LIEBERT, Karl Gösta. Torsby, Göteborgs & Bohus län 11.3.1916 — Sävsjö, Jönköpings län 17.11.1998. Swedish Indologist and Linguist. Son of Karl Julius Liebert, a physician, and Hilda Amalia Karlsson (1879–1917), an elementary school teacher. Matriculation 1935 from Gothenburg. Studies at Göteborg Högskola (kand.hum. 1935) and Lund (kand.phil. 1939, lic.phil. 1943).…
LIDÉN, Bror Per Evald. Skandared, Sandhult, Älvsborg län 3.10.1862 — Gothenburg 11.10.1939. Swedish Indologist and IE Scholar. Professor in Gothenburg. Son of farmer Gustaf Lidén (1824–1884) and Sissa Nilsson, educated in Borås and Jönköping. Studies at Uppsala from 1883: fil.kand. (M.A.) 1890, fil.lic. 1895. From 1895 PD of IE linguistics…
LICHTERBECK, Karl. Roxel. Westphalia 30.8.1869 — 19??. German Student of Indo-Iranian. From Roxel (Westfalen). Ph.D. 1893 Münster. Then worked as a teacher (Oberlehrer) in Crefeld. His diss. deals with the oldest part of the Avesta. Publications: diss. Die Nominalflexion im Gathadialekt. 48 p. Gütersloh 1893, then in KZ 33, 1895,…
LEWY, Ernst. Breslau 19.2.1881 (or 19.9.?) — Dublin 25.9.1966. German Jewish Linguist in Ireland. Irish citizen 1947. Son of Jakob Lewy, a merchant, and Julie Bielschowsky. After school in Breslau studied at Breslau (also Sanskrit with Hillebrandt), Munich, Leipzig and Berlin (Finck). Ph.D. 1904 Breslau, then moved to Berlin. PD…
LEUMANN, Manu. Strassburg 6.10.1889 — Zürich 15.7.1977. Swiss Indo-Iranian Linguist and Classical Philologist. Son of —> Ernst Leumann (1859–1931) and Gertrud Siegemund. Matriculated from Protestant Gymnasium in Strassburg, studies at Strassburg, Göttingen and Berlin under F. C. Andreas, W. Schulze, Wackernagel, Wilamowitz-Möllendorf et al. Ph.D. 1914 Strassburg (under Thumb). Served…
LEUMANN, Julius. Berg, Canton Thurgau 1.9.1867 — Frauenfeld, Canton Thurgau 14.8.1945. Swiss Schoolteacher and Linguist interested in Sanskrit. Son of Johann Konrad Leumann, a Swiss country priest, and Maria (Anna Barbara?) Schelling, brother of —> Ernst Leumann (1859–1931). Gymnasium in Frauenfeld. Studies at Geneva (Oltramare), Zürich (Schweizer-Sidler), Leipzig (Windisch, Leskien,…
LEUMANN, Ernst. Berg, Canton Thurgau 11.4.1859 — Freiburg i.B. 24.4.1931. Swiss Indologist and Pioneer of Khotan Saka Studies in Germany. German citizen 1884. Professor in Strassburg and Freiburg. Son of Johann Konrad Leumann, a Swiss country priest, and Maria (Anna Barbara?) Schelling, brother of —> Julius Leumann (1867–1945). At Frauenfeld…
LESNÝ, Vincenc. Komárovice, Moravia 3.4.1882 — Prague 9.4.1953. Czech Indologist. Professor in Prague. Born in a poor family, son of Baltazar Lesný and Victorie Šuckerlová. After school first in a naval academy at Pula, from 1903 studies at Prague, of classical philology, IE and Indology (Zubatý and Winternitz). Ph.D. 1907/08…
LESKIEN, Johann Heinrich August. Kiel 8.7.1840 — Leipzig 20.9.1916. German IE and Slavic Linguist. Professor in Leipzig. Son of August Wilhelm Leskien (1800–1876), a master carpenter, and Magdalena Schmidt. With his modest background he could only enter the Gymnasium in Kiel in the age of 16, but then proceeded rapidly. In…
LEROY, Maurice Alphonse Lucien. Ath, Hainaut 23.1.1909 — Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Brussels 3.3.1990. Belgian Linguist. Professor in Brussels. Son of Georges Leroy and Charlotte Huet. Studies of classical philology, Docteur en Philosophie et Lettres 1931 Bruxelles. Worked as schoolteacher in Brussels. In 1935-37 further studies in Paris: at É.P.H.É. under Bloch, Vendryes,…