GLASENAPP, Otto Georg Bogislav von. Schivelbein, Hinterpommern (now Świdwin in Poland) 30.9.1853 — Berlin 3.3.1928. German Lawyer and Banker interested in India. Father of —> Helmuth von Glasenapp (1891–1963). Son of Sigismund von Glasenapp (1819–1900), a pharmacian, of an very old Hinterpomeranian noble family, and Elisabeth Spener. Grew up in…
GLASENAPP, Otto Max Helmuth von. Berlin 8.9.1891 — Tübingen 25.6. 1963. German Indologist. Professor in Königsberg and Tübingen. Son of banker —> Otto von Glasenapp (1853–1938) of a Pomeranian noble family and Elisabeth (Lilli) Marie Jähns. Educated in Berlin, as a schoolboy already much interested in India and Sanskrit. After…
GLADWIN, Francis. 1744/45? — 1812. British Colonial Officer and Orientalist (Persian Scholar) in India. Served in the Bengal Army at least 30 years, until his death. He was encouraged by Warren Hastings in his study of Oriental languages, mainly worked on Persian literature. From 1801 he was the first Professor…
GILCHRIST, John Borthwick (born John Hay G.). Edinburgh 19.6.1759 — Paris 9.1.1841. British (Scottish) Indologist, a Pioneer of Hindi-Urdu Studies. Son of merchant Walter Gilchrist and Henrietta Farquharson (1730–1830), lost his father at the age of one. After school in Edinburgh studies of medicine at George Heriot’s Hospital, Edinburgh. Joined…
GARCIN DE TASSY, Joseph-Héliodore-Sagesse-Vertu. Marseille 20.1.1794 — Paris 2.9.1878. French Indologist (Hindi-Urdu) and Oriental Scholar. Professor in Paris. Son of Joseph Jacques Garcin, a stockbroker, and Claire Virginie Tassy. Educated in Marseille, where he also learned spoken Arabic. From 1817 studies of law in Paris, at the same time Persian…
GARCIA AYUSO, Francisco. Valverde del Camino (V. del Majano) near Segovia 24.7.1835 — Madrid 17.5.1897. Spanish Indo-Iranian Scholar. Lost his parents when 11. Studies of humanities at Segovia. In 1859 went to Tangier and Tetuan, where he learned Arabic and Hebrew. After returning studied at the Seminario de San Lorenzo…
GALANOS, Demetrios (Dimitrios G., Δημήτριος Γαλανός). Athens 1760 — Varanasi 3.5.1833. Greek Indologist in India. Son of Pantaleon and Diamanta Galanos, a wealthy Athenian family, educated in Athens, Patmos and Constantinople, where his uncle had a high ecclesiatic position. Himself rejected the priestly career. In 1786 he came to India…
FUMI, Fausto Gherardo. Montepulciano (Tuscany) 17.10.1840 — Genoa 1915. Italian Linguist interested in Sanskrit Literature. Studies at Pisa (under Bardelli, diplome 1862), Florence and Leipzig. First teacher in Liceo di Reggio-Calabria, then taught at University of Palermo in 1887-90 and from 1890 at Genoa, where he became ord. Professor of…
FRITZE, Ludwig. Stendhal (Sachsen-Anhalt) 9.12.(?)1833 — Köpenick (Berlin) 11.9.1922. German Schoolteacher and Translator of Sanskrit Literature. Son of a clothier. Never studied at a university, instead at Lehrerseminar in Oranienberg, then taught at elementary schools. Teacher at teacher training colleges in Oranienberg 1861-71, in 1871-73 in Zabern (Saverne in Alsace), 1873-85…
FRIŠ, Oldřich. Boskovice (Moravia) 7.5.1903 — Prague 14.1.1955. Czech Indologist. Professor in Prague. Born in a poor family as one of 12 children, son of Maximilián Friš and his wife Hermina. Matriculated from Boskovice in 1922. Studies at Charles University in Prague in 1922-27, in the first place Classical and…