ELIADE, Mircea. Bucharest 9.3.1907 (his own, others say rather 13.3., Old Era 28.2.) — Chicago 22.4.1986. Romanian Scholar of Comparative Religion in the U.S.A. Son of Gheorghe Eliade (1868–1951), a captain in the Romanian army, and Jeana Vasilescu (Ioana Stoenescu?). The father had changed his original family name, Ieremia, in…
EKLUND, Johan Alfred. Ryda, Skaraborgs län 7.1.1863 — Brunskog, Värmland 23.8.1945. Swedish Priest and Scholar of Religion. Son of tailor Andreas Andersson Eklund (1825–1883) and Greta Olofsdotter. Matriculated in 1883 from Skara, studied philosophy and theology at Uppsala (cand.theol. 1890). Ordained priest 1892. From 1896 curate (domkyrkovicepastor) in Uppsala and…
EILERS, Wilhelm Max J. Leipzig 27.9.1906 — Würzburg 3.7.1989. German Oriental (Semitic) and Iranian Scholar. Professor in Würzburg. Son of a Gymnasium Professor, matriculated from Zwickau. Studies of musicology, law and Assyriology at Freiburg, Munich and Leipzig (Dr.iuris 1931 Leipzig, with a diss. on ancient Babylonian laws), then Oriental languages…
EGUÍLAZ Y YANGUAZ, Leopoldo. Mazzarrón, prov. Murcia 29.9.1829 — Granada 15.7.1906. Spanish Literate interested in Sanskrit. Professor in Granada. Dr.iuris 1864 Madrid. From 1864 Professor of General and Spanish Literature at Granada University. He was one of the first Spanish scholars interested in Sanskrit, but spent most of his time…
EGGERMONT, Pierre Herman Leonard. Manado, Celebes 4.2.1914 — Linden, Belgium 11.4.1995. Dutch Indologist and Classical Scholar. Son of a government agent in Indonesia, Pierre August Leonard Eggermont (1886–1964), and Cornelia Johanna Margaretha van Houten. After school in Surabaya came to the Netherlands in 1931 and began studies of Classics, Sanskrit…
EDMAN, Lars. Kalf (Älfsborg län) 22.11.1824 — 27.5.1921. Swedish Oriental Scholar and Linguist (Germanic), also interested in Sanskrit. Son of a farmer, educated in Gothenburg. From 1847 studies at Uppsala, fil.kand. (Ph.D.) 1857. From 1857 Docent (PD) i österländska språken (Oriental languages) at Uppsala, from 1863 adjunkt (Associate Professor) of…
EATON, Adoniram Judson. Granville Centre, co. Annapolis, Nova Scotia 16.10.1850 — Knowlton, Quebec 1.8.1929. Canadian Indologist and Classical Scholar. Son of Thomas Woodworth Eaton (1803–1878) and Mary Ann Withers. Studies at Acadia University (B.A. 1873, M.A. 1877), Harvard (B.A. 1876) and Yale. In 1877-79 Headmaster of Amherst Academy, Mass., then…
DUROISELLE, Charles. Paris 25.6.1871 — Paris 7.4.1951. French Archaeologist and Pāli Scholar in Burma. Son of François Victor Duroiselle, a designer, and Clara Lorichon, went to Burma when 19. From 1903 correspondant of É.F.E.O. In 1909 Honorary Keeper of Manuscripts in Bernard Free Library, Rangoon. Superintendent of the Archaeological Survey…
DUPUIS, Louis Savinien. Sens, Yonne (Bourgogne) 18.8.1806 — Pondichéry 4.6.1874. Father. French Missionary and Tamil Scholar in India. Son of Edme Louis Dupuis und Victoire Remy. The home was very religious and he was put in local Jesuit school. Also seminary in Sens, ordained priest 1829. In 1831 sent to…
DUPREE, Louis Benjamin. Greenville, NC 23.8.1925 — Durham, NC 21.3.1989. U.S. Archaeologist and Anthropologist, Specialist of Afghanistan. Son of Chauncey Leary Dupree (1895–1974) and Luna Emily Tripp. In wartime served in U.S. Merchant Marine and in Philippines, then studied Asian archaeology and ethnology at Harvard (B.A. 1949, M.A. 1953 and…