PAGLIARO, Antonino. Mistretta, Messina 1.1.1898 — ibid. 6.12.1973. Italian Classical and Iranian Scholar, Exegete, and Philosopher of Language. Professor in Rome. Son of Vincenzo Pagliaro and Grazia Passarella. After school in Mistretta, from 1913 studies at Palermo and from 1914 Florence, in 1917-18 participated in WW I. Then resumed studies…
PAGE, Walter Sutton. Andover, Hampshire 2.12.1873 — Chingford, Essex 19.2.1938. Rev. British Missionary and Indologist. Son of Walter Page and Phyllis Marian Cooper. Studies in London, B.A. and B.D. Worked 20 years in India as a Baptist missionary in 1896-1916, mainly in Serampur and Dacca (Dhaka). In WW I served…
PAGE, James Alfred. Garleston, Suffolk 15.2.1887 — Hertfordshire 8.1. 1978. British Architect and Archaeologist in India. Son of James Sperring Page (1854–1902) and Mary Ann Gibbs. In 1910-15 studied at Royal Academy. Worked in Delhi at least from 1918. Superintendent of A.S.I. (1926). Retired 193?. Married 1929 Enid Ida Heron-Maxwell…
PAES (Pais), Domingo. 14?? — 15??. Portuguese Merchant in India. In a group of merchants from Goa he went to Vijayanagara around 1520 and then wrote his account, characterized by reliable and exact observations and including important information about the Hindu state. The manuscript came to Portugal and was used…
VULLERS, Johann August. Bonn 23.10.1803 — Bonn 21.1.1880. German Oriental (Arabic and Persian) Scholar. Professor in Giessen. Born in a Roman Catholic family, son of cooper and wine merchant Johann Theodor Vullers (1776–1846) and Margarethe Pützfeld (1762–1851). Educated in Bonn. From 1822 studied at Bonn Catholic Theology, philosophy (Windischmann) and…
VRIES, Johann Dietrich Ludwig de. Gennep, Limburg 18.4.1894 — 19??. Dutch Indologist. Son of a railway officer, educated in Utrecht. From 1915 studied at Utrecht classical philology, Sanskrit (Caland) and linguistics (Schrijnen). Cand. 1918 and Dr. in class. phil. 1921 Utrecht. In 1921-22 studied Romanistics at Amsterdam. In 1923 deputy…
VREESE, Koenraad Stanislaus Jan Marie de. Ghent 15.5.1906 — Baarn, prov. Utrecht 30.4.1992. Belgian Indologist in the Netherlands. Professor in Amsterdam. After gymnasium in Rotterdam (1919-22) studied classics at Leiden in 1924-30. Ph.D. 1936 Leiden (under Vogel). In 1930-48 schoolteacher in Delft, 1948-60 principal in Zaandam high school. In 1948-63…
VOTÝPKA, Bedřich. Neveklov 28.2.1865 — Mirotice u Písku 28.6.1940. Czech (Bohemian) Teacher interested in Indology. Studies of philosophy, classics and Sanskrit (Zubatý) at Prague Czech University in 1885-92. Worked as gymnasium professor in Benešov near Prague, but also kept his interest in Sanskrit. Publications: “Rg-véda X 85. Překlad a výklad”,…
VOSS, Erich von. Fellin (Viljandi, Estonia) 29.11.(11.12.)1880 — Viechtach (Bavaria) 15.12.1917. Baltic German Student of Indology, then Schoolteacher. Studied Classics and Sanskrit. Ph.D. 1906 Leipzig. Worked then as a teacher of German and Greek at the École des Églises Réformées in St.Petersburg, where N. Poppe was his disciple in the…
VORETZSCH, Ernst Arthur. Lucka, Thüringen 13.8.1868 — Colmberg, Kr. Ansbach 18.5.1965. German Diplomat and Historian. Studied law at Göttingen and entered foreign service in 1899. Served as Vice-Consul in Calcutta, Christiania (Oslo) and Johannesburg, as Consul in Hong Kong, Singapur, Bangkok, Shanghai, Hankou und Christiania/Oslo. Then Ambassador in Lisbon 1920-28…