EWALD, Georg Heinrich August (von). Göttingen 16.11.1803 — Göttingen 4.5.1875. German Oriental, especially Hebrew and Semitic Scholar, but also Indologist, and Theologian. Son of Heinrich Andreas Ewald (d. 1829), a master weaver, and Catharina Maria Ilse. After gymnasium studied theology and Oriental languages at Göttingen. Ph.D. there 1823. After a…
EVOLA, Giulio (Julius) Cesare Andrea. Rome 19.5.1889 — Rome 11.6.1974. Italian Lawyer, Poet, Painter, Author, and Rightist Politician and Philosopher interested in Asian Religions. Born in an aristocratic Sicilian family, son of Vincenzo Evola (1854–1941), a telegraphic mechanic chief, and Concetta Mangiapane. Studied engineering and served in WW I as…
EVEREST, George. Gwernvale near Crickhowell, Wales (or Greenwich?) 4.6.1790 — London 1.12.1866. Sir. British (Welsh) Colonial Officer (Military Engineer) and Geographer in India. Eponymous for Mount Everest. Son of William Tristram Everest (1747–1825), a solicitor and justice of peace, and Lucetta Mary Smith (1766–1809). Educated at the military schools of…
ETTINGHAUSEN, Maurice Léon. Paris 25.1.1883 — Oxford, England 14.11.1974. French (Jewish) student of Indology. Son of Herman Lionel Ettinghausen (1851–1925, born in Germany) and Henriette M. Oppenheimer. Ph.D. 1906 Paris. Later worked as antiquarian bookseller in Paris and New York and after WW II in the U.K. Famous bibliophile. Married…
ESTELLER Y MELIÀ, Adolfo. Alcanar (Montsià) near Valencia 10.1.1899 — 18.3.1984. S.J. Spanish Indologist in India. Professor in Bombay. Son of estate manager Hermengildo Esteller and Elisa Melia. Joined the S.J. 1914. Educated in Castellon and Zaragoza, then studies of philosophy at Pontificia Universitá Gregoriana in Rome (Ph.D. there 1921).…
ESSERS, Bénard. Den Helder (North Holland) 30.8.1919 — Beekbergen, (Gelderland) 23.6.1960. Dutch Theologian interested in Indology. Son of August Essers and Jaike Piet. Studies at Amsterdam (Faddegon and Lohuizen-De Leeuw). Th.D. 1952 Groningen (under T. C. Vriezen). Then worked as a priest. Married 1951 Jansje Dieuwke (Annette) ten Berge (1925–2019),…
ESSER, Alexander Albert Maria. Düsseldorf 25.1.1885 — Düsseldorf 4.2.1972. German Physician interested in Sanskrit. Son of Wilhelm Esser, owner of a brewery. After school in Düsseldorf began law studies at Freiburg i.Br., but soon medicine at Bonn, Berlin, Freiburg and Heidelberg. Dr.med. 1909 Heidelberg. Served as physician in WW I.…
ESNOUL, Anne-Marie Helène. Saint-Malo, Brittany 19.4.1908 — Saint-Malo 23.1.1996. French Indologist. Esnoul-Le Sénéchal is a noble family of Saint-Malo, daughter of Louis Esnoul-Le Sénéchal and Andrée Lebret. After school in Saint-Malo and licence de philosophie in Paris, studied from 1934 Sanskrit under Masson-Oursel and Stchoupak. Diplome d’É.P.H.É. 1947, Ph.D. 196?.…
ESCHMANN, Anncharlott. Munich 24.9.1941 — Delhi 6.4.1977. German Indologist and Scholar of Religion. Daughter of Professor Ernst Wilhelm Eschmann (1904–1987), a Sociologist, and his wife Charlott, a psychotherapist. Grew up in Ticino, Switzerland. From 1961 studies of Protestant theology, comparative religion and Indology at Munich, Marburg and Heidelberg. Ph.D. 1969.…
ERSKINE, William. Edinburgh 8.11.1773 — Edinburgh 20.5.1852. British (Scottish) Civil Servant and Lawyer. 1804-23 in India. Son of David Erskine (1739?–1791), a lawyer, and Jean Melvin (1753?–1780?). Educated at Royal High School and Edinburgh University (dr. iuris). He “was a lawyer’s apprentice, 1792-9, went to India in 1803-4 with Sir…