Tocharian – Page 3 – Persons of Indian Studies by Prof. Dr. Klaus Karttunen

KRAUSE, Wolfgang

KRAUSE, Wolfgang. Steglitz (now in Berlin) 18.9.1895 — Göttingen 14.8.1970. German IE, Germanic and Tocharian Scholar. Professor in Königsberg and Göttingen. Son of a Gymnasium Professor Arnold Kr. and Else Herold. From 1914 IE studies at Berlin (W. Schulze) and Göttingen (Ed. Hermann), also Celtology (Pokorny) and Scandinavian. Ph.D. Göttingen…

HILMARSSON, Jörundur

HILMARSSON, Jörundur Garðar. Reykjavík 15.3.1946 — Reykjavík 13.8. 1992. Icelandic IE Linguist and Tocharian Scholar. Studies of Linguistics from 1966, M.A. 1977. Ph.D. 1986 Leiden (under Fr. Kortlandt). In 1973 and 1979-81 studies at Sorbonne. Alexander von Humboldt scholarship holder in Germany 1979-81 (in Kiel) and 1988. Taught at the…