MONNA, Maria Cornelia. the Hague 16.6.1904 — ????. Dutch. Daughter of Willem Cornelis Monna and Antje Maria van der Marel. Publications: The Gathas of Zarathustra. A reconstruction of the text. 199 p. Amsterdam 1978. Sources: Birth and book only in Internet.
MOCKLER, Edward. Belgaum 18.9.1842 — Guernsey 4.3.1927. British Colonial Officer. Son of Surgeon-Major Edward Mockler, Sr. (1810–1887) and Ann Sarah Pritchard (d. 1845). Joined Indian Army in 1859. From 1866 mainly in political offices, first in Aden, from 1873 in Makran. From 1979 Assistant to the Governor General’s Agent for…
MOBERGER, Peter Otto Olofsson. Kalmar 26.7.1787 — Klinte, Gotland 26.7.1854. Swedish Clergyman. Son of Olof Moberger (1755–1800) and Emerentia Wejdling (1760–1794). From 1806 studies at Lund, ordained priest 1810. From 1820 Vicar of Klinte. Married 1814 Barbara Catharina Salomon, five daughters and two sons. Publications: Dissertatio historica, de Zoroastre et codice, …
MILLER, Robert James. 18.9.1923 — Camano Island, Wash. 13.4.1994. U.S. Anthropologist. B.A. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Ph.D. 1958 University of Washington. in Seattle. Then taught three years there, from 1959 at Anthropology Dept. of University of Wisconsin in Madison, retired 1988. Married 1943 —> Beatrice Diamond Miller (1919–1999), at…
MILLER, Beatrice Diamond. New York City 29.5.1919 — Camano Island, Wash. 15.5.1999. U.S. Anthropologist. Daughter of Benjamin Diamond and Fannie Haims. B.A. 1948 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in Oriental Studies. Ph.D. 1958 University of Washington in Seattle. Taught at Beloit College (Wisc.) and University of Wisconsin in Madison. Married…
MILBURN, Robert Gordon. 30.5.1870 — 1968. Rev. British Missionary in India. After ordination worked as priest in London. Went to India as missionary, but lost his faith and turned to teaching. Vice-Principal of Bishop’s College, Calcutta, 1906-14. Also Lecturer in Logic and Philosophy at Calcutta University. Married Mary. Publications: England and…
MASCARÓ FORNÉS, Joan (Juan Mascaro). Santa Margalica / Santa Margarita, Mallorca 8.12.1897 — Comberton, Cambridge, U.K. 19.3.1987. Spanish (Catalonian) Poet, Translator and Philologist. Son of a farmer family. School in Palma, then worked in British consulate in Palma. Studied English, Sanskrit and Pāli at Cambridge and in Jaffna. From 1933…
MARSTRANDER, Carl Johan Sverdrup. Kristiansand 26.11.1883 — Oslo 23.12.1965. Norwegian Linguist and Celtologist. Professor in Oslo. Son of Frederick Petersen Marstrander and Kristiane Henriette Sørensdatter Brodtkorp (Sverdrup). Matriculated 1902 from Kristiansand, 1902-03 on the army. In 1903-07 studied Classics, IE and Celtic languages at Oslo (S. Bugge, A. Torp). In…
MARŠAK, Boris Il’ič. Luga 9.7.1933 — Pendžikent 28.7.2006. Russian Archaeologist and Iranian (Sogdian) Scholar. Son of an official, grew up in Leningrad. Graduated 1956 from Moscow in history. Kand. ist. nauk 1965 Leningrad. In 1956-58 naučnyj sotrudnik at Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography in Dushanbe, from 1961 at Oriental…
MÄNCHEN-HELFEN, Otto Johann/John. Vienna 26.6.1894 — Berkeley 29.1.1969. Austrian Sinologist and Central Asian Scholar in the U.S.A. Professor in Berkeley. Son of Johann Helfen (1859–1938), a book printer, and Agnes Katharina Mänchen (1867–1944). After school in Vienna began studies at Vienna, but soon had to serve in WW I, then…