PAX, Elpidius (born Wolfgang Pax). Breslau 22.4.1912 — Lippstadt, Kr. Soest 14.4.1993. German Linguist and Catholic Theologian. Son of Ferdinand Albert Pax (1885–1964), a marine biologist, and Elisabeth Nohr. Studied classics, comparative linguistics, archaeology and philosophy at Breslau, especially under Havers and Strauss. Ph.D. 1936 Breslau. PD 1937 Breslau. From…
PAULY, Else Margarete (née Christiansen). Holbæk, Zealand 23.2.1918 — 26.8.2000. Danish Indologist. Daughter of Axel William Christiansen (1888-1964), an accountant, and Valborg Vilhelmine Wael (1879-1949). Matriculated 1938 in Copenhagen, then studied English, French, Classics and Comparative Linguistics (L. Hjelmslev) at Copenhagen. In 1945 married and had three children (born 1946-49).…
PASTOR RODRÍGUEZ, Julián de. 18?? — 19??. Spanish Lawyer and Historian. Doctor en Derecho. In Sanskrit autodidact, taught it at the University of Zaragoza in 1869-70, later worked as notary in Madrid (still 1901). Publications: Wrote on Spanish history. Sources: Alvarez 54f.; scanty stray notes in Internet.
PARSONS, Francis Cotton. Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire 29.11.1867 — Lausanne, Vaud 23.12.1924. British Civil Servant in India. Son of a farmer, William Baldock Parsons, and Louisa Ambrose. Educated in Waterbeach and Reading, studied at Cambridge (Trinity College). Joined I.C.S. in 1886, served in different parts of South India. District and Sessions Judge…
PAPINIU, Eugen. 18?? — 19??. Romanian. In 1918 in London. One E. Papiniu (b. 1885) graduated in 1908 from Bucharest and was Ambassador in 1936. Bănăţeanu (Vi-BhQ 27, 1961, 258) calls the translator an “Indianist”. Publications: Translated directly from Sanskrit: Kālidāsa, Śakuntalā, dramă sanscrită, în româneşte de Eusebiu Camilar după…
MORICI, Giuseppe. 13.9.1855 — 19??. Italian interested in Sanskrit. “R. Provveditore agli Studi a Macerata”. Also studied Lithuanian. Publications: “Kālidāsa. Ritusanhāra. Traduzione in versi con note”, Orlando furioso. Rivista di lettere, scienze ed arti 2, Livorno 1886, 81-84, 92-96, 98-101; Kālidāsa. La nube messaggera. Poema tradotto. 79 p. Roma 1891…
OPPERT, Gustav Salomon. Hamburg 30.7.1836 — Berlin 1.3.1908 (or 17.3.). German Indologist in India. Professor in Madras. Son of Eduard Oppert (until 1812 Oppenheimer, 1792–1874) and Henriette Gans (1800–1875), brother of —> Jules Oppert (1825–1905) and Ernst Jacob Oppert (1832–1903) who was a merchant in Shanghai and visited three times…
OLIVER, Revilo Pendleton. Corpus Christi, TX 7.7.1908 — Urbana, IL 20.8.1994. U.S. Classical Scholar and Racist Publisher. Son of the elder R. P. Oliver (1853–1929). After high school in Illinois he moved to California and studied Sanskrit on his own. Then studied at Pomona College (B.A.) and Classics at University…
OLIPHANT, Samuel Grant. Camden co., NJ 13.3.1864 — 1936. U.S. Indologist and Classical Scholar. Son of William Oliphant and Mary Warner Clevenger. Studied classics at Princeton, A.B. 1891, M.A. 1894. Worked as teacher of Greek and Latin. In 1902-07 graduate studies of Classics and Sanskrit at Johns Hopkins (Bloomfield), Ph.D.…
NOVOSAD, Martin (Nyānasatta/Ñānasatta Mahāthera). Vizovice, Moravia 25.1.1908 — Galle, Sri Lanka ?.9.1984. Czechoslovakian Buddha in Sri Lanka. Born in Southern Moravia. In 1935 heard of Buddhism through his wife and in 1938 arrived in Sri Lanka. Now became Nyānatiloka’s disciple and soon ordained as a monk. From 1940 leader of…