CASTAGNÉ, Joseph-Antoine. Gaillac (Tarn) 27.11.1875 — Montpellier 19.1.1958. French Traveller, long time in Russian Central Asia (Uzbekistan). Studied in Toulouse (licence). From 1893 teacher of French in In Pjatigorskij and from 1902 in Orenburg near Kazakh Steppe, soon started a collection of antiquities. From 1912 as teacher in Tashkent actively…
CASAL, Geneviève (née Bell). Paris 14.10.1909 — Troyes (Aube) 8.1.2002. French Archaeologist. Wife of —> J.-M. Casal (1905–1977). Studies at Louvre School, where she met her husband. In 1946 they went together to India. About their excavations in India and Pakistan see J.-M. Casal. Publications: Diss. Mouttrapaléon. Les cimetières d’urnes funéraires. 82…
CARTY, Pierre. Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) 4.8.1876 — India 27.6.1950. S.J. Father. French Missionary in South India. After school in Pau studies at Bordeaux (B.Sc.). Now joined the Madura Mission of Toulouse Jesuit Province and arrived on 6.10.1894 at Trichinopoli (Tirucci), where he had his final education and began himself teaching in…
CAIUS, Jean Ferdinand. Médoc 17.1.1877 — Bombay 27.7.1944. S. J. Father. French Missionary in India. School in Toulouse. Joined Madura Mission and came to India in 1895. Taught at St. Joseph’s College in Tiruchirapalli until 1905, also started a natural history museum there. Theological studies at Kurseong and at St.…
BUHOT, Henry Jean. Paris 13.8.1885 — Paris 5.9.1952. French Painter and Art Historian. The only child of painter Félix B. (1847–1898) and his English wife, Henriette Johnston. After school in Paris travelled much in France, England, Germany and Italy. During WW I worked as English interpreter in a Canadian regiment. Only…
BUGAULT, Guy. St.Coulomb, Brittany 17.7.1917 — Le Reincy (Seine-Saint Denis) 27.10.2002. French Indologist. Student of Lacombe. Taught at Université de Paris-X-Nanterre. In 1973-74 Lecturer, then Professor of Indian and Comparative Philosophy at Paris IV (Sorbonne), retired 1985. Specialist of Indian philosophy, especially Buddhist. Publications: Diss. Le Vijnānavāda selon Paramārtha, d’après…
BREUIL, Paul René Marie Jouveau du. Vincennes, Paris 15.3.1932 — Neuilly-sur-Seine 19.10.1991. French Scholar of Religion. Studies at É.P.H.É. Fieldwork in Sierra Leone (1954-57) and Mexico (1976-78), then further studies of Oriental religions in the U.S.A. Ph.D. California. Professor of Oriental Anthropology at Columbia Pacific University in San Rafael, Calif. His Jaina book…
BRÉAL, Edouard Auguste. 19.2.1868 — Marseille 17/22.1.1941. French Critic, Art Historian and Painter. Son of —> Michel Bréal (1832–1915) and Henriette Bamberger. Bachelier ès lettres 1888, Licencie ès lettres 1890, Licencie en droit 1892, then further studies in Cambridge. Married 1894 Louise Guieysse (1872–1954, divorce), one daughter and one son, and 1916…
BOUGLÉ, Célestin Charles Alfred. Saint-Brieuc (Côtes-du-Nord, now Côtes-d’Armor) 1.6.1870 — Paris 25.1.1940. French Positivist Philosopher and Sociologist. School in Paris. Studies at École normale supérieure, agrégé in philosophy 1893. Ph.D. 1899. Taught at lycée in Saint-Brieuc, in the universities of Montpellier (1898-1900), and Toulouse, from 1909 at Sorbonne, 1919 as Professor…
BONET-MAURY, Amy Gaston Charles Auguste. Paris 2.1.1842 — Paris 20.6.1919. French Protestant Historian. Son of General Frédéric Bonet (catholic) and Julie Chabrier (protestant). After school in Paris (lycée Henri IV) studies of theology at Geneva and Strasbourg, graduated 1867 from Strasbourg. Protestant pastor in Dordrecht 1867-72, Beauvais 1872-76 and Saint-Denis 1877-79. From…