ANTONESCU, Teohari. Bucharest (?) 1.9.1866 (?) — Iaşi 11.1.1910. Romanian Historian and Classical Scholar interested in Indology. Son of Petru Antonescu, a small trader. His background and early years are uncertain, some say that he was born in Giargiu in 1867 as the illegitimate son of monk Antonie and Alexandrina…
VAUX, William Sandys Wright. Oxford 28.2.1818 — Chelsea, London 21.6.1885. British Numismatist and Antiquarian. Son of Rev. William Vaux (d. 1844) and Mary Hawkins, educated at Westminster School and graduated B.A. from Balliol College, Oxford, in 1840 (M.A. 1842). From 1841 worked in British Museum, in 1861–70 as Keeper of…
TIHONOV, Dmitrij Ivanovič. Rossija-Molotovo, gub. Tobolsk (now Vargašinskij raion, obl. Kurgansk) 18.(31.)10.1906 — Leningrad 27.1.1987. Russian Historian, Sinologist and Central Asian Scholar. Son of a farmer. Graduated 1936 from Leningrad. Kand. ist. nauk 1941, Dr. ist. nauk 1968. In 1936-61 naučnyj sotrudnik at Oriental Institute in Leningrad (1943 staršij naučnyj…
THORNER, Daniel. New York 1915 — Paris 18.6.1974. U.S. Economist and Historian of South Asian Economy, in India and France. Educated New York City College. Studies of history at Columbia, Ph.D. During war served in the Office of Strategic Services. In 1944-46 in India on US Lend-Leave mission, also completing…
SZERB, János. Budapest 7.1.1951 — Vienna 6.10.1988. Hungarian Tibetologist. Son of Dr. Antal Szerb and Klára Bálint. Studies at Budapest. Ph.D. 1982. In 1984-88 in Ö.A.W, Forschungsstelle für Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens, in Vienna. Interested in Tibetan history and religion, also including Mongolian Buddhism. Also a poet. Committed suicide. Married…
SMIRNOVA, Ol’ga Ivanovna. Petergof (Petrodvorec) 14.(27.)6.1910 — 13.1. 1982. Russian Central Asian (Sogdian) Scholar, Numismatist and Historian. Daughter of an officer. Graduated 1934 from Leningrad as student of Frejman. Kand. filol. nauk 1945. Employed in 1934-35 in Numismatic Department of Hermitage, then 1935-82 naučnyj sotrudnik (1948 staršij naučnyj sotrudnik) at…
PEROGLIO, Celestino. Palestro 20.4.1824 — Bologna 20.6.1909. Italian Historian and Geographer, interested in Indian Literature. Taught history and geography at technical school in Vercelli (founded by himself in 1854). In 1861-75 Professor of Geography at Turin. and finally at University of Bologna. A Garibaldian nationalist and a freemason (grand master…
PERINI, Osvaldo. Verona 14.12.1826 — Verona 14.7.1890. Italian Journalist, Author, Historian and Translator interested in Sanskrit Literature. Son of Angelo Perini and Maria Mantica. In 1849 expelled as a nationalist from Verona by Austrian government, worked as teacher in Breno near Brescia, and, after a while in Lugano, in other…
PEREIRA, António Pinto. 15?? — 1587. S.J. Portuguese Historian of India. From Mogadour, Bragança. Apparently secretary of an officer in Goa. His work, dealing with the contemporary history of Portuguese in India, was published only posthumously. Publications: História da Índia no tempo em que a Governou o Visorei Dom Luís…
PELLIOT, Paul. Paris 28.5.1878 — Paris 26.10.1945. French Sinologist and Central Asian Scholar. Professor in Paris. Son of Charles Théodore Pelliot (1847–1935), an industrial chemist, and Marie Renault, educated in Paris (collège Massillon, lycée Charlemagne and collège Stanislas). Studied in Paris for diplomatic career at École des sciences politiques and…