ARANY, János. Nagyszalonta (now Salonta in Romania) 2.3.1817 — Budapest 22.10.1882. Hungarian Poet, Translator and Journalist. Son of György Arany (1762–1844) and Sára Megyeri (1772–1836). After a chequered early life he was teacher at a gymnasium in Nagykőrös from 1850, from 1860 in Budapest. 1865 secretary of the Hungarian Academy,…
ANTOINE, Robert. Dolhain, Limbourg 11.8.1914 — Calcutta 17.10.1981. Father. S.J. Belgian Missionary, Indologist and Scholar of Comparative Literature in India. Indian citizen (1950). At the age of 18, in 1932, he joined the S.J. After studies of classical languages and philosophy he came to India at the age of 25…
ANDERSSON, Anders Hilding. Växjö 22.3.1853 — Lund 18.2.1918. Swedish Schoolteacher, Classical Scholar and Translator of Sanskrit texts. Son of Rev. Johan Andersson (1820–1894, later Bishop of Växjö) and Elisabeth Lindfors (1827–1910), matriculated from Jönköping in 1872. Studies at Lund: M.A. 1875, lic. phil. 1878, Ph.D. 1879. From 1879 Docent of…
AMPÈRE, Jean-Jacques-Antoine. Lyon 12.8.1800 — Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) 26/27.3.1864. French Scholar of History and Literature interested in India. Son of the famous scientist André Marie Ampère (1775-1836) and Antoinette Carron (1773–1803), lost early his mother. Educated at Collège Henri IV. Travelled in Europe and wrote himself poetry. In 1830 taught at…
ALSDORF, Ludwig Wilhelm. Laufersweiler near Kirchberg in Hunsrück 8.8.1904 — Buchholz-Sprötze, Kr. Harburg 25.3.1978. German Indologist. Professor in Hamburg. Son of a minister, Hermann Alsdorf (1865–1948) and Emilie Chelius (1878–1960). In 1911 the family moved to Scheidt in Saarland. He went to school in Saarbrücken (Ludwigs-Gymnasium). Began his studies in…
ALEMANY Y BOLUFER, José. Cullera near Valencia 1.7.1866 — Madrid 26.10.1934. Spanish Linguist, translator of Sanskrit Texts. Born in a humble farmer family he could only after many hardships begin his education in Valencia, and had again to interrupt it and work in his native village. He went on studying…
ADELUNG, Friedrich Georg von (Russian Fëdor Pavlovič Adelung). Stettin 25.2.1768 — St.Petersburg (or Berlin?) 30.1.1843. German (in Russia) Historian and lay Indologist. Son of the Prussian Oberfeldapothekar Paulus Adelung (1736–1785) and Sophia Charlotte Landgraff, nephew of the famous Linguist Johann Christoph Adelung (1732–1806). After Ratslyzeum in Stettin studies at Leipzig…
AALTO, Pentti. Pori 22.7.1917 — Helsinki 30.11.1998. Finnish Classical Scholar, Linguist, Altaist and Indologist. Son of shop assistant Martti Johannes Aalto and Martta Elisabeth Lindroos. Matriculation from Porin lyseo in 1935, then studies of comparative, oriental and classical philology at Helsinki University: M.A. 1939, Lic. Phil. 1949, Ph.D. 1949. During…