. Son of James Sampson (1813–1871?), a chemist and mining engineer from Cornwall, and Sarah Anne MacDermott. His father lost all his money in a bank failure 1871 and the family moved…
RYSIEWICZ, Zygmunt. Krosno, Subcarpathian Voivodeship 5.1.1911 — Warsaw 14.4.1954. Polish Indologist and Linguist. From 1929 studies of Polish, Slavics and philosophy at Jan Kasimir University, Lwów (L’viv), student of Kuryłowicz. In 1936-45 at Lwów, then moved to Cracow. In 1947-48 further studies in Paris under Renou, Bloch and Benveniste. From…
RÜDIGER, Johann Christian Christoph. Burg near Magdeburg 9.5.1751 — 21.10.1822. German Cameralist and Linguist. Background not known. From 1768 studies of law and modern languages at Halle. PD 1777 and from 1791 ao. Professor der Kameralwissenschaften and still in 1791 also ord. at Halle. He was also a linguist. He…
RÜCKERT, Friedrich Johann Michael. Schweinfurt 16.5.1788 — Neusess bei Coburg, Franken 31.1.1866. German Poet, Translator, Oriental Scholar and Indologist. Professor in Erlangen and Berlin. Son of Johann Adam Rückert (1763–1831), a lawyer, and Maria Barbara Schoppach (1766–1835). After gymnasium in Schweinfurt (1802–05) studies of law, languages and literature at Würzburg…
RUDIN, Semën Gesselevič. Leningrad 21.7.1929 — Leningrad 22.8.1973. Russian Indologist (Tamil Scholar). Son of a physician. In 1947-52 studied Indology in Leningrad. From 1955 until his death taught Indology at Leningrad. In 1966 one year in India studying i.al. the Nilgiri languages (Toda, Kota, Kurumba). Kand. filol. nauk 1968 Leningrad.…
ROWLANDS, Jane Helen (Helen o Fôn). Menai Bridge, Anglesey 3.4.1891 — Karimganj 12.2.1955. British (Welsh) Missionary in Assam. Daughter of Captain Jabez Rowlands and his wife Martha, grew up in a very religious home. Graduated 1911 in French from University College of North Wales in Bangor, also briefly studies at…
ROSEN, Friedrich (Fritz) Felix Balduin. Leipzig 30.8.1856 — Beijing 27.11.1935. German Diplomat and Oriental (Persian and Urdu) Scholar. Son of the diplomat Georg Rosen (1820–1891), from Lippe, and Serena Anna Moscheles (1830–1902), nephew of —> Friedrich A. Rosen. The father was also an Arabic and Persian scholar who translated the…
ROOS-KEPPEL, George Olaf (also referred to as Ross-Keppel, added Keppel in 1890). London 7.9.1866 — London 11.12.1921. Sir. British Colonial Officer in India. Lieutenant-Colonel (1907). Son of Gustaf Ehrenreich Roos (1838–1926), a Swedish merchant in England, and his English wife, Elizabeth Annie Roffey. Educated at United Services College in Westward…
ROMER, John. Ancroft, co. Durham 1780 (Wikipedia. c. 1770) — 22.8.1858. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Robert Romer and Frances Marshall (died before May 1789). In 1816/23 he was Government Agent in Surat. Member of the Council in Bombay, acted as Governor of Bombay for a brief period…