SWADESH, Morris. Holyoke, MA 22.1.1909 — México City 20.7.1967. U.S. Linguist. Son of Bessarabian Jewish immigrant parents. Studies of Linguistics (L. Bloomfield) and Anthropology (E. Sapir) at University of Chicago (B.A., M.A.), then followed his teacher Sapir to Yale (Ph.D. there 1933). In 1937-39 Associate Professor at University of Wisconsin…
STOLZ, Friedrich. Hall in Tyrol 29.7.1850 — Innsbruck 13.7.1915. Austrian IE Linguist. Professor in Innsbruck. Son of Joseph Stolz, a psychiatrist, and Anna Luise Rapp (d. 1857). From 1868 studied classics at Innsbruck under Jülg et al., 1871-72 at Leipzig (Curtius). From 1872 teacher in Görz, and soon in Graz.…
STANLEY, Patricia Cotman. Morton, Texas 5.9.1933 — Austin 5.3.2003. U.S. Linguist. Daughter of John Pat Cotman and Pauline Martin. Studies at Chicago (B.A. 1966) and Austin, one year in India. Ph.D. 1972 University of Texas, Austin. Taught at Washington State University, University of Łódź in Poland (1976-78), University of Texas…
SOKOLOVA, Valentina Stepanovna. Kronštadt 11.(24.)2.1916 — Emel’janovo, Tverskaja obl. 7.9.1993. Russian Iranian Scholar. Daughter of a farmer. Graduated 1938 from Leningrad. Kand. filol. nauk 1944. Dr. filol. nauk 1955. Docent 1947. From 1939 taught at Leningrad University, from 1941 naučnyj sotrudnik at Instituta jazykoznanija, Leningrad (AN SSSR), 1950 staršij naučnyj…
SEBEOK, Thomas Albert (“Tom”, Hungarian Tamás Sebők). Budapest 9.11.1920 — Bloomington, Indiana 21.12.2001. U.S. (born Hungarian) Linguist and Semiotician. Son of Dezső Sebők and Vera Perlmann. After school in Budapest in 1936 father sent him to Cambridge (Magdalen College) to learn English, 1937 moved to the U.S.A., naturalized 1944. B.A.…
SCHLERATH, Holger Bernfried. Leipzig 15.5.1924 — Berlin 30.5.2003 (or 12.12.?). German Indo-Iranian Scholar. The only child of literary editor Dr. Franz Schlerath and Karoline Suter, in 1928 the family moved to Frankfurt. Matriculated 1943 from Frankfurt, briefly student at Frankfurt, in 1944-45 in the army as wireless operator (briefly war…
ROYEN, Gerlach (born Nicolaus Jacobus Hubertus Royen). Valkenburg, Limburg 18.10.1880 — Utrecht 4.2.1955. O.F.M. Father. Dutch Linguist. Educated in Sittard, joined O.F.M. 1898, ordained priest 1905. In 1905-11 teacher at Franciscan gymnasium in Venray, 1911-14 and 1920-22 studied comparative linguistics at Leiden. Ph.D. 1926 Leiden, under Uhlenbeck (being his last student). From…
ROSS, Alan Strode Campbell. 1.2.1907 — Birmingham 23.9.1980. British Linguist. Son of Archibald Campbell Carne Ross of Penzance and Millicent Strode Cobham. Educated at Malvern College and Christ College, Brecon. From 1925 studies at Balliol College, Oxford, started with astronomy, but soon moved to English. B.A. 1929 Oxford, M.A. Birmingham. From…
ROSITZKE, Harry August. Brooklyn, N.Y. 25.2.1911 — Warrenton, VA 4.11.2002.U.S. Linguist. Studied at Union College in Schenectady, NY, A.B. 1931, then at Harvard, Ph.D. 1935 in Germanic philology. In 1935-36 studied phonetics at Hamburg, then taught English at Harvard, University of Omaha, and University of Rochester. In WW II from…
RÖSSING, Hans. Duisburg 13.12.1929 — 7.5.2001 (when 71). German Linguist (Celtologist). Son of an engineer. Educated in Duisburg, Homberg and Weilburg. Then studies at Marburg from 1950, Ph.D. there 1958. From 1961 Assistant at Marburg. PD Marburg 1969, from 1971 Professor of comparative linguistics at Marburg, retired 1995. Married Monika…