ECKE, Gustav-Emil-Wilhelm. Bonn 13.6.1896 — Honolulu 18.12.1971. German Art Historian in China and U.S.A. Son of Gustav Ecke (1855–1920), Professor of Theology, and Elisabeth von Lepel (1861–1910). From 1914 studies at Bonn, Berlin and Erlangen. Ph.D. 1922 Erlangen, on European art (French surrealism). In 1923 went to China, taught at…
ECHAURI MARTÍNEZ, Eustaquio. Azcona, Navarra 20.9.1873 — Madrid 8.1.1953. Spanish Classical Philologist and Philosopher. Studied at seminary of Pamplona, but did not enter church service. Instead, worked as journalist and studied Greek and Latin in Rome and Madrid (licenció es Letras 1916). From 1920 Professor of Latin language and literature…
EBEL, Hermann Wilhelm. Berlin 10.5.1820 — Misdroy in Pomerania (now Międzyzdroje in Poland) 19.8.1875. German Linguist (IE and Celtic). Professor in Berlin. Son of a teacher, grew up in Berlin. Studies of classical philology (Böckh) and history at Berlin and Halle, soon also comparative linguistics under Pott and Bopp. Ph.D.…
EATON, Adoniram Judson. Granville Centre, co. Annapolis, Nova Scotia 16.10.1850 — Knowlton, co. Brome, Quebec 1.8.1929. Canadian Indologist and Classical Scholar. Son of Thomas Woodworth Eaton (1803–1878) and Mary Ann Withers (1810–1880). Studies at Acadia University in Wolfsville, Nova Scotia (B.A. 1873, M.A. 1877), Harvard (B.A. 1876) and Yale. In…
EASTWICK, Edward Backhouse. Warfield, Berkshire 13.3.1814 — Ventnor, Isle of Wight 16.7.1883. British Colonial Officer, Diplomat, Indologist and Oriental Scholar (Urdu and Persian). Son of sea-captain Robert William Eastwick (1772–1865) of Bombay Marine and Lucy King (1779–1857), brother of William Joseph E. (1808–1889) of I.C.S. and Council of India. Educated…
EASTON, Morton William. Hartford, Conn. 18.8.1841 — Mount Gretna, Pa. 21.8.1917. U.S. Linguist. Professor in Philadelphia. Son of Oliver Hastings Easton (1817–1894) and Emeline Maria Brace, a Puritan family. Educated at Hartford High School, studies at Yale (A.B. 1863). From 1867 studied medicine at Columbia University (Med.dr. 1866), then further…
EASTMAN, Alvan Clark. Munich 10.1.1894 (1893?) — Cambridge, MA 9.9.1959. U.S. Art Historian. Son of Charles Rochester Eastman (1868–1918), a geologist and palaeontologist, and Caroline Amelia Clark (1865–1955), born in Germany where his father was studying. From 1923 Assistant in Oriental Division in Museum of Fine Art in Boston. In…
DYMŠIC, Zalman Movševič. Janovič near Vitebsk 25.5.1921 — Moscow 6.1.1990. Russian Indologist, specialist of Hindi/Urdu. Born in Belarus, son of an official. In 1940-46 in Red Army, then studies at Moscow. Graduated in 1950. In 1953-54 taught at Oriental Institute in Moscow, from 1954 at Moscow Institute of International Relations.…
DUVAU, Louis Léon. Saumur (Maine-et-Loire) 12.7.1864 — Angers (Maine-et-Loire) 14.7.1903. French IE Linguist. After school in Orléans studied in Paris (under Bréal and de Saussure) and 1886-87 at Leipzig, then two years further studies in Rome. Licencié 1883, agrégé 1884 Paris. From c. 1887-88 Professor (maître de conférences) of classical…
DUTREUIL DE RHINS, Jules-Léon. Saint-Étienne (Loire) 2.1.1846 — Tong-mbon-ndo in Kham 5.6.1894. French Marine Officer, Cartographer, Traveller and Explorer. Son of Jean-Denis Dutreuil de Rhins (1816–1872) and Jeanne Félicité Blondartm an aristocratic family. Born in the Loire area, educated at École navale. Joined first merchant navy, soon moved to military…