SCHULTZE, Martin. Nordhausen, Thüringen 11.1.1835 — Ellrich, Thüringen 10.9.1899. German Educator and Linguist. Son of organist Heinrich August Schultze (1818–1883) and Wilhelmine Ebert. Matriculated 1855 from Nordhausen and began studies of theology at Halle. Without graduation employed by Austrian consul F. Haas in Epirus, travelled in Balkan and Asia Minor,…
SCHUCHARDT, Hugo Ernst Mario. Gotha 4.2.1842 — Graz 21.4.1927. German Linguist in Austria. Professor in Graz. Son of Ernst Julius Schuchardt (1809–1885), a lawyer, and Malvina von Bridel-Brideri. Gymnasium in Gotha. Began his studies 1859 at Jena, soon (1860) switched from law to philology (i.al. Schleicher) and moved to Bonn.…
SCHÖNBORN, Emil Georg Joachim. 1839? — 1???. German Teacher and former Student of Indology. Son of Wilhelm Theodor Schönborn, a gymnasium professor. In 1857 joined D.M.G. as student of theology and Oriental languages. Ph.D. 1862 Breslau. Probably became then teacher in Krotoschin (Krotoszyn) and from 1867 in Pless (Pszczyna), both…
SCHOENER, August Clemens. Bieswang, Bavaria 21.11.1872 — after 1940. German Missionary in South India. After theology studies in 1890-94 at Munich and Erlangen worked as vicar in Passau in 1894-96. In 1896 left for Trankebar (Tharangambadi), from 1898 worked in Negapatam (Nagapattinam), Mayavaram (Mayiladuthurai) and Chingleput, until 1903. Then quitted the…
SCHÖNBERG, Wolf Erich, Baron von. Herzogswalde, Sachsen 30.4.1812 — Herzogswalde 14.5.1883. German Traveller and Estate Owner. Son of Friedrich August Wolf von Schönberg (1780–1838) and Henriette von Bühnau (1784–1812, died in childbed). Studied forestry at the academies of Tharandt and Dreissigacker. Travelled in India and Persia in the 1840s, then also in…
SCHNEIDER, Karl. Brückrachdorf, Kr. Neuwied 18.4.1912 — Münster 26.12.1998. German Linguist, mainly Anglist and Germanist, but in his early career wrote on IE and Tocharian. Professor in Münster. Studies of English, German, comparative linguistics, and philosophy in 1932-36 at Giessen, Ph.D. 1936 in comparative linguistics. Then two years as German…
SCHMID, Toni (Antonia Elisabeth Magdalena). Fischamend near Vienna 25.9.1897 — Uppsala 16.12.1972. Austrian Scholar of Religious History and Tibetan Iconography in Sweden. Swedish citizen 1927. The only child of a wealthy mill-owner, Georg Josef Leander Schmid, and Antonia Maria Lindemmer. School and studies in Vienna, one year (1921) in Sweden. Dr.ph.…
SCHMID, Ludwig Bernhard Ehregott. Lobeda (now part of Jena) 20.3.1788 — Calicut (Kozhikode) 20.10.1857. Rev. German Missionary in South India. Son of Rev. Rudolf Ludwig Schmid and his wife (d. 1806), brother of —> Deocar Schmid (1791–1828), also a missionary. After gymnasium in Naumburg studied theology 1807-09 at Jena. Worked as tutor and…
SCHANZ, Hugo. Schöneck, Vogtland 8.11.1834 — Bobenneukirchen, Vogtland 30.1.1892. German Missionary in South India. Son of Sigismund Robert Schanz (d. 1849), a lawyer and mayor. School in Schöneck and 1848-53 in Meissen. From 1853 studies of Theology at Leipzig. Ordained in 1861 in Leipzig and left for India. Worked in…
SCHAENZLIN, Gottlieb L. (Schänzlin, later Schanzlin). Pfullingen near Reutlingen 25.5.1877 — Springfield, Clark, Ohio 27.9.1963. Rev. German Methodist Missionary in India, then in the U.S.A. Son of Johann Jakob Schaenzlin. M.A. 1921 Johns Hopkins, in Indology. From 1907 worked in Bengal, from 1914 he was Principal of Collins Institute and…