RHYS DAVIDS, Caroline Augusta Foley. Wadhurst, East Sussex 27.12.1858 — Chipstead, Surrey 26.6.1942. British Indologist, Pāli and Buddhist Scholar. President of the P.T.S. 1923-42. Daughter of Rev. John Foley (1805–1888) and Caroline Elizabeth Windham, her brother, John Windham Foley (1848–1926) was a missionary in India. Her sister was —> M.…
RHENIUS, Karl Theophilus Ewald (Charles Theophilus/Gottlieb E. Rh.). Graudenz, West Prussia (now Grudziądz in Poland) 5.11.1790 — Tirunelvēli/Palayamkottai 5.6.1838. German Missionary and Tamil Scholar in South India. Son of Otto Gottlieb Nikolaus Rhenius (1758–1796), a Prussian army officer, and Catharina Dorothea Schiemann (1765–1828). Father died when he was six. Educated…
RÉVILLE, Albert. Dieppe 3/4.11.1826 — Paris 25.10.1906. French Theologian and Scholar of Religion, a Protestant Priest. Professor in Paris. Son of Rev. Jean Auguste Réville (1793–1861) and Madeleine Salmon. Educated in Dieppe, studies at Geneva and Strasbourg. Bachelier en théol. 1848 Strasbourg, ordained priest 1849. Worked long time as the…
REVILLA Y MORENO, Manuel de la. Madrid 24(26?).10.1846 — El Escorial 13.9.1881. Spanish Literate, Poet, Literary Historian and Philosopher. Son of José de la Revilla. Studies of law and humanities at Madrid, dr. 1870 (Doctor en Derecho y en Filosofía y Letras). Also attended Garcia Ayuso’s Sanskrit classes in the…
REUTER, Julio Natanael. Turku 7.1.1863 — Helsinki 9.1.1934. Finnish Indologist. Professor in Helsinki. Son of the school director Edvin Titus Feodor Reuter (1824–1899) and Aline Procopé (1828–1916), brother of the biologists (entomologists) Odo Morannal Reuter (1850–1913) and Enzio Rafael Reuter (1867–1951). After matriculation in 1880 from Åbo Svenska Klassiska Lyceet…
RENOU, Louis Marie Joseph. Paris 28.10.1896 — Vernon (Eure) 18.8.1966. French Indologist. Professor in Paris. School and studies in Paris. Military service in the WW I interrupted his studies and finally he had to spend two years as prisoner of war. After the war he continued Indology under Lévi (also…
RENNEL, James. Chudleigh, Devonshire 3.12.1742 — London 29.3.1830. British Colonial Officer and Geographer in India. Son of Captain John Rennel (of artillery), who died in action in 1747, and Anne Clarke. After mother’s new marriage brought up by Rev. Gilbert Burrington. Educated at Chudleigh (and as a schoolboy draw a…
RENAUDOT, Eusèbe. Paris 20.7.1646 — Paris 1.9.1720. Abbé. French Theologian and Oriental Scholar. Born as the eldest of the 14 children of the elder E. Renaudot, a prominent physician and scholar, and Marie Daicq. Educated by Jesuits. He developed early an interest in studies and therefore entered ecclesiastical career. In…
REMY, Arthur Frank JJoseph. Elberfeld near Wuppertal 26.6.1871 — 24.10.1954. U.S. (of German Origin) Germanist Scholar interested in Indo-Iranian. Professor in New York. Born in a Roman Catholic family in the Ruhr area, started school in Koesfeld. Father emigrated to the U.S.A. in 1880 and the family followed in 1882…
RELAND, Adriaan (Hadrianus Relandus, Adriaen Reelant). De Rijp, North Holland 17.7.1676 — Utrecht 5.2.1718. Dutch Oriental Scholar. Professor in Utrecht. Son of Johannes Reland, a Protestant minister, and Agatha (Aagje) Prins. Educated in Amsterdam (learned Latin and Hebrew), from 1693 studies at Utrecht (i.al. Arabic). Ph.D. 1699 Utrecht. After a…