LANE-POOLE, Stanley Edward. London 18.17.1854 — London 29.12.1931. British Historian, Archaeologist and Oriental (Arabic) Scholar. Son of Edward Stanley Poole (1830–1867, also an Arabic scholar) and Roberta Reddelien (1820–1866), through his paternal grandmother grand-nephew of Edward William Lane (1801–1876, famous Arabist). After parents’ early death raised by his grandmother and…
STCHOUKINE, Ivan (Ivan Vasil’evič Ščukin). 1886 — Beirut ?.10.1975. Russian Art Historian in France. Son of textile merchant and art collector Vasilij Ščukin (in one source Sergej). After revolution settled in Paris, now studies under Pelliot, Foucher, et al. After doctorate concentrated on Islamic art, visited Istanbul and Cairo and…
SCHWAB, Raymond Sem. Nancy 23.2.1884 — Paris 2.6.1956. French Author and Historian of Oriental Studies. Son of insurance director Alexandre Schwab and Léontine Lévy. Licence-es-lettres 1906. Participated in WW I 1915-19. In 1920 adopted Catholic Christianity. Served in high public offices (in senate), in 1940 dismissed because of his Jewish…
STAPLETON, Henry Ernest. Boroughbridge, Yorkshire (?) 3.5.1878 — Jersey 12.2.1962. British Civil Servant in India, Historian of Science. Studies at Oxford, M.A. and B.Sc. (in Chemisrty, 1899). In 1900, after one year as research scholar at Cambridge, joined Indian Educational Service and became Professor of Chemistry at Presidency College, Calcutta.…
STRZYGOWSKI, Josef. Biala, Austrian Silesia (now Bielsko-Biała in Poland) 7.3.1862 — Vienna 2.1.1941. Austrian Art Historian. Professor in Vienna. Son of a cloth manufacturer, and his wife Edle Trass von Friedenfelt, of minor nobility. In 1880 took apprenticeship in a weaving plant, but later abandoned this career. From 1882 studies…
SYKES, William Henry. near Bradford, Yorkshire 25.1.1790 — London 16.6.1872. British Colonial Officer in India, with wide scholarly interests. Colonel. Son of Samuel Sykes, an estate owner. Entered as cadet in 1803, Lieutenant in Bombay Army 1805, participated in the siege of Bharatpur. Learned soon Hindī and Marāṭhī and became…
SCHOFF, Wilfred Harvey. Newtonville, MA 27.11.1874 — Lower Merion, PA 14.9.1932. U.S. Historian of Commerce and Economy. Son of Frederic Schoff and Hannah Kent (1853–1940). A.B. 1894 Harvard, A.M. 1896 University of Pennsylvania. In 1899 representative of Philadelphian Export Expedition in South America, Portugal, Spain and France. From 1900 until…
STEIN, Burton. Chicago 1926 — 26.4.1996. U.S. Historian of South Asia. Served in WW II, then studies at the University of Chicago (M.A. 1954, Ph.D. 1957). Taught at Minneapolis and 1965-83 at University of Hawaii. After early retirement from Hawaii moved to London in 1983 and worked as Professorial Research…
SCHURHAMMER, Georg Otto. Unterglottertal, Südschwarzwald 25.9.1882 — Rome 2.11.1971. S.J. Father. German Historian of Catholic Missions in Asia, especially of Francisco Xavier. Educated in Durlach and Karlsruhe. From 1900 theological studies at Freiburg i. Br., joined the S.J. in 1903 and continued his studies in the Netherlands. In 1908 went…
SPRENGEL, Matthias Christian. Rostock 24.8.1746 — Halle 7.1.1803. German Historian and Geographer. Professor at Halle. Son of a merchant. After school in Rostock studied law at Rostock and Bützow, then English and history at Göttingen (under A. L. von Schlözer). From 1778 ao. Professor für Geschichte at Göttigen, from 1779…