DELBRÜCK, Richard. Jena 14.7.1875 — Bonn 22.8.1957. German Archaeologist and Classical Scholar. Son of —> Berthold Delbrück (1842–1922) and Constance Kämptz. Studied economy, then classical archaeology at Neuenburg, Munich, Berlin and Bonn. Ph.D. 1899 Bonn. PD 1903, Professor 1909, in 1911-15 Director of the Roman Branch of German Archaeological Institute,…
DELBRÜCK, Berthold Gustav Gottlieb. Putbus, Rügen 26.7.1842 — Jena 3.1.1922. German Indologist and IE Scholar. Professor in Jena. Son of a judge, Ernst Friedrich Felix Delbrück (1811–1852), of a well-known family of lawyers and theologians, and Auguste Henrietta Wilhelmine Böhmer (1815–1872). Educated in Stralsund and Halle (Franckesche Stiftungen). Early death…
DEKKER, Gerbrand Jan. Westzaan, North Holland 7.10.1882 — 1964. Dutch Orientalist and Scholar of Religion in Switzerland. Son of Klaas Dekker (1849–1922) and Clazina Fortanier. Ph.D. Private scholar living in Meilen near Zürich. Married with Ellen. Publications: Die Rückwendung zum Mythos: Schellings letzte Wandlung. 220 p. Munich 1930. – “Der…
DE COU, Herbert Fletcher. Good Harbor, Mich. 10.6.1868 — Cyrene (Libya) 11.3.1911. U.S. Classical Scholar. Son of Eber and Margaret DeCou. Educated at home and in Kendal, Mich. Studies at Detroit High School and from 1885 at University of Michigan (B.A. 1888). A.M. 1890 University of Michigan, in 1892-93 Instructor of…
DEBRUNNER-RUDIN, Johann Albert. Basel 8.2.1884 — Bern 2.2.1958. Swiss Linguist, a Specialist of Greek and Sanskrit. Professor in Bern and Jena. Son of Albert Debrunner, a potter, and Elisabeth Schaub, a poor and deeply religious family. Educated in Basel. From 1902 studies of classical philology and comparative linguistics at Basel…
DAZA DE CAMPOS, Mario. Madrid 7.7.1863 (or 7.3.) — Madrid 6.12.1943. Spanish Classical Scholar interested in Sanskrit. Studies of literature and law at Madrid i.al. under Garcia Ayuso. Both Ph.D. and Lic. of Civil and Canonic Law. Ord. Professor of Sanskrit at Madrid University in the 1910s and still in…
DARMESTETER, James. Château-Salins (Meurth, Lorraine) 28.3.1849 — Maisons-Laffitte near Paris 19.10.1894. French Iranian Scholar. Professor in Paris. The youngest son of Cerf (Calmann) Darmesteter (d. 1867), a Jewish bookseller and bookbinder, and Rosalie Brandeis (d. 1880), younger brother of the philologist Arsène Darmesteter (1846–1888). The surname refers to family background…
DANTINNE, Jean. Liège 1930 (?) — 1996. Belgian Buddhist Scholar (Sanskrit, Chinese, Tibetan). Studies of Buddhist philology, Chinese and Japanese at Louvain (Leuven, i.al. under Lamotte) 1964-66, also Indology at Liège. From 1975 Lecturer in Modern and Classical Chinese at Liège, then Professor (?) at Louvain-la-neuve (1983). But if he…
DANIELSSON, Olof August. Häradshammar, Östergötland 15.10.1852 — Uppsala 10.7.1933. Swedish Linguist. Professor in Uppsala. Son of Daniel Danielsson, a shoemaker, and Anna Brita Olofsdotter. School in Norrköping. From 1870 studied at Uppsala, M.A. 1874, Lic.phil. 1879, Ph.D. 1880 there. Learnt Sanskrit from Erdman, then further studies under Windisch and Lindner…
DANDARON, Bidija Dandarovič. Kižinga, Buryatia 14.12.(28.12.)1914 — Vydrino Camp, Buryatia 26.10.1974. Russian Buryat Lama, Tibetologist and Buddhist Scholar. Son of Dorži Badmaev, a Tantric practitioner, and Bal’žima Abudueva. Educated in Kižinga and Kjahta, learned early Sanskrit and Tibetan (from his father and from Lama Lubsan Sandan Cydenov). In 1921 he…