ANDERSON, William. 1804 — Albury Hall, Ware, Hertsfordshire 22.9.1869 (when 64). British Colonial Officer. C.B. 1842. Served as a major in India, then lieutenant-colonel in Bengal Artillery in 1854-55. In 1855 retired and returned to the U.K. Married 1815 Frances Sophia Pattle Plowden (1824–1849), one daughter (born 1846). One W.…
ANDERSON, Robert. 1792 — March 1843. Rev. British Civil Servant and Tamil Scholar in India, Madras Presidency. Born of a wealthy family, educated at Harrow and Haileybury. Learned Sanskrit, Persian and Bengali at East India College, went to India (Madras Civil Service), but after nine years was forced to return…
ANDERSON, Philip. bapt. 25.5.1816 — Malabar Hill, Bombay 13.12.1857. Rev. British Priest in India interested in Sanskrit and History. Son of Captain Thomas Anderson of the E.I.C., educated at St. Paul’s School in London. Studies at Cambridge (Corpus Christi College, B.A. 1838, M.A. 1849), ordained priest 1840. In 1849 to…
ANDERSON, James Drummond. Fort William, Calcutta 11.11.1852 — Cambridge 24.11.1920. British Civil Servant in India, Bengali Scholar. Son of James Anderson (1811–1891), an E.I.C. physician. and Ellen Mary Garstin (1831–1857). Born in Calcutta, he learned fluency of Bengali as child, but was sent to England when he was seven. Educated…
AMPÈRE, Jean-Jacques-Antoine. Lyon 12.8.1800 — Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) 26/27.3.1864. French Scholar of History and Literature interested in India. Son of the famous scientist André Marie Ampère (1775-1836) and Antoinette Carron (1773–1803), lost early his mother. Educated at Collège Henri IV. Travelled in Europe and wrote himself poetry. In 1830 taught at…
AMMER, Karl. Vienna 25.10.1911 — Halle 16.1.1970. Austrian Indologist and Linguist in East Germany. Professor in Halle. Of modest origin, son of a warehouse worker, Karl Ammer and Barbara Mattes. Gymnasium in Vienna. From 1930 studies at Vienna University (under B. Geiger, Frauwallner, Trubetskoy, Havers, et al.). Ph.D. 1939. From…
AMMANN, Joseph. Kempern 23.3.1804 — 4.1.1854. German Schoolteacher interested in Indology. Student of O. Frank at Munich. From 1836 eighteen years teacher in Landshut (until death), taught religion and Hebrew. Publications: “Über das Studium der Sanskrit-Sprache nebst einigen Bemerkungen über Sanskrit-Literatur, mit einem Anhang Sanskritschrift enthaltend”, Progr. Landshut Stud.-Anst. 1848,…
AMMANN, Hermann Joseph Ferdinand. Bruchsal, Baden 10.8.1885 — Innsbruck 12.9.1956. German IE Linguist in Austria. Professor in Innsbruck. Son of Jakob Ammann (d. 1895), a school director and teacher of classical languages, and Anna Bilharz, also a teacher. Educated in Bruchsal and Freiburg. From 1903 studies at Freiburg (Thurneysen) and…
AMELUNG, Arthur Julius Heinrich. Catharina, Livonia (now Võisiku near Viljandi, Estonia) 15.7./27.7.1840 — Montreux 6.4.1874. (Baltic) German Linguist (Germanic and IE). Son of a glass factory owner, Carl Georg Amelung (1795–1851) and Julie Koeler (1802–1846), gymnasium in Fellin (Viljandi). Studied first history and chemistry at Dorpat (Tartu) in 1862-63, then…
AMBROSI, Felice Alessandre. 21.11.1841 — 19??. Italian Latin Scholar and Schoolteacher also interested in Indology. In Florence, then Professor of Classics at Ginnasio Superiore in Macerata. Publications: Vâlmîki: Il Lamento del Vânaro Hanumat: episodio del Râmâyana, tradotto in versi. 23 p. Genoa 1886; several works on Latin and Italian philology…