CAPPELLER, Carl Johann Wilhelm. Alexkehmen, Ostpreussen 22.3.1840 — Jena 17.7.1925. German Indologist. Professor in Jena. Son of an estate owner from East Prussia, Wilhelm C., and Amalie Knochenhauer, educated at Glumbinnen Gymnasium. In 1860-64 studies of classical philology, soon also of Sanskrit (under Bopp and Weber), IE and Lithuanian at…
CANNIZZARO, Francesco Adolfo. Messina 13.7.1867 — Rome 24.4.1914. Italian Lawyer and autodidact Iranian Scholar. From 1887 studied law in Rome, also attended De Gubernatis’ Sanskrit classes until 1893. Degree in law 1894 University of Catania. Active in politics as a socialist. In 1908 visited Germany meeting several scholars (Geldner). Died…
CABATON, Antoine. Nérondes (Cher) 11.12.1863 — Vannes, Brittany 25.11.1942. French Physician and a Scholar of South-East Asia and Indonesia. Grew up in Paris and Orléans. Studies of pharmacy, then, after military service (1884-86), of medicine (Dr.med.), now also of Sanskrit at É.P.H.É. (Lévi) and Egyptology at École du Louvre. Soon…
BURY, John Bagnell. Clontibret, co. Monaghan, Ireland 16.10.1861 — Rome 1.6.1927. British (Irish) Classical Scholar and Historian. Professor in Cambridge. Son of Rev. Edward John Bury, Anglican canon of Clogher, and Anna Rogers. Educated in Londonderry, studies at Trinity College in Dublin. In 1893-1902 Professor of Modern History at Trinity…
BURROW, Thomas. Westmoreland, Leck, North Lancashire 29.6.1909 — Kidlington, Oxfordshire 8.6.1986. British Indologist. Professor in Oxford. Son of Joshua and Frances Eleanor Burrow, educated at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Kirkby Lonsdale. Studies at Cambridge (Christ’s College) from 1927, classical and soon also Indian philology, M.A. Ph.D. 1935. In 1935-37…
BURNOUF, Eugène. Paris 8.4. (or 12.8.?) 1801 — Paris 28.5.1852. French Indologist. Professor in Paris. Son of —> Jean-Louis Burnouf (1775–1844) and Marie Genoviève Chavarin, cousin of —> Émile-Louis Burnouf (1821–1907). Studied classical languages under his father and from 1822 at École de Chartes (licencié ès lettres et en droit…
BURNOUF, Émile-Louis. Valognes (Manche) 25/26.8.1821 — Paris 1.7. or 15/16.1.1907. French Indologist and Classical scholar. Son of bailiff Charles Burnouf (1787–1859) and Aimée Felicity Lévêque, cousin of —> Eugène Burnouf (1801–1852). After Lycée Saint-Louis studied from 1841 at École normale supérieure, then sent to École d’Athènes. Ph.D. 1850. From 1854…
BURLĂ, Vasile M. Opăiţeni (then Hungary) 6.2.1840 — Iaşi 8.1.1905. Romanian Classical and IE Scholar. Gymnasium in Cernăuţi. Studied Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit at Vienna and Graz. Schoolteacher and university lecturer in Classics in Iaşi, where he belonged to the literary circle “Junimea”. In 1876 he asked vainly to be…
BURCH, George Bosworth. Hartford, Conn. 12.7.1902 — 4.6.1973. U.S. Philosopher interested in Indian Thought. Son of George Washington Burch and Mary Bosworth, educated at Harvard (A.B. 1923, A.M. 1927, Ph.D. 1939). Graduate studies also at the universities of Geneva (1933-34) and Paris (1935-36). In 1942-46 Professor of philosophy and psychology…
BUISKOOL, Herman Eildert. Weeding, Drenthe 12.1.1884 — Leiden 11.8.1963. Dutch Indologist. Son of Hindrik Buiskool (1847–1917), a school director, and Albertina Bos. In 1898-1902 studies of teacher training in Nijmegen and Arnhem. He was “at first a school-teacher and later a civil servant who was mostly engaged in committee work…