ZIMMERMANN, Friedrich Albert Oswald (Subhadra Bhikṣu/Bhikkhu). Degerloch near Stuttgart 8.4.1851 — Stuttgart 30.6.1917. German Bauddha. Studied mathematics and became an engineer. Also worked as journalist. He became interested in Buddhism through Schopenhauer and studied some Pāli, but was mainly influenced by Neumann’s Majjhimanikāya. Together with Seidenstücker, he founded in 1911 the…
ZIMMER, Heinrich Robert. Greifswald 6.12.1890 — New Rochelle, N.Y. 20.3.1943. German Indologist in the U.S.A. Professor in Heidelberg. Son of —> Heinrich Zimmer the elder (1851–1910) and Martha Sophie Hirt. Matriculated in Berlin in 1909, then studied Hebrew, Germanistics, art history and soon Indology (Lüders) at Berlin. Ph.D. 1914 Berlin. He…
ZIESENISS, Wilhelm Alexander. Börnsen bei Lauenburg 11.3.1899 — Breslau 11.4.1945. German Indologist and South-East Asian (Malay and Javanese) Scholar. Son of merchant Karl Hermann Zieseniss and Mary Matthew (from Scotland). Matriculated in 1917 from Hansaschule in Bergedorf. Studied at Heidelberg Arabic (Bezold) and Sanskrit (Liebich), a brief period at Freiburg…
ZIEGLER, Jakob Friedrich. Dagersheim near Stuttgart 8.5,1832 — Grossheppach, Weinstadt, Württemberg 18.11.1906. Rev. German Missionary in South India. Son of the elder J. Fr. Ziegler (1789–1871), a farmer and butcher, and Maria Margareta Dannecker (1797–1836). From 1862 worked as teacher for Basel Mission in mangalore and Dharwar. After a visit…
ZIEGENBALG, Bartholomäus. Pulsnitz, Saxony 14.6.1683 (or 10.6.1682?) — Tranquebar, India 23.2.1719. German Missionary and Precursor of Indology (Tamil Scholar). In South India 1706-19. Son of the elder B.Z. (1640–1694), a modest grain merchant, and Maria Brückner (1646–1692). After gymnasium in Görlitz and Berlin, studied one year under A. H. Francke…
ZEHETMAYR, Sebastian. Beiharting, Bavaria 7.6.1815 — 20.10.1895. German IE Scholar. Studied theology, ordained priest, but soon converted from Protestant into Roman Catholic faith. Schoolteacher and Professor at a gymnasium, apparently lived long time in Regensburg, then Professor at Freising gymnasium, alsoin retirement living in Freising. Publications: Rechtfertigung des Übertritts einer…
ZACHARIAE, Theodor Victor Hugo. Großkmehlen bei Liebenwerda, Brandenburg 3.2.1851 — Halle 5.5. 1934. German Indologist. Professor in Halle. Son of Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal (1812–1894), a specialist of Byzantine law and second generation nobleman. Educated at the same school in Pforta as Nietzsche, Deussen, and the only 2 years…
OTTO, Rudolf Louis Karl. Peine, Hannover 25.9.1869 — Marburg 6.3.1937. German Lutheran Theologian and Scholar of Religion. Professor in Marburg. Son of Wilhelm Otto (1809–1882), a factory owner, and Katharine Reupke (1818–1911), lost his father in the age of 12. Matriculated 1888 from Hildesheim, studied theology at Erlangen and Göttingen.…
OSTHOFF, Caspar Carl Heinrich Gottfried Emil Franz Hermann. Billmerich, Westfalen 18.4.1847 — Heidelberg 7.5.1907. German IE Scholar. Professor in Heidelberg. Son of Franz Osthoff, an estate owner, and Lisette Theodore Birnberg. Gymnasium in Gütersloh. Studies of Classics and Sanskrit at Bonn (Gildemeister), then at Tübingen (Roth) and Berlin (Weber). Ph.D.…
OSTER, Ludwig. Mannheim 27.3.1888 — 19??. German Student of Indology. Son of post master, Geh. Oberpostrat Ludwig Oster After school in Berlin, gymnasium 1897-1901 in Erfurt and 1901-05 Konstanz. In 1905-08 studies at Berlin, of classical philology, linguistics and especially Indology under Pischel, after Pischel’s death continued at Heidelberg under…