KRČEK, Franciszek. Lemberg (L’viv) 8.10.1869 — Novgorod, Russia 12.3.1916. Polish Slavist also interested in IE. Docent in Lemberg (L’viv). Son of a Czech father and Polish mother. Studied at Lemberg, Ph.D. 1893. Further studies at Prague (Gebauer, Zubatý), Leipzig and Berlin. PD 1909 Lemberg, in Slavonic Philology. Also taught at…
KONOW, Sten. Søndre Aurdal, Valdres 17.4.1867 — Oslo 29.6.1948. Norwegian Indo-Iranian Scholar. Professor in Oslo. Born in Central Norway as the son of minister Wollert Otto Konow (1833–1895, of a merchant family from Bergen) and Anne Heyerdahl. Educated in Lillehammer, matriculated in 1884. Studies of classical and Germanic philology (under…
KOHLBRUGGE, Dina Johanna (Hanna). Utrecht 25.7.1911 — Utrecht 13.12.1999. Dutch Indologist and Iranian scholar. Daughter of Herman Kohlbrugge (1872–1945) and Johanne Elisabeth Barner. After Gymnasium in Utrecht studies of Indology at Utrecht under Gonda. Ph.D. 1938 Utrecht. During the war participated in the resistance movement, during free hours learned Persian…
KNAUER, Friedrich (Russian Fedor Ivanovič Knauèr, Ukrainian Fedir/Fridrih Ivanovič Knauer). Sarata, near Akkerman, Bessarabia (now Belgorod-Dnestrovski in Ukraine) 3.8.(15.8.)1849 — Tomsk 22.12.1918. Russian (German) Indologist in Ukraine. Professor in Kiev. Born in a family of German immigrants in Bessarabia (now Moldova), son of Samuel Johannes Knauer and Magdalena Aldinger. After…
KIRSTE, Johann Otto Ferdinand. Graz 1.10.1851 — Graz 2.5.1920. Austrian Indologist. Professor in Graz. Son of a ropemaker master Johann Martin Kirste in a Calvinist family originally coming from Posen, and Antoinette Hieronymus. In 1870-72 studies of classical philology and a little Sanskrit at Graz (under Schenkl). After brief periods…
KIBAT, Artur. Lyck, Ostpreussen (now Ełk, Poland) 8.10.1878 — 1960/61. German Teacher and former Student of Indology. Son of a postal secretary, lost early his father and was educated at Kgl. Waisenhaus zu Königsberg. After Gymnasium in Königsberg studied in 1898-1904 at Königsberg University modern languages and IE linguistics (under…
KERBAKER, Michele. Turin 10.9.1836 — Naples 20.9.1914. Italian Indologist. Professor in Naples. Son of Luigi Kerbaker. Lost early his mother and after the new marriage of father was educated by his ecclesiastic uncle Gaetano Kerbaker. Studied classical philology at Turin (degree 1857), soon became interested in Indology and learnt it…
KENT, Roland Grubb. Wilmington, Del. 24.2.1877 — Bryn Mawr, Pa. 27.6.1952. U.S. Latin, IE and Iranian scholar. Professor in Philadelphia. Son of Lindley Coates Kent (1844–1916), a lumber merchant, and Anna Grubb (1855–1901). Educated at Swarthmore College. A.B. 1895, B.Litt. 1896, A.M. 1898. Further studies in 1899-1900 at Berlin, 1900…
KEITH, Arthur Berriedale. Portobello (Edinburgh) 5.4.1879 — Edinburgh 6.10. 1944. British (Scottish) Indologist and Scholar of Law. Professor in Edinburgh. Son of an advertiser, Davidson Keith (1842–1921), and Margaret Stobie Drysdale (1851–1922), educated at Royal High School. Studies at Edinburgh University (B.A. 1896, M.A. 1897), and from 1897 at Balliol…
KAEGI, Adolf (orig. Kägi). Holderbaum bei Bauma, Canton Zürich 30.9.1849 — Rüschlikon, Canton Zürich 14.2.1923. Swiss Indologist, IE and Classical Scholar. Professor in Zürich. Son of the elementary school teacher Johann Jakob Kaegi and Elisabetha Kündig. After gymnasium in Zürich, in 1868-71 studied at Zürich classical philology (under K. Bursian,…