GRAY, Louis Herbert. Newark, NJ 10.4.1875 — New York 18.8.1955. U.S. Indologist, Iranian Scholar and Linguist. Professor in New York. Son of Thomas J. Gray and Anna Elizabeth Earl. Studies at Princeton (A.B. 1896) and Columbia (A.M. 1898, Ph.D. 1900, under A. V. Williams Jackson). In 1900-02 chief cataloguer and…
GRAUL, Karl Friedrich Leberecht. Wörlitz bei Dessau 6.2.1814 — Erlangen 10.11.1864. German Indologist (Tamil Scholar) and Lutheran Missionary. Son of Gottfried Graul (d. 1824), a weaver, and Louise Haberkorn (1774–1838), educated at gymnasium in Zerbst and Dessau. From 1834 studies of theology at Leipzig, then visited Italy as a tutor…
GRASBERGER, Lorenz (Laurentius). Grosshartpennig, Upper Bavaria 9.6.1830 — Würzburg 23.1.1903. German Classical Philologist interested in Sanskrit. Studies of classical philology at Munich. Ph.D. 1856 Munich (diss. on Lucretius). From 1856 worked as schoolteacher in Würzburg. PD 1860 Würzburg (hab.diss. on Elder Pliny). From 1864 ao., 1868 ord. Professor at Würzburg.…
GRANDJEAN, J.-M. 18?? — 1???. French Linguist. Student of Regnaud at Lyon (still there 1888). Maxime Ravel writes to me that the BNF Catalogue identifies him as Jean-Marie Grandjean (born Lyon 31.7.1855), a physician who wrote about medical subjects (1892), but he finds this, probably rightly, as suspect, possibly a…
GRAEFE, Christian-Friedrich (von) (Gräfe, Russian Fëdor Bogdanovič Grefe, Latin Fredericus Graefius). Chemnitz 1.7.1780 — St.Petersburg 12.12.1851. German Linguist in Russia. Son of Johann Gotthelf Graefe (1750–1821), a minister, and his wife Christine Friederike (who died two days after his birth). After Lyceum in Chemnitz studied from 1796 theology and Greek…
GRACIAS, Bernardino João Salvador. Nova Goa (Panaji) 1.4.1889 — Lisbon 17.9.1966. Portuguese Linguist and Indologist. Born in India, son of José António Ismael Gracias (1857–1919) and Maria Lucina Pacheco, of ancient Portuguese family in Goa. Came to Portugal in 1910 and studied German, law, archival and military sciences, etc. in…
GOUGH, Archibald Edward. London 2.3.1845 — 1915 (buried 20.12.1915 in Guernsey). British Teacher and Indologist in India. Son of Alexander Richard Gough (1804–1871), anarchitect in London and Mary Ann Bainbridge, educated at Lincoln College. Studies at Oxford (M.A.). Anglo-Sanskrit Professor at Government College in Benares in 1868-77, then 1877-86 Professor…
GORRESIO, Carlo Guido Gaspare. Bagnasco (Cuneo) 18.1.1807 — Turin 20/21.5.1891. Abate. Italian Indologist. Librarian in Turin. Son of Giovanni Battista Gorresio, a notary, and Clotilde Dealberti. According to Piovano, who has checked the book of births, the often mentioned birth date at 20.6.1808 is not correct. Educated at Bagnasco and…
GOOSSENS, Roger. Brussels 22.12.1903 — Brussels 6.3.1954, when 51. Belgian Philologist and Surrealistic Poet. As a student of Boisacq at Brussels he concentrated on Greek philology, but also learnt Sanskrit from P.-É. Dumont. In addition he knew modern Greek and some Slavic languages. Ph.D. From 1930 Assistant of H. Grégoire.…
GONZÁLEZ DE LA CALLE, Pedro Urbano. Madrid 12.11.1879 — México 1966. Spanish Linguist interested in Sanskrit. Son of Urbano González Serrano (1848–1904), professor of philosophy, and Petra de la Calle Corisco. Studied philosophy and classics, also Sanskrit under Daza de Campos. Ph.D. 1904 Madrid. In 1904-26 Professor of Latin at…