ČUPR, František

ČUPR, František. Chrast, district Chrudim, region Pardubice 11.4.1821 — Prague 28.6.1882. Czech Philosopher and Educator. Son of the elder Fr. Čupr, a smith. Gymnasium in Litomyšl, studies at Prague, Ph.D. 1845. In 1848-53 taught at Altstädter akad. Gymnasium, in 1853 opened a private Czech Gymnasium and became its principal. From…

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COURTILLIER, Gaston

COURTILLIER, Gaston. Buoy-Luxembourg (Aube) 20.4.1877 — ?.12.1933. French Indologist. From 1897 student of Lévi and Finot at É.P.H.É. In 1912 apparently teacher in Bastia, Corsica. In the early 1920s he was Professor at the lycée of Mulhouse, then at Lycée Fustel de Coulanges in Strasbourg and in 1924-34 also Chargé…

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COURBIN, Henri

COURBIN, Henri. 1??? — ????. French Teacher interested in Sanskrit. In 1931 teacher in a secondary school (lycée de Lyon) in Paris. Both Edgerton (Language 8, 1932, 304) and Rylands (BSOS 6:4, 1932, 1029) found the grammar rather acceptable as elementary book. Publications: Grammaire élémentaire du sanscrit classique. 1-2. 128+119…

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COLLIN, August Zacharias

COLLIN, August Zacharias. Glimåkra, Skåne 23.8.1833 — Göteborg 23.7.1886. Swedish Schoolteacher interested in Sanskrit. Son of Martin Elmgren Collin, minister of Glimåkra, and Charlotta Sofia Olin. In 1852-56 studies at Lund (1856 fil.kand.), in 1858 presented his dissertation, 1859 fil.dr. (Ph.D.). Originally he was interested in chemistry and modern languages,…

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CALMBERG, Ernst Philipp Ludwig

CALMBERG, Ernst Philipp Ludwig. Wasungen, Sachsen-Meiningen 12.4.1794 — Hamburg 29.1.1851. German Schoolteacher and Philologist. Son of a deacon (then minister), educated at village school and Meiningen Lyceum. Studies of theology and philology at Jena. Worked as a tutor and from 1819 as a teacher at Johanneum in Hamburg, where, from…

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BURKHARD, Karl Friedrich

BURKHARD, Karl Friedrich. Leipheim bei Ulm, Bavaria 2.9.1824 — Vienna 19.2.1893. German School-Teacher and Indologist in Austria. Son of the Protestant minister Johann Andreas Christoph Burkhard, educated at Augsburg Gymnasium in 1840-44. From 1844 studies of theology, philosophy and philology at Erlangen, from 1845 theology and especially philology at Halle,…

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BUISKOOL, Herman

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…

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BÜCHLER, Pál

BÜCHLER, Pál. Bácstóváros (Tovariševo in Serbian Vojvodina) 25.1.1877 — Târgu Mureş 7.7.1946. Hungarian (of Transylvania) Philologist and Translator interested in Sanskrit. Ph.D. 1907 Budapest (diss. on Homer). In 1916/18 Oberlehrer in Marosvásárhely (now Târgu-Mureş) in Transylvania, in 1926/30 Professor at Commercial School in Târgu-Mureş, now in Romania. He translated parts…

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BROWN, Cecil Jermyn

BROWN, Cecil Jermyn. Ipswich 1886 — 20.10.1945. British Teacher of English Language and Numis­matist in India. Son of Edgar Jermyn Brown and Annie Lovely. Educated in Ipswich, studies at Oxford (Trinity College). M.A. From 1909 teacher at the Canning College, Lucknow. In 1919-21 Fellow of the Allahabad University, from 1921…

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BRENNAND, William

BRENNAND, William. Clitheroe, Lancastershire 1818? — Wellington, Somerset ?.2.1897. British Teacher in India, Principal of Dacca College (1856). In 1896 had already been 23 years in retirement, living in Somerset. Married 1846 Iris Twisden (1827–1893), two daughters and one son.  Apparently he claims a common Central Asian origin for the…

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