ŠČERBATSKOJ, Fëdor Ippolitovič (Theodor Scherbatskoy). Kielce, Poland 19.9.(1.10.)1866 — Borovoe (Burabaj), Kazakhstan 18.3.1942. Russian Indologist, specialist of Buddhist Philosophy. The name is somewhat problematic, but according to Russian colleagues (Vasil’kov) -koj (instead of -kij) seems well attested. Born in the then Russian part of Poland where his father, Ippolit Fëdorovič…
SAUSSURE, Ferdinand de. Geneva 26.9.1857 — Vufflens-le-Château, Vaud 22.2.1913. Swiss Linguist. Professor in Geneva. Son of Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure (1829–1905), a mineralogist and entomologist, and Louise de Pourtalès, the family was originally of Lorraine nobility, settled in Switzerland in the 16th century. His brother was Sinologist Léopold de…
SAUNDERS, Virginia. 18?? — 19??. U.S. Indologist. Living in New York City. Publications: “Portrait Painting as a Dramatic Device in Sanskrit Plays”, JAOS 39, 1919, 299-302; “Some Literary Aspects of the Absence of Tragedy in the Classical Sanskrit Drama”; JAOS 41, 1921, 152-156; “Magic in Sanskrit Drama”, JAOS 45, 1925,…
SAUNDERS, Kenneth James. Cape Town 10.1.1882 — 1937 (findagrave knows K.J.S. 1883 – 19.11.1937, buried in Eastbourne, Sussex). British (?) Missionary and Buddhist Scholar in Sri Lanka and India, finally in the U.S.A. Studies at Cambridge (Emmanuel College): B.A. 1905, M.A. 1912. In 1908-12 Vice-Principal of Trinity College in Kandy.…
SASSETTI, Filippo. Florence 26/28.9.1540 — Goa 3.9.1588. Italian Traveller. Son of a wealthy merchant, Giambattista Sassetti, and Margherita dei Gordi. He studied at Pisa 1568-73 and thus knew Latin and Greek. In 1578 he went to Spain and Portugal and then 1583 to India as the agent of a Florentine…
SALOMONS (Prooije-S.), Henriette Johanna Wilhelmina. Rotterdam 20.5.1882 — the Hague or Amersfoort 23.8.1959. Dutch Indologist. Daughter of Constant Theodoor Salomons (1848–1925), director of a gas factory, and Trinette Marie Catherine Kortman. From 1901 studies of Dutch at Leiden (i.a. under Uhlenbeck), with little progress, after B.A. moved to Utrecht and…
SALISBURY, Edward Elbridge. Boston, Mass. 6.4.1814 — New Haven, Conn. 5.2.1901. U.S. Indologist and Oriental Scholar. Professor in New Haven. Son of Josiah Salisbury (1781–1826) and Abigail Breese (1780–1866), a learned American family. Educated by his father, then at Boston Latin School. Studies ofGreek and Hebrew atYale, graduated 1832. After…
SALDANHA, Mariano Jose Luis de Gonzaga. Ucassaim (Uskai), Bardez, Goa 21.6.1878 — 1975. Portuguese (Goanese) Indologist. Professor in Lisbon. Educated at Liceu de Nova Goa, studies of medicine and pharmacy at Escola Médica de Goa and Escola Colonial in Lisbon, also studying Indology at university under Dalgado. In 1906 returned…
ŞĂINEANU, Lazăr (Lazare Sainéan, originally Eliezer Schein, Lazăr Şain). Ploieşti 23.4.1859 — Paris 11.5.1934. Romanian Romance Linguist, also interested in IE and Sanskrit. Born in a modest Jewish family, son of Moisi Schein, a house painter and amateur artist. Studies at Bucharest under Haşdeu, Georgian, et al., further studies in…
SADOUS, Alfred Louis Noël de. Paris 1815 — 1892. French Classical Scholar interested in Sanskrit. Probably Burnouf’s student. Agrégé de lettres 1840, dr.-ès-lettres 1847 Paris. Many years teacher (“professor”) at troisième at Lycée de Versailles, finally retired and lived in Sèvres. Married 1890 Elisa Joséphine Petit (b. 1833). Publications: Diss. I…