CHAVARRIA-AGUILAR, Oscar Luis. San José, Costa Rica 21.8.1922 — San José, Costa Rica 10.9.2005. Costa Rican Linguist in the U.S.A. Son of Francisco José Ricardo de Jesús Chavarría Flores (1892–1937) and Adela Joaquina María Aguilar Mathé. School in San José. Came to the U.S.A. in 1942. In 1942-45 served in U.S. Air…
BUCCA, Salvador (Salvatore Bucca). Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto near Messina in Sicily 30.10.1920 — Buenos Aires 30.12.2005. Argentinian (Italian-born) Linguist interested in the Upanishads. Born in Sicilly, studied at Pisa (graduated in classics 1944), then collaborator in the Lexicon Etruscum in Florence, moved to Argentina in 1948. Taught classics and Sanskrit…
ASTI VERA, Armando. Buenos Aires 25.6.1914 — Buenos Aires 3.2.1972. Argentinian scholar of Religion. Ph.D. 1939 Buenos Aires, in philosophy, then taught at several Argentinian universities. Founder (in the late 1960s) and director of the Centro de Estudios de Religiones y Filosofías del Oriente in the Departemento de Filosofía y…
FATONE, Vicente. Buenos Aires 12.2.1903 — Buenos Aires 11.12.1962. Argentinian Philosopher of Religion. Son of Italian immigrants, educated in Buenos Aires. Began engineering studies in Buenos Aires, but soon switched to Philosophical Faculty. Graduated 1926 at Buenos Aires, in philosophy. In 1937-38 studies of Indian thought in Calcutta. From 1929…
CARDOSO Filho, Joaquim Lúcio. Curvelo, Minas Gerais 13.8.1913 — Rio de Janeiro 22.9.1968. Brazilian Author. Born in a prominent, but impoverished family, son of the elder J. L. C. and Maria Wenceslina de Sarza. Educated in Belo Horizonte. Moved to Rio de Janeiro and worked in an insurance company, then…