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…
RICE, Carlton Cosmo. Iowa 12.8.1876 — Albemarle, Stanly, NC 17.71945. U.S. Linguist. Studies at University of Texas (A.B. 1897, M.A. 1899) and Harvard (A.M. 1900). Ph.D. 1902 Harvard. Assistant Professor of Romance Languages at University of Oregon 1902-03, Stanford University 1903-05, and University of Iowa 1907-09, Associate Professor at University…
RENEL, Charles Ulysse. Strasbourg 6.5.1866 — Antanarivo 9.9.1925. French Philologist. The only child of Émile Louis Étienne Renel, a railway official, and Uranie Charlotte Henriette Lafite (d. 1878). After Franco-Prussian war the family moved to Épinal (Vosges). From 1884 studies in Paris, at Lycée Louis-le-Grand and from 1886 École normale supérieure,…
RABEL, Lili (after 1969 Lili Rabel Heymann). 1913 — California 1985. German-born Linguist in Canada and the U.S.A. Ph.D. 1957 Berkeley. Associate Professor of Linguistics at University of Calgary 1967–78, then retired. Married 1969 Frederic G. Heymann (1900–1983, a historian). Publications: Khasi, a language of Assam. 15+257 p. Louisiana State Univ.…
PREVEDEN, Francis Ralph. Kamenica, Croatia 1890 — Washington, DC 1959.U.S. Linguist. Born in Croatia, came to the U.S.A. in 1922. Ph.D. 1927 Chicago. Professor of Classics at De Paul University in Chicago 1926-33 and at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh 1938-41. In 1942-59 served as a translator for various government agencies.…