JENSEN, Theodor Valdemar. Kolding 18.3.1876 — 19??. Danish Librarian and Linguist. Son of restaurateur Laurids Christian Jensen and Henriette Dorothea Luth. After school in Kolding studies from 1895 at Copenhagen (German, English, Latin). M.A. From 1905 worked in Kongelige Bibliotek in Copenhagen, 1925 Librarian. Married 1916 Karen Caroline Bast. Publications:…
JENSEN, Hans Mathias Detlef. Struvenhütten in Holstein 28.8.1884 — Rostock 4.8.1973. German (East) Linguist. Professor in Rostock. Son of Franz Jensen (1854–1944), a teacher, and Mathilde Schenck. Gymnasium in Flensburg, studies 1905-09 at Munich, Berlin and Kiel. Ph.D. 1909 Kiel. In 1909-27 gymnasium teacher in Odenkirchen, Hildesheim and Kiel. From…
JEDLIČKA, Jaromír. Prague 11.10.1869 — Zinnowitz, Usedom 14.8.1901. Czech Student of IE Linguistics. After gymnasium in Prague from 1888 studies at Charles University in Prague under Zubatý, Ph.D. there 1894. From 1899 worked in the university library. Publications: Diss. O zvláštnim případu parallelismu suffixu v jazycích indoevropských. Prague 1893/94. –…
JAGIĆ, Ignati Vatroslav, Ritter von Varaždin. Varaždin, Croatia (then Austria) 6.6.1838 — Vienna 5.8.1923. Croatian Slavic Linguist and Philologist. Son of Vinko Jagić (1802–1870), a master boot maker, and Ana Kraijek. After gymnasium in Zagreb, studies of classical, Slavic, etc. languages at Vienna (under Miklosich, et al.) in 1856-60. Then…
JACOBSOHN, Hermann. Lüneburg 30.8.1879 — Marburg a.d. Lahn 27.4.1933. German Linguist (Iranian, IE and Greek Scholar). Professor in Marburg. Son of Moritz Mendel Jacobsohn (1845–1932), a banker, and Betty Heinemann (1859–1934), a non-religious Jewish family. After school in Lüneburg from 1899 studies at Freiburg Br., Berlin and Göttingen. Ph.D. 1904…
JACOBI, Hermann Georg. Köln 11.2.1850 (or 1.2.?) — Bonn 19.10.1937. German Indologist. Professor in Bonn. Son of a steam mill owner, Friedrich Heinrich Otto Jacobi (1803–1880) and Caroline Zeiz. Roman Catholic, educated in Köln. From 1868 studies of mathematics at Berlin, switched soon to Sanskrit and IE. Through Weber he…
IVANOV, Vladimir Alekseevič (W. Ivanow). St.Petersburg 22.10./3.11.1886 — Tehran 19.6.1970. Russian Iranian (Persian) Scholar in India and Iran. Son of Aleksej Andreevič Ivanov, an army surgeon, and Maria Filippovna Marčenko. From 1907 studies at St.Petersburg (Arabic under von Rosen, Persian under Žukovskij), graduated 1911. In 1910-14 worked in Russian Bank’s…
IVĂNESCU, Gheorghe. Vutcani, Vaslui 20.10/2.11.1912 — Iași 3.6.1987. Romanian Linguist interested in IE and India. Educated in Bârlad. Studies at Iași 1930-33, then 1934-35 in Paris and 1935-37 in Rome. Ph.D. 1945 Iași (diss. on Old Romanian). In 1945-52 (Assistant?) Professor of Romanian at Iași, then of Romance Linguistics at Timișoara,…
HAUSCHILD, Richard Wilhelm. Roschütz, Kr. Gera 2.12.1901 — Jena 15.2.1972. German (East) Indologist. Professor in Jena. Son of a farmer, matriculated 1922 from the Gymnasium of Gera, where Rudolf Rau (the father of Wilhelm Rau) inspired him with Indology. From 1922 studies of classical, German and Oriental philology at Tübingen,…
HAUGHTON, Graves Champney. Dublin 1788 — St.Cloud near Paris 28.8. 1849. Sir. British Colonial Officer and Indologist. Son of the physician John Haughton (originating from a Lancashire family), and his wife, née Archer. Educated in England. Obtained a cadetship in Bengal army and left for India in 1808. Soon learned…