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 he came to India at the age of 25…
ANDERSSON, Anders Hilding. Växjö 22.3.1853 — Lund 18.2.1918. Swedish Schoolteacher, Classical Scholar and Translator of Sanskrit texts. Son of Rev. Johan Andersson (1820–1894, later Bishop of Växjö) and Elise Lindfors (1827–1910), matriculated from Jönköping in 1872. Studies at Lund: M.A. 1875, lic. phil. 1878, Ph.D. 1879. From 1879 Docent of…
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 Anderson 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 Andersen (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 (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) 26/27.3.1864. French Scholar of History and Literature interested in India. Son of the famous scientist André Marie Ampère (1775-1836) and Antoinette Carron (1773–1803), lost early his mother. Educated at Collège Henri IV. Travelled in Europe and wrote himself poetry. In 1830 taught at…
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), taught religion and 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 also 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. Genoa 1886; several works on Latin and Italian philology…
ALTUCHOW, Nicolás (Mikołaj Ałtuchow). Kiev (Kyiv) 12.9.1912 — Montevideo 3.5.1983. Polish Indologist in South America. Born in Ukraina, son of engineer Wladimir Altuchow and Anna Hornung, family moved to Poland in 1917. Student of Stasiak at Lwów (Lviv), in 1936-39 his Assistant. Then emigrated to England. From 1951 he was…
ALTER, Franz Karl. Engelsberg, Austrian Silesia (Andělská Hora in Czechia) 27.1.1749 — Vienna 29.5.1804. S.J. Austrian (Silesian) Orientalist and Greek Scholar. Born in what is now Czech part of Silesia. Educated in Olmütz (Olomouc). Jesuit from 1766, after the suppression of the order taught Greek at a gymnasium, further studies…
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 Alsdorf and Emilie Chelius. In 1911 the family moved to Scheidt in Saarland. He went to school in Saarbrücken (Ludwigs-Gymnasium). Began his studies in 1922 at…