TAMASKÓ, István (Štefan Ján Tamaško). Pozsony (Bratislava, Slovakia) 16.2.1801 — ibid. 26.1.1881. Hungarian (Slovak by birth) Schoolteacher interested in Sanskrit. Studied 1822-23 Protestant theology in Vienna, in 1828-30 further studies at Göttingen, now learned Sanskrit and Arabic from Ewald. Teacher in Pozsony. Professor at the German-language Lutheran Lycaeum in Pozsony from…
TABARD, Antoine Marie (Anthony Mary Tabard). Torigni-sur-Vire, Normandy 15.10.1863 — Mysore 2.7.1926 (when 63). Father. French Missionary and Indologist in India. Roman Catholic priest. Educated at home and in Caen. M.A. 1881 Paris. After missionary education he was ordained priest in 1886 and sent to Bangalore as a teacher. He…
QUACKENBOS, George Payn. New York 24.4.1879 — Tuckahoe, Westchester, NY 15.11.1947. U.S. Linguist interested in Sanskrit. Son of John Duncan Quackenbos (1848–1926), a Professor of English Literature at Columbia University, and Laura Amelia Pinckney (1852–1909). Studies at Columbia University, New York (A.B. 1902, A.M.). In 1910 Instructor in Latin at…
PULLÈ, Francesco Lorenzo Ubaldo Cesare Francesco, conte di San Florian. Modena 17.5.1850 — Ebrusco near Brescia 22.8.1934. Italian Indologist. Professor in Padova, Pisa and Bologna. Son of Carlo Augusto Dionigi Pullè (1819–1898), an officer, and Virginia Ricci, an old noble family of Modena. As youth participated in Italian liberation war…
PRZYLUSKI, Jean (Jan Przyłuski). Le Mans (Sarthe) 17.8.1885 — Mareil-sur-Loir (Sarthe) or Paris (?) 27.10.1944. French Indologist, South East Asian scholar and Linguist. Professor in Paris. Born in a modest family with Polish origin. Studies at Rennes and Paris (sociology under Hubert and Mauss, Chinese under Chavannes). In 1907-13 at E.F.E.O.…
PROCHÁZKA, Václav. 18?? — 19??. Czechoslovakian Theosophist. Publications: Translated from Hartmann’s German version: Bhagavad-Gita čili vznešena piseň o nesmrtelnosti. 100 p. Prague 1900. Sources: Beside Gītā Google only knows the footballer V.Pr.
PRINTZ, Wilhelm Georg-Friedrich Jakob. Karlsruhe 9.8.1887 — Halle 23.2.1941. German Indologist. Librarian in Halle. Son of merchant Wilhelm Printz (d. 1931) and Margarete Jung. After school in Karlsruhe and Mannheim started 1905 study of modern languages at Leipzig, but soon moved to Indology (Windisch). In 1907 continued under Kielhorn at…
PRINSEP, James. London 20/29.8.1799 — London 22.4.1840. British Civil Servant, Numismatist and Epigraphist in India. Son of John Prinsep (1746–1830), an industrialist and politician who had been in India as soldier in 1771-88, and Sophia Elizabeth Auriol (1760–1850), brother of —> Henry Thoby Prinsep (1792–1878). He studied chemistry and was…
PRICE, William. Worcester 1780 (or 1771 according to G.-V. & Oxford D.N.B.) — Merryman’s Hill near Worcester ?.6.1830. British Colonial Officer and Oriental Scholar in India. In 1811-12 Assistant Secretary and Interpreter of Gore Ouseley’s mission to Persia. He kept a detailed diary, draw buildings and landscapes and copied cuneiform…
POUCHA, Pavel. Vienna 29.12.1905 — Prague 15.1.1986. Czech Indo-Iranian, Mongolian and Tocharian Scholar. Son of tailor František Poucha. After early years in Vienna, where his parents lived for a while, he came in the age of seven to Neuhaus (now Jindřichův Hradec in Southern Bohemia) and attended classical gymnasium there.…