ARIEL, Édouard-Simon. Nantes 5.10.1818 — Pondichéry 23.4.1854. French Marine Officer and Indologist (Tamil scholar) in India. Student of Burnouf in Paris. In 1844 he went to Pondichéry and worked as Deputy Commissar of marine and as Conservator of Pondichéry Library and Archives. On advice of Burnouf, began collecting and studying…
ARBMAN, Ernst Gottfrid. Sundsvall 12.4.1891 — Stockholm 16.11.1959. Swedish Scholar of Indology and Comparative Religion. Son of Olof Emanuel A., vicar in Borgsjö, and Marrie Hasselberg, educated in Östersund. Studies at Uppsala: Cand.Theol. 1914, Cand. Philos. 1917, Lic. Philos. 1920. Ph.D. 1922 and Docent at Uppsala University (i indisk filologi…
ANTOINE, Robert. Dolhain, Limbourg 11.8.1914 — Calcutta 17.10.1981. Father. S.J. Belgian Missionary, Indologist and Scholar of Comparative Literature in India. Indian citizen (1950). At the age of 18, in 1932, he joined the S.J. After studies of classical languages and philosophy came to India at the age of 25 (1939).…
ANDERSSON, Anders Hilding. Växjö 22.3.1853 — Lund 18.2.1918. Swedish Schoolteacher, Classical Scholar and Translator of Sanskrit texts. Son of Rev. Johan A. (1820–1894, later Bishop of Växjö) and Elise Lindfors, matriculated from Jönköping in 1872. Studies at Lund: M.A. 1875, lic. phil. 1878, Ph.D. 1879. From 1879 Docent of Greek…
ANDERSON, Philip. 25.5.1816 — Malabar Hill, Bombay 13.12.1857. Rev. British Priest in India interested in Sanskrit and History. Son of Captain Thomas A. of the E.I.C., educated at St. Paul’s School in London. Studies at Cambridge (Corpus Christi College, B.A. 1838, M.A. 1849), ordained priest 1840. In 1849 to India,…
ANDERSEN, Dines. Ullerslev, Fyn 26.12.1861 — Copenhagen 28.3.1940. Danish Indologist (Pāli Scholar). Son of mill builder Dines A. (1833–1861) and Christine Poulsen (1833–1914), lost his father before his birth. Supported by patrons, he attended the Latin School in Odense in 1877-81. Studied from 1881 at Copenhagen Classical and Scandinavian philology,…
AMPÈRE, Jean-Jacques-Antoine. Lyon 12.8.1800 — Pau 26/27.3.1864. French Scholar of History and Literature interested in India. Son of the famous scientist André Marie A. (1775-1836) and Antoinette Carron, lost early his mother. Educated at Collège Henri IV. Travelled in Europe and wrote himself poetry. In 1830 taught at Athénée de…
AMMANN, Joseph. Kempern 23.3.1804 — 4.1.1854. German Schoolteacher interested in Indology. Student of O. Frank at Munich. From 1836 eighteen years teacher in Landshut (until death). At least taught Hebrew. Publications: “Über das Studium der Sanskrit-Sprache nebst einigen Bemerkungen über Sanskrit-Literatur, mit einem Anhang Sanskritschrift enthaltend”, Progr. Landshut Stud.-Anst. 1848,…
AMBROSI, Felice Alessandre. 21.11.1841 — 19??. Italian Latin Scholar and Schoolteacher interested in Indology. In Florence, then Professor of Classics at Ginnasio Superiore in Macerata. Publications: Vâlmîki: Il Lamento del Vânaro Hanumat: episodio del Râmâyana, tradotto in versi. 23 p. Genova 1886; several works on Latin and Italian philology and…
ALSDORF, Ludwig Wilhelm. Laufersweiler near Kirchberg in Hunsrück 8.8.1904 — Buchholz-Sprötze, Kr. Harburg 25.3.1978. German Indologist. Professor in Hamburg. Son of a minister, Hermann A. and Emilie Chelius, he went to school in Saarbrücken (Ludwigs-Gymnasium). Began his studies in 1922 at Heidelberg (under Bartholomae & Zimmer), then from 1923 under…