MICHALSKI(-IWIEŃSKI), Stanisław Franciszek. Tarnogród, prov. Lublin 29.1.1881 — Łodz 8.8.1961. Polish Indologist. Professor in Łodz. Son of Seweryn Michalski, a physician, and Stanisława Smalski. Matriculated 1904 from Biała Siedlecka. Studies at Warsaw, then Indology at Vienna (L. v. Schroeder and P. Kretschmer), Ph.D. 1912. Then briefly further studies at Göttingen…
MEYER-FRANCK, Helene (née Franck). 1873 — 1946. German Teacher and Translator of Tagore, from 1906 wife of —> H. Meyer-Benfey (1869–1945). Worked as schoolteacher in Hamburg.Learned Bengali for her translating work. Publications: Translated the majority of Rabindranath’s English books into German: Nationalismus. 151 p. Lp. 1919; Die Gabe des Liebenden.…
MENDOZA, Gumersindo. Aculco, Atlaconulco Region, State of Mexico 1829 — Ciudad de México 1886. Mexican Physician interested in Languages. Born in a modest family with Amerindian Otomi background. Studies at Toluca and Mexico City. Dr.med. In 1868 one of the founders of Natural History Society of Mexico. In 1876-83 Curator…
MENASCE, Jean de (born Jean André Moise de Menasce). Alexandria, Egypt 24.12.1902 — Paris 24.11.1973. Father. French Iranian Scholar. From his mother inherited French citizenship, father (banker, Baron Félix de Menasce) belonged to a Jewish family which had migrated from Spain to Egypt around 1500. Educated at French school in Alexandria,…
MELZER, Uto (Utho) Ottomar von, Edler von Tapferhaim. Graz 18.10.1881 — 22.2.1961. Austrian Iranian Scholar. Son of Ignaz Melzer (1817–1906), an officer, and Sara Heinrike Nagy (1854–1927). Educated in Graz and from 1900 worked as schoolteacher. He wrote pan-German nationalistic poetry and served in WW I in Russian and Italian…
MEKLER, Georg Karl. Livonia 3.2.(8.2.)1858 — 19??. Baltic German (Livonian) Linguist. Studies of classical and comparative philology in 1877-84 at Dorpat (Tartu), in 1885-86 further studies at Berlin and Göttingen. Mag. gr. comp. 1887 Dorpat. From 1887 teacher (Oberlehrer) of Latin at gymnasium (Katharinen-Schule) and PD of Comparative Grammar at…
MEILLET, Paul Jules Antoine. Moulins (Allier) 11.11.1866 — Châteaumeillant (Cher) 12.9.1936. French Linguist. Professor in Paris. Lost his mother when 11. Spent his childhood in Moulins (home of his grandparents) and Châteaumeillant,where his father worked as notary. After Lycée Banville of Moulins he came to Paris in 1884 intending to…
MEILE, Pierre. Asnières near Paris 23.2.1911 — Saint-Georges-de-Dionne (Charente-Maritime) 31.7.1963. French Indologist (Tamil Scholar). After École normale supérieure he became one of the last students of S. Lévi, also studied under Foucher, Bloch, Vendryes, Meillet, and Benveniste. Agrégé de grammaire 1935. In 1936-39 further studies in India, mainly at Santiniketan…
MEIER, Franz Josef. 1906 — 1987. German Librarian, began his career as Indologist. Librarian in Munich. Ph.D. 1931 München. In 1937-70 librarian at Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich, after the WW II as director of the Ostasiensammlung. Thus he turned from Indian studies to East Asia. Publications: Diss. publ. as “Der…
MATZEL, Klaus Hellmuth. Borsdorf near Leipzig 11.10.1923 — 1992. German Linguist, Germanic and Sinhalese Scholar. Professor in Regensburg. Son of Hellmuth Paul Matzel and Margaretha Werner. Educated in Hamburg. Studies at Halle, Leipzig, Jena and Berlin, mainly German, but also classics, Slavic, IE and Indology. Four years in a G.D.R.…