DANTINNE, Jean. Liège 1930 (?) — 1996. Belgian Buddhist Scholar (Sanskrit, Chinese, Tibetan). Studies of Buddhist philology, Chinese and Japanese at Louvain (Leuven, i.al. under Lamotte) 1964-66, also Indology at Liège. From 1975 Lecturer in Modern and Classical Chinese at Liège, then Professor (?) at Louvain-la-neuve (1983). But if he…
CUNY, Albert-Louis-Marie. Saint-Dié (Vosges) 16.5.1869 — Bordeaux 21.3.1947. French Linguist. Professor in Bordeaux. Son of Charles Joseph Cuny and Marie Euphrasie Petit-demange. After Petit seminaire de Chatel et Autrey and Institut Catholique de Lille, studies at Sorbonne and Collège de France in Paris (under Meillet, also Henry and Lévi). In…
CUMONT, Franz Valéry Marie. Aalst, East Flanders 3.1.1868 — Woluwe-Saint Pierre near Brussels 20.8.1947. Belgian Scholar of Ancient Religions, History and Archaeology. Son of Florent Cumont (1830–1912), a textile factory owner, and Augustine Faider (1837–1890), educated in Brussels. Studies at Ghent, Ph.D. 1887. Then further studies at Bonn, Berlin, Vienna…
COUVREUR, Walter. Antwerpen 25.7.1914 — Edegem, Prov. Antwerpen 17.9.1996. Belgian Linguist and Scholar of Tocharian. Son of Dr. Louis Lepold Fidèle Couvreur (1891–1960), a paediatrician, and Cornelia Biestraeten (1884–1947). After school in Antwerpen studies at Leuven (A. Carnoy), also under Sieg at Göttingen (now also Tocharian). Ph.D. Leuven 1936 in…
COTTON, Gérard. 1??? — 19??. Belgian Author, Classical Scholar and Indologist. Ph.D. 1930 Liège, in Sanskrit student of Mansion. At the university of Liège. Publications: Meghaduta, le Nuage messenger. Mons 1923. – “La Kena Upaniṣad”, Le Muséon 44, 1931, 343-357; “La revanche du Brahman”, Mélanges de philologie orientale publiés à…
COMBAZ, Gisbert-Corneille-Henri-Paul. Antwerp 23.9.1869 — Saint-Gilles (Brussels) 18.1.1941. Belgian Painter, Art Historian and Archaeologist. Professor in Brussels. Son of engineer major Paul Combaz and Marie-Amélie Vanden Eynde. Studies of law at Université libre in Brussels (dr. of law 1891) and worked briefly as lawyer. In 1893 turned to art study.…
COLINET, Philémon. Alost (Aalst) 2.3.1853 — Sleydingen 3.12.1917. Belgian Indologist, Linguist and Scholar of Religion. Professor in Louvain (Leuven). Son of Felix Joannes Colinet, a smith, and Maria Theresia Jolie. In 1877-82 student at Seminary of Ghent, in 1882 ordained as priest. In 1881-84 studied Oriental languages at Louvain under…
COEMANS, Émile Maximilien Marie Joseph. 1856 — Ghent 22.4.1899. Belgian Scholar. At Ghent University, the author of a Manuel de langue égyptienne. 1. Gand 1877 and an Assyriological article in 1887. But no more is known of him (not mentioned as Egyptologist in Dawson & Uphill). Married 1890 Blanche Adèle…
CARNOY, Albert Joseph. Louvain (Leuven) 7.11.1878 — Louvain 12.1.1961. Belgian Linguist. Professor in Louvain. Son of Joseph Antoine Carnoy (1841–1906), a mathematician and Professor of Philosophy at Louvain. From 1896 studied at Louvain Romance and classical philology, wrote dr. dissertations in both (in 1901 and 1902). Some time also in…
BULCKE, Camille (Kamiel). Ramskapelle, Knokke-Heist, West Flanders 1.9.1909 — Delhi 17.8.1982. S.J. Belgian Missionary and Indologist (Hindi Scholar) in India (from 1935), Indian citizen. Son of a businessman, Adolphus Bulcke, and Maria Gheyle, educated in Brugge. After school in Brugge studied first technics at Leuven passing the lower examination (B.Sc.).…