STEINTHAL, Paul. 18?? — 19??. German Indologist. Ph.D in 1881 Leipzig. One P.St., Ph.D., was living in Heidelberg in the 1920s. Publications: Diss. Specimen der Nāyādhammakahā. 84 p. B. 1881. – Edited: Udānaṁ. 8+104 p. L. 1885 (repr. P.T.S. Text Ser. 142). – “Aus den Geschichten früherer Existenzen Buddhas”, Zeitsch.…
SCHÖHL, Hermann. Rufach, Oberelsass (now Rouffach, Haut-Rhin) 28.4.1882 — 19??. German Student of Indology. Son of the director of an agricultural school. After gymnasium in Colmar (Alsace) studied Germanistics at Freiburg i.B., Munich, Göttingen and Strassburg, where he started Sanskrit under E. Leumann. After graduating in 1905 worked as school-teacher…
SCHOEBEL, Charles (Karl Friedrich). Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg-Schwerin 20.10.1813 — Paris 8.12.1888 (data.bnf.fr 16.11). German Indologist, Ethnograph and Linguist in France. Lost early his father, the elder Carl Schoebel, the chamberlain of the Grand Duke, who then supported his studies in Berlin. Around 1838 moved to France, first in Toulouse, soon to…
SCHULEMANN, Werner. Neisse/Schlesien (now Nysa in Poland) 4.5.1888 — Bonn 20.6.1975. German Pharmacologist interested in Lamaism. Son of merchant Franz Sch. and Helene Meyer, brother of —> Günther Sch. Studies at Freiburg and Breslau. Dr.phil. Breslau 1913 (in chemistry) and Dr.med. 1914 Freiburg. Served as surgeon in WW I, then…
SCHULZ, Friedrich (Fritz) Eduard (Christoph Friedrich Ludwig Schulz). Darmstadt 12.7.1799 — Kurdistan, near Başkale fall 1829. German Oriental Scholar and Asian traveller. Son of cavalry officer Hermann Christian Schulz and Felicie Foerster. Studies at Giessen and Göttingen. Ph.D. 1820 Giessen. In 1822 PD and 1823 ao. Professor of Philosophy at…
SCHWAB, Julius. 17.4.1852 — 1928. German Librarian and Student of Indology. Born in a Roman Catholic family. Studies at Munich under E. Kuhn. Ph.D. 1882 Munich. From 1882 Hilfsarbeiter at Grossherzogliche Badische Hof- und Landesbibliothek in Karlsruhe, from 1887 at university library in Freiburg i.Br. (1890 custos, 1900 librarian, still…
SCHULEMANN, Günther. Neisse/Schlesien (now Nysa in Poland) 26.8.1889 — Dresden 15.6.1964. German Philosopher and Buddhist Scholar. Professor in Breslau. Son of merchant Franz Sch. and Helene Meyer, brother of —> Werner Sch. Studies of Catholic theology and philosophy at Berlin, Freiburg and Breslau, Ph.D. 1913 Breslau. Ordained priest 1918. PD…
STÜBE, Rudolf Heinrich Karl. Behren-Lübchin, Mecklenburg-Schwerin 27.7.1870 — 1930. German Historian of Religion. In 1890-94 studies of theology and Oriental languages at Rostock, Halle (i.al. under Pischel) and Berlin. Ph.D.1894 and cand. theol. 1897 Halle. Worked as schoolteacher (Oberlehrer) in Leipzig, continuing his studies. Publications: Diss. Jüdisch-babylonische Zaubertexte. 33 p.…
STUMPF, Peter. 26.1.1940 — 26.5.1977. German Tocharian Scholar. School in Berlin and from 1953 in Frankfurt. From 1959 studies of IE and Indology at Frankfurt. Ph.D. 1968 Frankfurt (under W. Thomas). Worked as Assistant at Frankfurt. Negative opinion of Thomas prevented the planned habilitation at Frankfurt. Died young of heart…
STORCK, Friedrich Wilhelm Paul. Letmathe, Kr. Iserlohn, Westfalen 5.7. 1829 — Münster 16.7.1905. German Linguist (German & Romance) interested in Pāli. Son of a teacher, educated in Arnsberg. From 1850 studies of Germanics at Munich, Münster, Bonn and Berlin. In Berlin also student of Bopp and Weber. Ph.D. 1858 Berlin.…