BLOMBERG, Carl Johan. Ljusdal, Hälsingland 29.5.1838 — Härnösand 15.3.1890. Swedish Schoolteacher interested in Sanskrit. Teacher in Härnösand. Son of post master Carl Ludvig Blomberg and Mathilda Caspolin.. From 1855 studies at Uppsala, 1863 fil.kand., 1865 diss., 1866 Ph.D. In 1869-70 in France, Germany, and England. Began his career as a…
BETH, Ali. Almelo 2.2.1911 — 1989. Dutch Indologist. Daughter of Hermanus Johannes Elisa Beth, a teacher, and Hillegje de Groot. Studied classics and Sanskrit at Utrecht. Wrote her dr. dissertation there on Sanskrit in 1943 (under Gonda). In the mid-1940s taught classical languages in a gymnasium in the Hague and…
BETTEI, Vittorio. Padova 15.9.1859 (or 1860?) — 19??. Italian Indologist and Classical Scholar. Teacher (“professor”) of Latin and Greek in Avellino (1895), at Ginnasio Benedetto Cairoli in Vigevano (in the beginning of the 20th century) and at R. Liceo di Treviso. Publications: Precetti alla sposa. Versione dal sanscrito. Padova 1890.…
BERGNY, August Viktor (born A. V. Nyberg). Norrköping 31.3.1868 — 1927. Swedish Teacher interested in Indology. Son of Karl August Nyberg, a carpenter, and Susanna Albertina Karlsson. Matriculated 1887 from Norrköping. Studies of classics and Sanskrit at Uppsala: Fil.kand. 1889, fil.lic. 1898. Schoolteacher and coin collector in Västerås. Publications: “Notes…
BENIGNY, Gyula (Julius). 1890 — 1966. Hungarian IE Linguist. Ph.D. Teacher at Debrecen Calvinist Lyceum, from 1917 Docent of IE studies at Debrecen University, in 1932-49 eo. Ptofessor. Mainly lectured on Latin. Publications: “Die Namen der Eltern im Indoiranischen und im Gotischen”, KZ 48, 1918, 230-236; “Zur einleitenden Konjunktion vor…
BENARY, Karl Albert Agathon. Kassel 17.1.1807 — Berlin 6.12.1860. German Classical and IE scholar. Teacher in Berlin. Born in Kassel as a son of the Jewish banker Salmon Levy (1770–1828; from 1818 Benary) and Gutheil Meilert (1778–1833), brother of —> Ferdinand Benary (1805–1880). After school in Göttingen and Erfurt he…
BELTRAMI, Arnaldo. 1.9.1862 — 19??. Italian Classical Scholar interested in Indology. Ph.D. 1885 Turin. He was a schoolteacher (Professor) of Latin and Greek in Messina, then in 1896–1931 at R. Liceo Galvani in Bologna, and a Docent of Greek at Bologna University. Publications: Diss. Il grecismo nella sintassi latina. 91…
BEAMAN, George Burnham. Cincinnati, Ohio 1.4.1870 — 12.2.1942. U.S. Teacher and Student of Indology in Germany. Son of Rev. Edmund Addison Beaman (1811–1908), a Swedenborgian minister, and Sarah Parsons (1833–1916). Educated in Cincinnati, studies at University of Cincinnati (B.A. 1893). In August 1893 left for Europe, studied first at Jena,…
BAUNACK, Paul Theodor. Trebsen bei Grimma (east of Leipzig) 21.2.1861 — Leipzig 3.9.1932. German Philologist and Indo-Iranian Scholar. Teacher in Leipzig. Son of school inspector Gottlob Franz Baunack, brother of —> Johannes Baunack (1854–1928). After school in Leipzig studied from 1880 at Leipzig classics, linguistics and Sanskrit (under Curtius, Brockhaus,…
BAUNACK, Johannes Fürchtegott. Trebsen bei Grimma (east of Leipzig) 22.12.1854 — 1928. German Philologist. Son of school inspector Gottlob Franz Baunack, brother of —> Theodor Baunack (1861–1932). Attended Leipzig. Gymnasium 1866-74, then studied classical philology, IE linguistics and Indo-Iranian languages at Leipzig University under i.al. Curtius, Zarncke, Brockhaus and Kuhn.…