HÄRTEL, Herbert. Hoyerswerda 7.5.1921 — Berlin 23.11.2005. German Indologist, Buddhist Scholar and Art Historian. Studies at Halle and Göttingen (under Waldschmidt). Ph.D. Göttingen 1953. In 1953-62 Curator in Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin. From 1963 Direktor of Museum für indische Kunst in Berlin (which was much his own creation), also…
GUTHRIE, Kenneth Sylvan Launfal. Dundee 22.7.1871 — 1940. British (Scottish) Philosopher and Historian of Philosophy in the U.S.A. Son of William Eugene Guthrie and Frances Silva D’Arusmont (1832–1903). The family was travelling, he was educated in Italy, Germany, Belgium, Scotland and U.S.A. Studied in the U.S.A., at University of the South…
GRIGNASCHI, Mario. Trieste 20.1.1917 — Muggia, prov. Trieste 26.3.2000. Italian Orientalist. Professor in Venice. Son of Emilio Grignaschi and Gemma Angeli. Publications: “Quelques specimens de la littérature sassanide conservés dans les bibliothèques d’Istambul. Introduction et traduction des extraits du Kārnāmaǧ d’Ānūširwān„ JA 254, 1966, 1-142. – “La Chute de l’empire Hephtalite…
GOUVEA, Antonio de. Beja, region Alentejo 1575 — Manzanares, Castille-La Manche 18.8.1628. Portuguese Augustinian Missionary and Diplomat. Ordained as priest 1591. From 1597 taught theology in Goa, from there visited Persia in 1602-03 on diplomatic mission, again 1608-09 establishing Augustinian mission in Isfahan, from there proceeded to Spain. In 1611-28…
GITEAU, Madeleine. Nantes 7.6.1918 — Chilly-Mazarin (Essonne) 25.2.2005. Mlle. French Art Historian, Specialist of Khmer Art. After studies of history and geography, she went in 1946 to Cambodia as teacher. Interested in local art and archaeology, on a furlough in Paris in 1951 started the study of Sanskrit (certificat 1961),…
GANIVET Y GARCÍA, Ángel. Granada 13.12.1865 — Riga, Latvia (then part of Russia) 29.11.1898. Spanish Writer and Diplomat. Son of mill-owner Francisco Ganivet Morcillo (d. 1875) and Angeles García Siles. In 1880-88 studied law and philosophy at Granada and 1888-89 at Madrid. Ph.D. and licence in law 1890 Granada. In 1892 entered…
GALESTIN, Theodoor Paul (Theo). Batavia (Jakarta) 5.6.1907 — Noordwijk aan Zee 27.3.1980. Dutch Indologist and Indonesian Scholar. Gymnasium in the Hague. From 1927 studies of Indian and Indonesian philology at Leiden, Ph.D. 1936 (under Krom). Museum Curator in Jogjakarta in 1938-45, then 1945-57 eo. Professor at Amsterdam. From 1957 Professor Archaeology…
GAEFFKE, Hans Peter Theodor. Breslau 6.12.1927 — Philadelphia 30.3.2005. German Indologist (Hindī scholar) in the U.S.A. Professor in Philadelphia. Son of engineer Albert Gaeffke. School in 1938-44 in Breslau, then military service 1944-45 and time as war prisoner. In 1947-48 studied history and Germanistics at Regensburg Hochschule, from 1948 Linguistics at…
FRERE, Mary Eliza Isabella. Bitton, Gloucestershire 11.8.1845 — St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex 26.3.1911. British Author. Daughter of —> Bartle Frere (1815–1884) and Catherine Arthur. Educated at home in Wimbledon. In the age of 18 joined her father in Bombay 1863, participated in his official travels and began collecting folklore, supported in this…
FLUEGEL, Maurice. Leipzig 1832 (Wikidata, findagrave says Bucharest 1843, hardly right) — Baltimore 9.2.1911. German Rabbi and Jewish Scholar in the U.S.A. Studies at Leipzig and at Sorbonne, Paris, later also at Bucharest. In 1864 immigrated to the U.S.A., then worked as Rabbi in Mobile, Alabama, in Quincy, Illinois, in…