New – Persons of Indian Studies by Prof. Dr. Klaus Karttunen

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VAUDEVILLE, Charlotte

VAUDEVILLE, Charlotte Louise Marie. La Tronche (Isère) 1918 — Poissy (Yvelines) 28.4.2006. Mademoiselle. French Indologist, a Specialist of Bhakti Religion and Poetry. Professor in Paris. Studied classics and Indology in Paris (Bloch and Renou): licence-ès-lettres 1939 Sorbonne (in classics), certificat d’études indiennes (Sanskrit) 1942 and diplome des langues orientales (Hindi) 1943.…

TSEREPES, Georgios N. (Giorgios Tserepis)

TSEREPES, Georgios N. (Giorgios Tserepis; Γεώργιος Τσερέπης). 1836 — 1908. Greek Linguist. From Cephallonia (?). In 1891 Docent of Sanskrit at Athens. Publications: Translated Meghadūta: Nephelangelos, poiēmation indikon (Νεφελάγγελος, ποιημάτιον ινδικόν). 1878. – Indika meletēmata(Ινδικά Μελετήματα). 1884. – Also wrote on Greek language. Sources: Scanty stray notes in Internet.

TREWEEK, Athanasius Pryor

TREWEEK, Athanasius Pryor. Sydney 29.12.1911 — Sydney 20.1.1995. Australian Classical Scholar, Linguist and Mathematician. The only child of teacher Walter Henry Treweek (b. 1866 in Cornwall, d. 1920) and nurse Mary Matilda Dwyer (1872–1953). After Saint Ignatius’ College in Riverview he studied classics and mathematics at Sydney. Ph.D. 193?. From…

TOPOROV, Vladimir Nikolaevič

TOPOROV, Vladimir Nikolaevič. Moscow 5.7.1928 — Moscow 5.12.2005. Russian Indologist and IE Linguist. Son of an official. Graduated 1951 from Moscow University ( student of M. N. Peterson). Kand. filol. nauk 1955. From 1954 naučnyj sotrudnik at Instituta slavjanovedenija AN SSSR in Moscow, 1960 staršij naučnyj sotrudnik. Hon. Dr. filol.…

THORDARSON, Fridrik (Friđrik þórđarson)

THORDARSON, Fridrik (Friđrik þórđarson). Reykjavik 7.3.1928 — 2.10.2005. Icelandic Iranian Scholar in Norway. Son of Thordar Gudmundson and Gudrun Sigurdadottir. After school in Reykjavik came to Norway 1951 and studied classical philology at Oslo (with Indology as minor), graduated 1963. From 1965 taught Classics at Oslo as Lecturer, from 1994…

TATE, George Passman

TATE, George Passman. Bengal 22.7.1856 — Bengal 1941. British (Anglo-Indian?) Civil Servant in India. As Assistant Superintendent of the Surveyor General of India he conducted critical surveys in Afghanistan such as Baluch-Afghan Boundary Commission (1895-96) and Seistan Arbitration Mission (1903-05). In 1899-1900 in similar office in Hong Kong, then again…

TALAMO, Vincenzo

TALAMO, Vincenzo. Ardore, Reggio Calabria 7.3.1914 — 2006. Italian Physician interested in Buddhism. In 1925 family moved to Turin, then back in Reggio. Interested early in Buddhism, but studied medicine at Naples and Florence. In the war served in Liguria and Balkan as medical officer. At armistice joined Tito’s partisans,…

SWARTZBERG, Leon, Jr.

SWARTZBERG, Leon Sommers, Jr. Manhattan, NY 29.12-1921 — Ashland, OR 5.8.2001. U.S. Anthropologist. Son of the elder L. Swartzberg and Sidney Nichols. Participated in WW II. In 1962 as a graduate student of Columbia University (New York) participated in fieldwork in Bihar and collected material for his dissertation. M.A. 1966,…

STRAMIGLIONI, Giuliana

STRAMIGLIONI, Giuliana. Rome 8.8.1914 — Rome 25.7.1988. Italian Japanologist. Student of Tucci at Rome, graduated 1936. Further studies of Japanese and Buddhist art in Kyoto, also worked as journalist. Back in Italy 1938 taught briefly at Naples, but soon returned to Japan. After war taught Italian at Tokyo University, remained…