MAURICE, Thomas. Hertford 25.9.1754 — London 30.3.1824. Rev. British Priest and Oriental Scholar. Son of Thomas Maurice (d. 1763), a schoolmaster of Welsh ancestry, and Ann Warner, lost early his father. “Educated at Christ’s Hospital, Ealing and Bath, and at St. John’s and University Colleges, Oxford, 1774-78 [B.A. 1778], ordained…
MATZEL, Klaus Hellmuth. Borsdorf near Leipzig 11.10.1923 — 1992. German Linguist, Germanic and Sinhalese Scholar. Professor in Regensburg. Son of Hellmuth Paul Matzel and Margaretha Werner. Educated in Hamburg. Studies at Halle, Leipzig, Jena and Berlin, mainly German, but also classics, Slavic, IE and Indology. Four years in a G.D.R.…
MATERNA, Zdeněk. Brno 9.7.1900 — Ratibor (Racibórz in Poland) 23.3.1944. Czech Teacher and former Student of Indology. Educated in Brno, studies from 1920 at Prague. Ph.D. 1925 Charles University, Prague (under Zybatý). Then Gymnasium Professor in Ostrava (Moravia). Publications: Diss. Lze považovati verbální komposici a slovosled za kriterion parataxe a…
MASING, Uku (from 1937, born Hugo Albert M.). Lipa, Raikküla, Rapla district 11.8.1909 — Tartu 25.4.1985. Estonian Polyglot, Folklorist and Religious Philosopher. Son of Ado (Aadu) Masing (1862–1949) and Anna Furman. From 1928 studied theology at Tartu (M.A. 1930). In 1930-33 further studies at Tübingen and Berlin, then taught theology…
MAROUZEAU, Jules Emile. Fleurat (Creuse) 20.3.1878 — Iteuil (Vienne) 27.9.1964. French Linguist and Latin Scholar. Son of a farmer, educated in Guéret and at Lycée Lakanal. In 1901-07 studies at Sorbonne (agrégé 1904), i.al. under Meillet. Docteur-ès-lettres 1910 (both dissertations on Latin). In 1910-12 further studies in Germany, Italy and…
MALLMANN, Marie-Thérèse Hélène Henriette Suzanne de. Paris 6.10.1909 — Château-d’Œx, Canton Vaud, Switzerland 21.9.1975. French Indologist and Art Historian. Daughter of Émile de Mallmann (1863–1914) and Marie-Thérèse von Liebig (1871–1944). Before the war started studies at É.P.H.É. (Foucher, Przyluski and Mus, diplôme 1948) and École de Louvre (Hackin, Grousset and…
MALLESON, George Bruce. Wimbledon 8.5.1825 — Kensington, London 1.3.1898. British Colonial Officer in India. Colonel. Son of John Malleson (1798–1879) and Lucy Nesbitt. “Educated at Wimbledon and Winchester; joined the Bengal Native Infantry in 1844. In the second Burmese war of 1852-3, in the Commissariat Department until 1856… Sanitary Commissioner…
MALET, Charles Warre. bapt. Combe Florey, Somerset 30.12.1752 — Bath 24.1.1815. Sir, 1st Bart (1791). British Civil Servant in India. Son of Rev. Rector Alexander Malet (1704–1775) and Anne St.Lo. Joined the E.I.C. at early age and served as resident in Cambay (the Mughal emperor’s residence) in 1774-85 and then…
MACFARLANE, Charles. Scotland 18.12.1799 — London 9.12.1858. British (Scottish) Author of Historical Works, Travel Books and Novels. Son of Robert Macfarlane. In 1816–27 lived in Italy, in 1827-28 16 months in Constantinople. Then in London as free author, in 1847-48 again in Turkey and Italy. Married about 1830 Charlotte Emily…
FAIANI, Antonio. 17.8.1859 — 19??. Italian School-Teacher interested in Indology. Director of R. Liceo-Ginnasio Massimo d’Azeglio in Turin. Perhaps lived into an advanced age. But sources are contradictory. One Antonio Faiani of Verona has life years 1859–1933. However, Pullé in OC 10, 1894, 2:10 ascribes the Meghadūta to the Director…