RAWLINSON, Henry Creswicke (Sir Henry). Chadlington Park, Oxfordshire 11.4.1810 — London 5.3.1895. Bart. British Pioneer of Near Eastern Archaeology. Son of Abram Tyson R., a breeder of racehorses, and Eliza Creswicke, brother of —> George R. Educated at Wrington and Ealing schools, became early interested in ancient history. In the…
RAU, Adolf Wilhelm Ludwig. Gera 15.2.1922 — Gera 29.12.1999. German Indologist. Professor in Marburg. Son of Rudolf Rau, a schoolteacher, and Johanna Seifarth, also a teacher, gymnasium in Gera. Began with Sanskrit already when 15. From 1940 studies at Leipzig under Fr. Weller, soon interrupted by service as interpreter for…
RAU, Heimo. Breslau 30.12.1912 — Filderstadt, Kr. Esslingen, Baden-Württemberg 30.12.1993. German Art Historian and Indologist. Long time in India. Son of Stadtbaurat Ernst Rau and Hedwig Czeschka (of Austria), both Steinerians. Studies of art history, archaeology and Indology at Vienna. In 1933 Assistant at excavations at Feistritz-Pulst in Carinthia. Ph.D.…
TUCCI, Giuseppe Vincenzo. Macerata 5.6.1894 — S. Polo de’ Cavalieri near Rome 5.4.1984. Italian Indologist, Sinologist and Tibetan Scholar. Professor in Rome. Born in a middle-class family, son of Oscar Tucci and Ermengilda Firmani. Learned Latin and Greek at school and privately some Sanskrit. Studied at Rome (originally Latin, soon Sanskrit…
TREVER, Kamilla Vasil’evna. St.Petersburg 13.(25.)1.1892 — Leningrad 13.11.1974. Russian Archaeologist and Iranian Scholar. Daughter of a Baltic German worker and his wife, née Ehrenstreit, educated at German school in St.Petersburg. Graduated 1913 from Women’s Faculty, St.Petersburg. Kand. ist. nauk 1938, Dr. 1939. In 1913-18 taught in women’s courses and in…
TREGEAR, Vincent. Truro, Cornwall 1787 — Haslar, Hampshire 24.1.1851 (findagrave.com Gosport, Hampshire 17.1.1851). British Colonial Officer in India. Colonel. Son of Henry Tregear and Elizabeth Doyle. In 1836 elected Honorary Member of A.S.B. One source seems to indicate a connection with Royal Navy. Married 1810 Catherine Sibyl Hodgkinson (1790–1831), seven…
TOL’STOV, Sergej Pavlovič. St.Petersburg 12.(25.)1.1907 — Moscow 28.12.1976. Russian Archaeologist and Central Asian (Turkmenian) Scholar. Son of an officer, Pavel Sergeevič Tol’stov (1878–1916) and Maria Ivanovna Badaeva (1881–1924). Graduated 1930 from Moscow University, in history. Dr. ist. nauk & Professor 1943. In 1926-29 naučnyj sotrudnik in Moscow Museum and 1929-36…
THOMPSON, Reginald Campbell. Kensington (London) 21.5.1876 — London 23.5.1941. British Archaeologist and Assyriologist. Son of Dr. Reginald Edward Thompson and Anne Isabella De Morgan, educated in London. Studies of Semitic languages at Cambridge (Caius College). From 1904 in British Museum as Assistant to —> L. W. King, accompanied him to…
TAYLOR, Philip Meadows. Liverpool 25.9.1808 — Menton, Southern France 13.5.1876. British Administrator and Author in India. Son of a merchant, the elder Ph. M. Taylor, and Jane Mitford. The business was not successful, the family moved often and he went to school in Dublin. He came to India in the…
PRINSEP, James. London 20/29.8.1799 — London 22.4.1840. British Civil Servant, Numismatist and Epigraphist in India. Son of John Prinsep (1746–1830), an industrialist and politician who had been in India as soldier in 1771-88, and Sophia Elizabeth Auriol (1760–1850), brother of —> Henry Thoby Prinsep (1792–1878). He studied chemistry and was…