MURPHY, Robert Xavier. 1803 — Kingstown, Dublin 26.2.1857. Irish Teacher, Journalist, Classical and Oriental Scholar in India. Roman Catholic from Dublin. “He went out to Bombay as a master under the Bombay Native Education Society [1826 already there]; a classical scholar and quick acquiring Oriental languages. Edited the Bombay Gazette,…
MUIR, John. Glasgow 5.2.1810 — Edinburgh 7.3.1882. British (Scottish) Indologist in India (1829-53) and in Edinburgh. Son of William Muir (1783–1820), a merchant, and Helen Macfie (1784–1866), elder brother of Sir William Muir (1819–1905) who also served in India and was a well-known scholar of Arabic and Islam. Educated at…
MÜLLER, Friedrich Max (later used “Max Müller” as a surname). Dessau 6.12.1823 — Oxford 28.10.1900. German Indologist, Linguist and Scholar of Comparative Religion in England. Professor in Oxford. Son of the poet Wilhelm Müller (1794–1827) and Adelheid Basedow (1800–1883), grew up in the small Saxonian principality of Anhalt-Dessau. After Nikolaischule…
MÜLLER, Friedrich. Jemnick (Jemníky), Kr. Butzlau, Bohemia (Czechia) 6.3.1834 — Vienna 25.5.1898. Austrian Indo-Iranian Scholar and Linguist. Professor in Vienna. Born in a poor family in Bohemia, where his father, Friedrich Müller, was the chemist of a small sulphuric acid factory, grew up in Rotz, Niederösterreich. His mother was Ursula…
MOORE, Charles Alexander. Chicago, Ill. 11.3.1901 — Honolulu 14.4.1967. U.S. Philosopher interested in Indian Thought. Son of Charles Lee Moore (1864–1913) and Lola B. Alexander. Studies at Yale: A.B. 1926, Ph.D. 1932. In 1933-36 Instructor in Philosophy at Yale. From 1936 at University of Hawaii: Assistant Professor 1936-40, Associate Professor…
MICHEL, Charles. Tournai 1853 — 1929. Belgian Classical Scholar interested in Sanskrit. Dr. en philosophie et lettres. Docent at Liège until 1885, in 1885-1892 Professor at Gand and from 1892 at Liège. He was mainly a Greek scholar, but also interested in Indology and started the Sanskrit teaching at Liège…
MERLO, Pietro. Turin 15.11.1850 — Alpe di Chevignana near Castelveccana, Lombardy 13.10.1888. Italian IE scholar interested in Sanskrit. Professor in Pavia. Son of Clemente Merlo, a physician, and Benedetta Antonelli. After school in Domodossola from 1867 studies at Turin under Flechia. M.A. 1871. Worked as teacher in gymnasiums of Chieri,…
MENANT, Joachim. Cherbourg 16.4.1820 — Paris 30.8.1899. French Assyriologist, with interest in Iranian religion. Son of Joachim Menant and Amable Boissière, lost his father when 10. Educated in Cherbourg. He became a lawyer (studies at Caen) and worked in administrative positions in different towns (Cherbourg, Vire, Alençon, Lisieux, Evreux, Le…
MARKWART, Josef (until 1922 Marquart). Reichenbach am Heuberg, Württemberg 9.12.1864 — Berlin 4/5.2.1930. German German Oriental Scholar. Professor in Berlin. Born in a Catholic peasant family, son of Anton M. (1834–1909) and Maria Magdalena Moser (1845–1909). Gymnasium in Rottenburg am Neckar and Rottweil. Studies of Catholic theology at Tübingen, but…
MANSION, Joseph. Ghent 9.1.1877 — Liège 8.11.1937. Belgian Linguist. Professor in Liège. Son of the mathematician Paul Mansion (1844–1919) and Marie-Cécile Belpaire. After school in Ghent he studied in 1894-99 classical philology and law at Université de Gand where he also learned Sanskrit under La Vallée Poussin. Ph.D. 1899 in…