BRUIN, Cornelis de (Bruyn, C. De Bruijn). the Hague 1652 — Utrecht 1727. Dutch Painter and Traveller. Son of Jan de Bruin. In 1672-1693 he went through Italy to Turkey, then to Syria and Egypt, coming back through Venice. The second trip began in 1701 when he first went via Archangelsk…
BOURGEOIS, Danielle. 19?? — 2005. Belgian Alpinist. Married 1967 Jean Bourgeois (b. 1938). In 1969 they travelled in Afghanistan and found in Laghmān an Aramaic Aśokan inscription. In 2000 they were living in Dinant. Publications: With J. Bourgeois: “Les inscriptions et dessins rupestres de la Vallée du Laghman”, Afghanistan 24:2-3, 1350…
BONVALOT, Pierre Gabriel Édouard. Épagne (Aube) 13.7.1853 — Auteuil, Paris 10.12.1933. French Central Asian Explorer. Son of Pierre Bonvalot and Louise-Félicie Congniasse des Jardins, school in Troyes. In 1880-82 and 1886-87 expeditions to Russian Central Asia. In 1889-90 with Prince Henri of Orléans through Russia to Chinese Central Asia, then through…
BETTANY, George Thomas. Penzance, Cornwall 30.3.1850 — Dulwich, London 2.12.1891. British Biologist, Anthropologist, and Author. Son of George Bettany, a schoolmaster and journalist. Educated privately, then 1868-70 at Guy’s Hospital in London. From 1870 studies at Cambridge (Caius College), B.A. 1874, M.A. 1877. Lectured biology at Girton and Newnham Colleges,…
BERGER, Hermann. Bad Kötzting, Bayerischer Wald 17.10.1926 — Heidelberg 31.1.2005. German Indologist. Professor in Heidelberg. After school military service ending as war prisoner. Released studies of Indology, IE linguistics ans Semitic at Munich 1948-53, 1953 Ph.D. there. His main teacher was H. Hoffmann, also K. Hoffmann, F. Sommer and A.…
BEČKA, Jiří. Prague 16.10.1915 — Prague 21.12.2004. Czech Iranian Scholar. Gymnasium in Prague. From 1936 studied law and Oriental languages at Prague, then much belated because of WW II. Dr. juris 1945. Ph.D. 1954. In 1952-76 librarian and research scholar at Institute of Oriental Studies, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, then…
BECHERT, Heinz. Munich 26.6.1932 — Göttingen 14.6.2005. German Indologist, a Famous Specialist of Buddhist Studies. Professor in Göttingen. Son of Rudolf Becher (1900–1961), a lawyer, and Herta Bade. After gymnasium in Rosenheim from 1950 studies at Munich, beginning with classical philology and history, soon linguistics under Sommer and finally Indology.…
BAILEY, David Roy Shackleton. Lancaster 10.12.1917 — Ann Arbor 28.11.2005. British Classical Scholar and Tibetologist in the U.S.A. Professor in Ann Arbor and Cambridge, Mass. Son of John Henry Shackleton Bailey, a schoolteacher and mathematician, and Rosamund Maund Giles, educated in Lancaster. During the war served in the code-breaking unit. Before…
BACH, Claus-Peter. 19?? — 2005. German Physician. Dr.med. Internist in Memmingen. Several visits to the Himalayas. Married with Lissy Bach-Sedel (b. c. 1930), no children. Publications: Mustang: Blick in ein verborgenes Königreich im Himalaya. 192 p. 78 ill. Wb. 1993. – A European travel book. Sources: Scanty stray notes in Internet…
ASSAS Y EREÑO, Manuel de. Santander 28.6.1813 — Santander 16.6.1880. Spanish Historian and Oriental Scholar. Born of Santander oligarchy, in 1825-27 at Seminario Conciliar de Burgos, then studies of law at Madrid (graduated 1836). In 1838-39 studied architecture at Instituto Cántabro. In 1839-57 worked in Semanario Pintoresco Español, finally its…