MACHEK, Václav. Úhlejov, okr. Jičín/Neupaka 8.11.1894 — Brno 26.5.1965. Czechoslovakian Slavic, Vedic and IE Scholar. Professor in Brno. From 1914 studied at Prague Slavic, Baltic, Latin, IE and Sanskrit (under Zubatý). After interruption caused by WW I Ph.D. there 1921. In 1921-24 librarian of Slovakian Library in Paris, also further…
LUQUIENS, Jules. Lausanne 24.1.1845 — Salem, Ohio 23.8.1899. Swiss Linguist, Romance and Iranian Scholar in the U.S.A. Professor in New Haven. After school in Lausanne studied at Geneva and was ordained priest in 1866. In 1868 came to the U.S.A. and worked as schoolteacher in New York and Cincinnati. In…
LUDWIG, Alfred. Vienna 9.10.1832 — Prague 12.6.1912. Austrian Indologist. Professor in Prague. Son of Johannes Ludwig, a teacher of French, and Ludowika Köckh, grew up in Vienna, matriculated from Akademisches Gymnasium. From 1852 studies of classical philology, IE linguistics and Sanskrit at Vienna (under Boller) and in 1855-57 at Berlin…
LOTTNER, Carl Friedrich. Berlin 20.6.1834 — Dublin 5.4.1873. German Celtic and IE Linguist in Ireland. Professor in Dublin. Son of general counsel, Justizrat Franz August Lottner (1796–1836) and Juliane Caroline Wilhelmine Sander. After school and Gymnasium in Berlin studied in 1851-54 at Berlin under Bopp and Grimm. Worked as schoolteacher,…
LOTSPEICH, Claude Meek. Knoxville, Tenn. 28.6.1880 — Cincinnati, Ohio 13.4.1966. U.S. Linguist. Son of Jacob Orville Lotspeich (1855–1900) and Ida Sevier Meek (1858–1894). Studies at Leipzig. Ph.D. For 45 years he was Professor of Comparative and English Philology at University of Cincinnati. Married 1907 Helen Wilson Gibbons (1881–1955), four sons…
LORIMER, David Lockhart Robertson. Strathmarkine near Dundee 24.12.1876 — Hatfield, Hertfordshire 25.2.1962. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer, Linguist and Indo-Iranian Scholar. Lieutenant-Colonel. Son of Rev. Robert Lorimer (1840–1925) and Isabella Lockhart Robertson (1849–1931), brother of —> J. Gordon Lorimer (1870–1914), —> Florence M. G. Lorimer (1883–1967), Emilia H. L. Lorimer, also…
LORENTZ, Friedrich Wilhelm Oloff Johannes. Güstrow 28.12.1870 — Zoppot (Sopot near Gdansk) 27.4.1937. German Slavist. Son of Friedrich Ludwig Ernst Lorentz and Luise Maria Karolina Brunswig. Studied IE and Slavonic linguistics at Leipzig (under Brugmann and Leskien), Ph.D. 1894 there. Lived as private scholar in Wismar, then in Karthaus (now…
LOHMANN, Johannes Friedrich. Diensthoop, Kreis Verden, Niedersachsen 9.7.1895 — Freiburg i. Br. 3.5.1989. German IE Linguist. Professor in Freiburg. Son of a farmer. Matriculated in 1914 from Verden, then in 1914-18 participated in the WW I. Studies of Slavonic and from 1921 classical philology at Berlin. Ph.D. 1923 Berlin. From…
LINDSAY, Thomas Bond. New York City 28.4.1853 — Glenview, KY 22.7.1909. U.S. Philologist. Professor in Boston. Son of John W. Lindsay. Studies in 1865-68 at Genessee Wesleyan Seminar, 1869 Boston Latin School, M.A. 1874 American Wesleyan University. In 1874-77 further studies in Germany. Ph.D. 1882 Boston University. In 1877-88 taught…
LIGNANA, Giacomo. Tronzano Vercellese, Piemonte 19.12.1827 (hardly 1830) — Rome 10.2.1891 (or 10.1. or 10.12.). Italian Linguist and Indologist. Professor in Naples and Rome. Born in a wealthy Piemontese noble family, son of Giuseppe Lignana and Margherita Lebbole. Studies at Turin, then 1848-49 under Lassen at Bonn and Spiegel at…