SCHLERATH, Bernfried. Leipzig 15.5.1924 — Berlin 30.5.2003. German Indo-Iranian Scholar. The only child of literary editor Dr. Franz Schl. and Karoline Suter, in 1928 the family moved to Frankfurt. Matriculated 1943, briefly student at Frankfurt, in 1944-45 in the army. Studies of IE, Iranian and Indology at Hamburg (E. Fraenkel,…
ROYEN, Gerlach (born Nicolaus Jacobus Hubertus Royen). Valkenburg 18.10.1880 — Utrecht 4.2.1955. O.F.M. Father. Dutch Linguist. Educated in Sittard, joined O.F.M. 1898, ordained priest 1905. In 1905-11 gymnasium teacher in Venray, 1911-14 and 1920-22 studied comparative linguistics at Leiden. Ph.D. 1926 Leiden, under Uhlenbeck (being his last student). From 1932 eo.…
ROSS, Alan Strode Campbell. 1.2.1907 — 23.9.1980. British Linguist. Son of Archibald Campbell Carne Ross of Penzance and Millicent Strode Cobham. Studies at Balliol College, Oxford, started with astronomy, but soon moved to English. B.A. 1929 Oxford, M.A. Birmingham. From 1929 Assistant Lecturer and 1936 Lecturer in English at University of…
RICE, Carlton Cosmo. 1876 — 1945. U.S. Linguist. Studies at University of Texas (A.B. 1897, M.A. 1899) and Harvard (A.M. 1900). Ph.D. 1902 Harvard. Assistant Professor of Romance Languages at University of Oregon 1902-03, Stanford U. 1903-05, University of Iowa 1907-09, Associate Professor at University of Idaho, 1909-11 From 1926…
RABEL, Lili (after 1969 Lili Rabel Heymann). 1913 — California 1985. German-born Linguist in Canada. Ph.D. Berkeley. At University of Calgary (1976). Married 1969 Frederic G. Heymann (1900–1983, a historian), survived him. Publications: Wrote on Khasi, e.g. Khasi, a language of Assam. 15+257 p. Louisiana State Univ. Studies. Humanities 10. Baton Rouge 1961…
PREVEDEN, Francis Ralph. Kamenica, Croatia 1890 — Washington, DC 1959.U.S. Linguist. Born in Croatia, came to the U.S.A. in 1922. Ph.D. 1927 Chicago. Professor of Classics at De Paul University 1926-33-and at Duquesne University 1938-41. In 1942-59 served as a translator for various government agencies. Married. Publications: Mainly wrote on Balto-Slavic…
MICHELS, Victor. Stassfurt, Sachsen-Anhalt 3.7.1866 — Jena 4.2.1929. German Germanist and Linguist. Professor in Jena Son of factory director Friedrich (Fritz) M. (d. 1872) and Martha Kullak. Gymnasium and from 1884 studies in Berlin, concentrated on Germanistics, Linguistics and philosophy (Deussen). From 1885 continued at Heidelberg (Osthoff et al.) and…
MEZGER, Fritz. Ilsfeld bei Heilbronn 15.10.1893 — King of Prussia near Philadelphia, PA 9.6.1979. German Linguist in the U.S.A. Matriculated 1911, then studies of modern philology and comparative IE at Tübingen. Participated in WW I, wounded. Continued his studies at Munich and Berlin. Ph.D. 1921 Berlin (diss. on Old English).…
MARTINET, André. Saint-Alban-des-Villards (Savoie) 12.4.1908 — Châtenay-Malabry (Paris) 16.7.1999. French Linguist. Began his studies with English and Germanic. Ph.D. 1937 Paris. In 1938-46 directeur d’études at É.P.H.É. In 1947-55 taught at Columbia University in New York. Then returned to É.P.H.É. and soon Professor of General Linguistics at Sorbonne/Paris V. Married Karen…
MANN, Stuart Edward. Nottingham 11.6.1905 — High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire 5.8.1986. British Linguist. Son of Oliver Mann and Mabel Constance Anderson. Studies at Bristol, graduated 1927. In 1929-31 in Tirana, then teaching English in Brno. In 1947-72 taught Czech and Albanian at School of Slavonic and East European Studies (University of…