CLAYTON, Albert Charles. St.Helens, Merseyside 1869 — 1956. Rev. British Methodist Missionary in South India, a Tamil Scholar. Educated in Hull and Liverpool, studies at University College, London. In 1934 apparently still in Madras, in 1941 living in Bournemouth, England. Also knew Telugu. Probably married Lydia Beckett (b. 1869), three…
CLAUSON, Gerard Leslie Makins. Valletta, Malta 28.4.1891 — Chelsea, London 1.5.1974 (or 1973?). Sir. British Linguist and Central Asian (especially Turkish) scholar, but began with Pāli studies. The eldest son of Sir John Eugene Clauson (1866–1918), officer and colonial administrator, and Mary Elizabeth Makins (1862–1949). Educated at Eton, studies at…
CHRISTENSEN, Arthur Emanuel. Copenhagen 9.1.1875 — Copenhagen 31.3.1945. Danish Iranian Scholar. Professor in Copenhagen. Son of post official Vilhelm Christensen (1847–1921) and Dorothea Kjerstine Marcussen (1845–1923). Matriculated in Copenhagen 1893. Studied languages, mainly French and Latin, at Copenhagen, mag.phil. 1900. He had early become interested in the East and studied…
CHILDERS, Robert Cesar. Cantley, South Yorkshire 1838 — London 25.7.1876. British Indologist (Pāli scholar). Born in southern France as the son of Rev. Charles Childers (1806–1896), the English chaplain of Nice (then still part of the kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia), and Dulcibella Chester. Grew up in Nice. From 1857 studies of…
CHAVÉE, Honoré-Joseph. Namur 3.6.1815 — Paris 15.7.1877. Belgian Linguist in Paris, also interested in Sanskrit and IE. Originally a Catholic priest, from 1845 living in France. Born in a poor family in Namur, lost early his father (when six). Studied theology at seminaries of Floreffe and 1834-38 Namur, was ordained…
CHANTRAINE, Pierre Louis. Lille 15.9.1899 — Paris 30.6.1974. French Classical (Greek) Scholar and Linguist interested in India. Professor in Paris. Son of a classical scholar. Educated in Cambrai, studies in Paris and Lille (Ernout), in 1922–25 again in Paris (Meillet, also Vendryes, Bloch, P. Mazon). Ph.D. 1927. In 1925–28 maître…
CASARTELLI, Louis Charles. Manchester 14.11.1852 — Salford near Manchester 18.1.1925. Right Rev. British (of Italian origin) Iranian Scholar and Catholic Bishop. Son of an Italian exile from Como, North Italy, Giovanni Luigi / Joseph Louis Casartelli (1823–1900), working as optician in Manchester, and Jane Henrietta Ronchetti, educated at Salford Catholic…
CARUS, Paul Gottfried Christian. Ilsenburg am Harz 18.7.1852 — La Salle, Ill. 11.2.1919. German Philosopher and Scholar of Comparative Religion in the U.S.A. Son of a Lutheran pastor, Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Carus (1819–1889), and Laura Krueger (1829–1897). School in Posen and Stettin (where Grassmann was his teacher), studied philosophy, classics…
CARPENTER, Joseph Estlin. Ripley, Guildford Borough, Surrey 5.10.1844 — Oxford 2.6.1927. Rev. British Indologist (Pāli scholar), Unitarian Theologian and Scholar of Religion. Son of William Benjamin Carpenter (1813–1885), a well-known biologist and unitarian, and Louisa Powell, nephew of —> Mary Carpenter (1807–1877). Educated at University College School in London, then…
CÀRPANI, Enrico Gerardo. 1912 — 1963. Italian Scholar of Religion. In Bologna. Ph.D. In 1946-47 he was campaigning on behalf of the Roerich Pact. In 1956 apparently still in Bologna. According to Franci his works are rather superficial and of introductory type. He was “indologo di limitata originalità, ma persona…