MÖHRKE, Edwin. 1??? — 1960?. German Student of Indology. In 1923 he was student of philology at Marburg (joined D.M.G.). Ph.D. 1934 Königsberg. In 1934 living in Berlin (again joined D.M.G.). Possibly turned into a journalist (press articles in 1937 & 1948 on theatre, and 1955). Dr. E. Möhrke, a…
METZ, Johann Friedrich. Lustnau (Tübingen) 1819 — Tübingen 1886 (Sebastian 1895). Rev. German Missionary in India. From 1840 served Basel Missionary Society in Mangalore. From 1847 among Todas, remained at least 24 years there. He is said to have been arrogant towards his hearers and he never had any converts.…
MENGES, Karl Heinrich. Frankfurt a.M. 22.4.1908 — Vienna 20.9.1999. German Turkologist in the U.S.A. Professor in New York. Born in a Roman Catholic family, son of a magistrate. Educated at Lessing Gymnasium in Frankfurt, matriculated 1926. Studies of ethnology, Slavistics, Turkish, etc. (also some Sanskrit) at Frankfurt, Munich and from 1928…
LOEWENTHAL, Isidor. Posen, Prussia (now Poznań in Poland) 1826 — Peshawar 27.4.1864. Rev. U.S. (German-born) Presbyterian Missionary in India. Born in a Jewish family, after Jewish school and gymnasium in Posen worked as clerk in mercantile firm. In 1846 escaped political pressure to the U.S.A. and taught Hebrew and German…
LITTMANN, Ludwig Richard Enno. Oldenburg 16.9.1875 — Tübingen 4.5.1958. German Semitic and Ethiopian scholar. Professor in Tübingen. Son of Gustav Adolph Littmann (1829–1893), owner of a printing house, and Sophie Jacoby (1843–1924). After gymnasium in Oldenburg from 1894 studies of theology and languages at Berlin (A. Dillmann), Greifswald and Halle. Ph.D.…
LEXER, Matthias (Ritter von). Liesing im Lesachtal 18.10.1830 — Nürnberg 16.4.1892. Austrian Germanist in Germany. Son of Andreas Lexer (d. 1861), a mill owner and farmer, and Elisabeth Goller. After gymnasium in Klagenfurt studied from 1851 first law at Graz, but soon switched to German, then also at Vienna. After…
LASERON, Nathan Edward (originally Nathan Ferdinand Laseron). Königsberg 15.8.1815 — Ootacamund 5.12.1868. Rev. German Missionary in Kerala. From East Prussia, born in a Jewish family, son of Wulf Saul L. (1784–1829) and Henrietta Simeon (d. 1829). Moved to Edinburgh. Connected with Church of Scotland he worked in Cochin preaching to local…
KUCHARSKI, Heinz. Hamburg 22.7.1919 — Markranstädt, Kr. Leipzig 8.10.2000. German Ethnologist of South Asia. Son of engineer Walter Kucharski (1887–1958) and Hildegard Heinrichs. After school in Hamburg from 1938 studies of philosophy, ethnology and Oriental languages at Hamburg. He was Communist and was imprisoned by Gestapo in 1943, in April…
KRETZSCHMAR, Ludwig Burkhard Benjamin. Lauchhammer, Oberspreewald-Lausitz 5.1.1901 — Normandy 19.7.1944. German Student of Indology. Son of engineer Johannes Kretzschmar (1870–1916) and Elisabeth Hultzsch. Ph.D. 1936 Halle (?). Died in WW II. Publications: Diss. Bhavabhūti, der Dichter des Dharma. 7+116 p. Halle 1931. Sources: Janert; *vita in diss.; dates in findagrave.com; forum.ahnenforschung.net (2022).
KRAHMER, Friedrich August Wilhelm. Schiedungen, Nordhausen, Thüringen 22.11.1809 — Ibid. 4.5.1895. German Oriental Scholar and Theologian. Son of Johann Friedrich Christian Krahmer (1774–1859) and Dorothea Eleanor Linseln. Ph.D. 1833 Göttingen, diss. on Joel. In 1833-40 PD of Oriental Languages, incl. Sanskrit, at Marburg (Rabault-Feuerham 2008). In 1840 emigrated to Russia. The…