KOEPPEN, Carl Friedrich (Karl Fr. Köppen). Seehausen, Altmark 26.4.1808 — Berlin 19.7.1863. German Philosopher interested in Buddhism. Son of a minister. After gymnasium in Stendal studies of theology at Berlin. Military service in artillery, then worked as schoolteacher in Königstädt. He was a Linkshegelian and a close friend of Marx,…
KIBAT, Artur. Lyck, Ostpreussen (now Ełk, Poland) 8.10.1878 — 1960/61. German Teacher and former Student of Indology. Son of a postal secretary, lost early his father and was educated at Kgl. Waisenhaus zu Königsberg. After Gymnasium in Königsberg studied in 1898-1904 at Königsberg University modern languages and IE linguistics (under…
KELLNER, Hermann Camillo. Dresden 8.12.1839 — Zwickau 28.4. or 1.5. 1916. German Indologist. Schoolteacher in Zwickau. From 1859 studies of Indology (under Brockhaus) and classics (i.al. Curtius) at Leipzig. Ph.D. 1862. After a brief time as teacher at Thomasschule in Leipzig he went to Zwickau and was teacher, from 1887…
KELLER, Otto Heinrich Wilhelm. Eberstadt near Darmstadt 9.9.1879 — Büdingen, Hessen 2.6.1947. German Teacher, Politician and former Student of IE Linguistics. Son of August Friedrich Keller (1844–1925), a factory owner, and Johanna Möllinger. After gymnasium in Darmstadt studies from 1897 at Freiburg i. Br. and Giessen. Ph.D. 1904 Giessen (under…
KAYE, George Rusby. Leicester 1866 — Tunbridge Wells, Kent 1.7.1929. British Teacher and Indologist in India. Son of the elder George Rusby Kaye (1839–1895) and Lucy Emma Oliver. Educated at Wyggeston Grammar School in London and St. Mark’s College in Chelsea. In 188? he came to India as teacher, taught…
KAROLIDES, Iordanes (Ἰορδάνης Καρολίδης, Iordanis Karolidis). Androniki (Cappadocia, now Endürlük in Turkey) 1837 — 1909. Greek Literate, Poet, Classical and Oriental scholar. Born in Cappadocia (Turkey) as the elder brother of the historian Paulos Karolides (1849–1930), he studied in Smyrna (İzmir) and Athens. Further studies in Germany with help of…
KAPPUS, Carl. Frankfurt a. M. 6.3.1879 — Berlin (West) 17.5.1951. German Teacher and former Student of IE Linguistics. Son of Heinrich Hector Kappus, a bank employee. After gymnasium in Frankfurt from 1898 studies of French and classics at Marburg (1899-1900 at Berlin), soon also comparative linguistics. Ph.D. 1903 Marburg (under…
KAHLO, Gerhard. Magdeburg 29.12.1893 — Cottbus 18.7.1974. German (East) Linguist, Anthropologist and Author. Son of Martin Kahlo, a teacher, and Clara Möhring. After school in Magdeburg studies of Classics, Germanistics, history and philosophy at Göttingen and Jena. Ph.D. 1919 Jena, after war service. After studies worked as gymnasium teacher, had…
HÜTTEMANN, Wilhelm Ferdinand. Braunsberg/Ostpreussen (Braniewo in Poland) 27.3.1871 — before 1923. German Teacher and Student of Indology. Son of a school-teacher (Oberlehrer), educated at Lyceums of Metz and Strassburg and finally at Hagenau Gymnasium in Elsass (Alsace). From 1890 studied classical and Indian philology at Strassburg (under Leumann), 1898 teacher’s…
HOOGT, Jacobus Marinus van der. Amsterdam 1874? — Arnhem 1941. Dutch Teacher and former Student of Indology. Ph.D. c. 1929 Amsterdam (under Faddegon). Died as retired teacher in Arnhem. Publications: Diss. The Vedic Chant Studied in its Textual and Melodic form. 15+123 p. Wageningen 1929. Sources: Almost nothing found except…