RÖSEL, Richard. 1.5.1902 — ????. German Student of Indology. Ph.D. 1928 Tübingen. Then teacher (Oberstudienrat) in Hof. Publications: Diss. pp. 60-100 of his book Die psychologischen Grundlagen der Yogapraxis. 135 p. Beiträge zur Philosophie und Psychologie 2. St. 1928. Sources: Stray notes in Internet.
REUTHER, Oskar August. Herner, Sauerland 20.10.1880 — Heidelberg 5.8.1954. German Historian of Architecture. Son of merchant O. A. Reuther. Studied 1899-1904 architecture at Technische Hochschule Dresden, soon interested in archaeology. Worked as architect in Berlin, in 1905-12 also participated in Koldewey’s excavations in Babylon. Ph.D. 1909 Dresden. Then also in other…
RASSAT, Hans-Joachim. Elbing, Westpreussen 29.1.1926 — Nice (Alpes-Maritimes) 7.1.1999. German Student of Indology. Ph.D. 1955 Tübingen. Probably worked as journalist. Publications: Diss. Gaṇeśa. Eine Untersuchung über Herkunft, Wesen und Kult der elefantenköpfigen Gottheit Indiens. Manuscript of 5+195 p. Tübingen 1955. – A. Holtzmann; Indische Sagen. Eingeleitet und erläutert von H.J.R.…
QUECKE, Kurt. 19?? — 1975. German Physician and Indologist. Ph.D. 1947 Marburg, under Nobel. Also Dr.med. In 1959 Kreismedizinalrat in Marburg. In 1972 apparently in Giessen. Perhaps he is K. Quecke of Essen, born 15.7.1924, student at Tübingen from 1943. Publications: Diss. Die Lehre von den drei Körpern Buddhas (Trikāya).…
NIGGEMEIER, Hermann. Münsterland 1908 — 2005. German Anthropologist. From 1926 studies of geography and anthropology at Köln. Ph.D. 1932 Köln. Fieldwork in India and Moluccas. After brief stay with Koppers in Vienna from 1934 Assistant, then Oberassistent in Frobenius-Institut in Frankfurt a/M. In 1940-45 in army, then war prisoner, released…
NEUMANN, Günter. Freiberg, Saxonia 31.5.1920 — Würzburg 24.1.2005. German IE Scholar. Professor in Würzburg. Son of a teacher. During the war served in army in northern Norway (learned Norwegian), then British war prisoner. Studies at Leipzig (J. Friedrich) and Göttingen. Ph.D. 1953 (diss. on Greek literature). Worked as schoolteacher. From…
MÜLLER, Gerhard Friedrich (Fëdor Ivanovič Miller). Herford, Westfalen 29.10.1705 — Moscow 11/22.10.1783. German Historian, Ethnograph and Explorer of Siberia in Russia. Son of gymnasium director Thomas Müller and Anna Maria Bode. Gymnasium in Herford, studied at Rinteln and Leipzig (Greman Wikip., in Russianversion Rinteln and Halle), mainly philosophy and history. In…
LUSCHEY, Heinz. Berlin 3.12.1910 — Tübingen 1.1.1992. German Archaeologist of Iran. Son of gymnasium teacher Gustav Luschey (1880–1954), matriculated from his father’s school in Stettin. Studied clasical archaeology at Munich, Ph.D. 1938 (diss. on Greek phiales). Military service in WW II. After war Assistant at Tübingen, PD 1956. In 1956-61…
KREFTER, Friedrich. Emden 15.10.1898 — Bad Honnef near Bonn 25.1.1995. German Architect and Archaeologist, Specialist of Persepolis. Matriculated 1917 from Münster, then served in army. In 1919-22 studied architecture in Hannover and Braunschweig. Worked as architect in Berlin (under Herzfeld’s brother-in-law), soon (1923) Herzfeld’s Assistant. In 1928 to Iran with…
KLEUKER, Johann Friedrich. Osterode am Harz 24.10.1749 — Kiel 31.5./1.6.1827. German Protestant theologian. Professor in Kiel. Son of shoemaker Johann Christian Kleuker (1715–1758) and Dorothea Magdalena Rose (1716–1770). From 1770 studied theology, philology and philosophy at Göttingen. Soon befriended with J. G. Herder. From 1778 secondary school principal in Osnabrück.…