SOLTA, Georg Renatus. Vienna 18.4.1919 — Vienna 2.5.2005. Austrian Linguist. Educated in Linz. From 1934 studies of IE, classics and Romance languages at Vienna, Ph.D. 1939. His main teachers were Kretschmer, Havers, A. Lesky and N. Jokl. Worked as librarian ans assistant at Vienna, in 1944-49 seriously ill. PD 1953…
SELTMANN, Friedrich. Stuttgart 21.2.1912 — 3.9.1997. German Indian and South-East Asian Scholar, specialist of Theatre Traditions (especially shadow puppetry). Studied Comparative Religion, Ethnology and Indology at Tübingen, Ph.D. 1960. Based in Stuttgart, in the 1970s and 80s several study travels to India and South-East Asia. In the late 1980s in…
SCHUMACHER, Karl. 1??? — ????. German Student of Religion. Ph.D. 1928 Tübingen. Publications: Diss. Ein Vergleich der buddhistischen Versenkung mit den jesuitischen Exerzitien. 8+78 p. Stuttgart 1929. Sources: Diss. in Janert.
SCHMID, Deocar. Lobeda (now part of Jena) 14.11.1791 — Calcutta 3.12.1828. Rev. German Missionary in India. Son of Rev. Rudolf Ludwig Schmid and his wife (d. 1806), brother of —> Bernhard Schmid (1788–1857), also a missionary. After gymnasium in Naumburg studied 1808-13 theology at Jena. Worked as tutor, decided to…
SCHARBAU, Carl Anders (soon C. A. Skriver-Scharbau). Garstedt 8.12.1903 — 24.3.1983. German Priest and former Student of Indology/Religion. Became interested in Buddhism in 1920. A heart defect slowered his career, but later also saved him from war service in the army. Ph.D. 1932 Tübingen. Ordained 1933 in Hamburg. In 1934-58…
RÜPING, Klaus. Burg near Magdeburg 8.8.1940 — 7.9.2005. German Indologist. Professor in Münster. Son of economist Erich Rüping and his wife, elementary school teacher Hildegard Rüping, grew up in Bochum, gymnasium there until 1959. Then studies of Classics at Münster, from 1963 also Indology (under Hacker), 1963-64 one year at Bonn.…
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).…