MORISON, James. 1852 — 1935. British Indologist. Studies at Oxford (under Macdonell) and Vienna. Ph.D. 1893 Vienna (apparently under Bühler). From 1914 Librarian of Indian Institute at Oxford, also teaching. Apparently he had served in India as IA 24, 1895 contains his translation of A. Barth’s article. Married. Publications: Diss. Der elfte…
MONSEUR, Eugène Henri Guillaume Edgard. Liège 17.9.1860 — Brussels 6.12.1912. Belgian Indologist, Linguist and Folklorist. Professor in Brussels. Son of an armorer, lost his father in the age of six and mother in 12, and was in care of aunts. Educated at Jesuit school and Athenaeum of Liège. Dr. en…
MONIER-WILLIAMS, Monier (until 1887 Monier Williams). Bombay 12.11.1819 — Cannes, France 11.4.1899. Sir. British Indologist. Professor in Oxford. Third son of Colonel Monier Williams (1775–1823, R.E., Surveyor-General in Bombay Presidency, 24 years in India) and Hannah Sophia Brown. Sent to England in 1822 he was educated in Chelsea and Brighton,…
MOLESWORTH, James Thomas. Baptised St.Giles, Camberwell 15.6.1795 (WikiTree: born 1795 in Peckham, Surrey) — Clifton, Gloucestershire 13.7.1872. British (Irish?) Colonial Officer and Indologist, specialist of Marāṭhī. Long time in India (1811?-36 and 51-60). The youngest son of the Hon. Richard Molesworth (1737–1799) and Catherine Cobb. After education in Exeter he…
MÖGLING, Hermann Friedrich. Brackenheim, Württemberg 29.5.1811 — Esslingen 10.5.1881. German Missionary and Indologist (Kannaḍa Scholar), 25 years in India. Born in a religious family of Swiss (Basel) origin as the son of Wilhelm Ludwig Friedrich Mögling (1788–1854). His father was a teacher, later minister. Educated at Oehringen Lyceum (where his…
MODE, Heinz Adolf. Berlin 15.8.1913 — Halle 6.6.1992. German (East) Indologist and Art Historian. Professor in Halle. Son of pharmacist Hugo Mode and Erna Kassel. Gymnasium in 1919-31 in Berlin, then studies of art history, archaeology, ethnology, prehistory and Indology at Berlin. As Jew forced to emigrate. From 1933 studies…
MLADENOW, Stefan. Vidin 27.12.1880 — Sofia 1.5.1963. Bulgarian IE and Slavic Linguist. Professor in Sofia. Born in a modest family. After school in Vidin studies in 1898-1902 at Sofia, 1903-04 at Vienna (under Kretschmer), 1904-05 at St.Petersburg (Baudouin de Courtenay). Ph.D. 1905 Prague (Czech University, in Slavic Studies). From 1910…
MITSCHERLICH, Eilhard. Neuende, Herrschaft Jever 7.1.1794 — Schöneberg near Berlin 28.2.1863. German Chemist and Mineralogist, originally interested in Persian and Sanskrit. Professor of Chemistry in Berlin. Born in North-West Germany in an area then (1793-1807) under Russian rule as the son of Rev. Carl Gustav Mitscherlich (1762–1826) and Marie Elisabeth…
MITCHELL, John Murray. Garvock near Aberdeen 19.8.1815 — Leith, Edinburgh 14.11.1904. Rev. British (Scottish) Missionary in India. Son of Rev. James Mitchell and Margaret Gordon. Educated in Kinneff (Kincardineshire) and Aberdeen, studied in Aberdeen, M.A. 1833 (Marischal College). Further studies of theology at Aberdeen and 1837-38 at Edinburgh. Ordained in…
MISTELI, Franz. Aesch, Solothurn 11.3.1841 — Brunnen 6.10.1903. Swiss IE, Indo-Iranian and Classical Scholar. Professor in Basel. Son of tailor Clement Calixt Misteli and Margaritha Nikola Neumann. After Canton School of Solothurn studies of classics and linguistics at Zürich, Bonn, Geneva, and Paris. Ph.D. Schoolteacher at gymnasium in St.Gallen in…