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- IBBETSON, Denzil C. J.
IBBETSON, Denzil Charles Jelf. Gainsborough, Lincolnshire 30.8.1847 — London 21.2.1908. Sir. British Civil Servant and Ethnologist in India. Son of Denzil John Holt Ibbetson ...
- IEVERS, Robert Wilson
IEVERS, Robert Wilson. Limerick 1850 (or 1851) — Ireland 10.2.1905. British (Irish) Civil Servant in Sri Lanka. Son of Robert John Ievers (1804–1873), a wine merchant, ...
- IGGLEDEN, R. E. W.
IGGLEDEN, Robert E. W. London 11.6.1913 — 21.3.1981. British Bauddha. Worked in optical profession. After WW II pupil of Sayadaw U Thittila until 1952 (when Sayadaw returned to Burma). Under him ...
- IHLEFELD, Konrad
IHLEFELD, Konrad Adolph Anton. Rühn (or Wismar?), Mecklenburg 21.2.1837 — Muchow near Rostock 18.11.1906. Rev. German Lutheran Missionary in South India. Son of Eduard ...
- IL’IN, Grigorij Fedorovič
IL’IN, Grigorij Fëdorovič. Rostov-na-Donu 11.1.(24.1.)1914 — Moscow 15.10.1985. Russian Indologist and Historian of India. Professor in Moscow. Born in a worker family, orphan at the age ...
- ILDEPHONSUS A PRAESENTATIONE
ILDEPHONSUS A PRAESENTATIONE BEATAE MARIAE VIRGINIS (lay Joseph Igris). Skalitz/Szakolcza, Diocese Neutra, Hungary (now Skalica in Slovakia) 1724 — Mielec, Austrian Galicia (now Poland) 30.10. ...
- ILSE(-MUNK), Rosa
ILSE(-MUNK), Rose Gertrud Emma. Berlin 5,3,1876 — Auschwitz (Oświęcim) ?.3.1943. German Translator. Daughter of Hermann Munk (1839–1912), Professor of Physiology, and Olga Jaffé. Ph.D. Married Friedrich ...
- IMPEY, Elijah
IMPEY, Elijah George Halhed. Cawnpore (Kanpur) 21.9.1818 — Southampton 19.11.1868. British Physician in India. ...
- INGALLS, Daniel H. H.
INGALLS, Daniel Henry Holmes. New York City 4.5.1916 — Hot Springs, Va 17.7.1999. U.S. Indologist. Professor in Cambridge, Mass. Son ...
- INOSTRANCEV, Konstantin Aleksandrovič
INOSTRANCEV, Konstantin Aleksandrovič. St.Petersburg 5(17).4.1876 — Leningrad end of December 1941. Russian Historian of Iran. Born in a noble family. Student of V. von Rosen. Graduated ...
- İNSEL, Avni
İNSEL, Hüseyin Avni. Varna, Bulgaria 1915 — 13.8.1969. Turkish Translator and Publisher. After school in Varna moved with the family to Turkey in 1926 and went ...
- IOANNES BAPTISTA MARIA A SANCTA THERESIA
IOANNES BAPTISTA MARIA A SANCTA THERESIA (lay Giovanni Battista Moretovel Multedi). Alassio (Savona) 6.10.1673 — Verapoly 6.4.1750. Italian Carmelite Missionary in South India. Joined ...
- IORDĂNESCU, Teodor
IORDĂNESCU, Teodor. Alexandria 12./25.2.1872 — 1954. Romanian Scholar interested in Indology. Studied at Bucharest (diplome 1897) and in 1901-03 i.al. Indology at Halle (under Pischel, R. ...
- IPPEL, Albert
IPPEL, Wilhelm August Walther Albert. Berlin 2.7.1885 — Munich 1960. German Classical Archaeologist. Son of Eduard Paul Ippel and Martha Begemann. Studies at Freiburg, Berlin and ...
- IRELAND, John D.
IRELAND, John D. (Jack). North London 1932 — 29.10.1998. English Bauddha. Adopted Buddhism when 18 (after reading Chr. Humphrey’s book) and began learning Pāli.
- IRVINE, Francis
IRVINE, Francis. Drumoak, Aberdeenshire 8.2.1786 — Edinburgh 16.12.1855. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer in India. The youngest son of Alexander Irvine (1754–1844) and ...
- IRVINE, William
IRVINE, William. Aberdeen 5.7.1840 — Castelnau, Barnes, near London 3.11.1911. British (Scottish) Civil Servant and Historian in India. Specialist of the Muhammedan period. Son of William ...
- IRWIN, John
IRWIN, John Conran. Madras 5.8.1917 — 23.2.1997. British Art Historian of India. Son of John Williamson Irwin, a coffee planter in Coorg, ...
- IRZEL, Paul Arnold
IRZEL, Paul Arnold. Zürich 5.12.1861 — 8.1.1931. Swiss Indologist. Grandson of —> B. H., teacher ...
- ISENBERG, Karl Wilhelm
ISENBERG, Karl Wilhelm (Charles William). Barmen, Bergisches Land 5.9.1806 — Kornthal near Stuttgart 10.10.1864. German Missionary and Polyglot. Of humble origin, son of a tinsmith, W. Isenberg ...
- ISHERWOOD, Christopher
ISHERWOOD, Christopher William Bradshaw. High Lane, Cheshire 26.8.1904 — Santa Monica, Calif. 4.1.1986 (when 81). British Author in the U.S.A., interested in Indian philosophy (Vedānta). ...
- ITH, Johann Samuel
ITH, Johann Samuel. Bern 11.7.1747 — Bern 8.10.1813. Swiss Priest and Schoolteacher. Son of Johannes Ith (1721–1759), a coppersmith, and Margaritha Stulz, lost early his father. ...
- ITIL (İtil), Abidin
ITIL (İtil), Abidin. Baku (Azerbaijan) 1910 — 1980. Turkish Indologist. Student of Ruben at Ankara, Ph.D. 1944. At Ankara University: Started teaching Sanskrit in 1936 ...
- IVĂNESCU, Gheorghe
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 ...
- IVANOV, Vladimir Alekseevič
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, ...
- IVANOVSKIJ, Aleksej Osipovič
IVANOVSKIJ, Aleksej Osipovič. Gdov 8(20).3.1863 — 25.1.(7.2.)1903. Russian Sinologist, Mongolian and Tibetan Scholar. Professor in St.Petersburg. Born in the old nobility of Herson governement, educated in ...
- IVERSEN, Ragnvald
IVERSEN, Ragnvald. Tromsø 18.1.1882 — Trondheim 21.8.1960. Norwegian Linguist. Son of Anton Christian Iversen (1852–1930), a carpenter, and Emilie Jacobsen. Studies at Kristiania (Oslo), ...
- IVES, Edward
IVES, Edward. 1719 — Bath 25.9.1786. British Physician and Traveller. In 1744-46 served as navy surgeon in the Mediterranean and after a while in England in 1753-57 in the ...J
- JACKSON, A. V. Williams
JACKSON, Abraham Valentine Williams. New York City 9.2.1862 — New York City 8.8.1937. U.S. Indo-Iranian scholar. Professor in New York. Son of David Sherwood Jackson (1837–1872), ...
- JACKSON, Arthur M. T.
JACKSON, Arthur Mason Tippetts. 30.12.1866 — Nasik 21.9.1909. British Civil Servant and Historian in India. Son of Mason Jackson (1820–1903) and Lucy Berriman Tippets. ...
- JACKSON, Robert Pilkington
JACKSON, Robert Pilkington. Warrington, Lancashire 1868/69 (bapt. 5.2.1869) — Worthing, West Sussex 30.1.1914. British Colonial Officer in Indiaand Burma. Major. Son of George ...
- JACKSON, Victor Herbert
JACKSON, Victor Herbert. Ramsgate, Kent 26.12.1876 — London 18.1.1928. British Teacher and Historian in India. Son of Moses Jackson and Martha Hemming ...
- JACKSON, Welby
JACKSON, Welby Brown. Ilford, Essex (London) 30.12.1802 — 17.11.1890.British Civil Servant and Artist in India. Son of Sir John Jackson, Bart. (1763–1820), M.P., and Charlotte Spry Gorham (1772–1807). To India ...
- JACOB, Georg
JACOB, Georg. Königsberg 26.5.1862 — Kiel 4.7.1937. German Oriental (Arabic and Turkish) scholar also interested in India. Lost early his father and was raised by his ...
- JACOB, George Adolphus
- JACOB, George Le Grand
JACOB, George Le Grand. Glamorganshire near Cardiff 24.4.1805 — London 27.1.1881. Sir. British Colonial Officer and Indologist in India. Fifth son of John Jacob (1765–1840), later ...
- JACOB, Philip Whittington
JACOB, Philip Whittington. Faversham, Kent 11.1.1804 — Guildford, Surrey 26.12.1889. British Surgeon. Son of Rev. Stephen Long Jacob (1764–1851) and Eliza Susanna Bond (1775–1832), cousin of ...
- JACOB, Samuel Swinton
JACOB, Samuel Swinton. 14.1.1841 — Weybridge, Surrey 4.12.1917. Sir. British Colonial Officer, Engineer and Architect in India. Son of Lieutenant-Colonel William Jacob (1800–1854) of Bombay Artillery ...
- JACOBI, Hermann
JACOBI, Hermann Georg. Köln 11.2.1850 (or 1.2.?) — Bonn 19.10.1937. German Indologist. Professor in Bonn. Son of a steam mill ...
- JACOBSOHN, Herman
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 ...
- JACOBSON, Nolan Pliny
JACOBSON, Nolan Pliny. Hudson, WI 27.3.1909 — Adel, GA 27.12.1987. U.S. Philosopher interested in Buddhism. Son of Jacob Albert Jacobson and Lena Engen. Started in business, ...
- JACOBY, Adolf
JACOBY, Gustav Adolf (Adolphe). 9.3.1875 — 10.10.1943. German Theologian, Papyrologist, Coptologist and Scholar of Religion. Studies at Strassburg, vicar there in 1900-04. Minister in Weitersweilen (Rhineland) 1904-12, then many years in Luxemburg. ...
- JACOLLIOT, Louis
JACOLLIOT, Louis. Charolles (Saône-et-Loire) 31.10.1837 — Saint-Thibaut-des-Vignes (Seine-et-Maine) 30.10.1890. French Colonial Lawyer and Enthusiast of Indian Thought. Advocate, in 1865-69 judge in ...
- JACQUEMONT, Victor
- JACQUET, Eugène
JACQUET, Eugène-Vincent-Stanislas. Bruxelles 10.5.1811 — Paris 7.7.1838. Belgian Sinologist, Indologist and Oriental Scholar in Paris. Born in a wealthy family. ...
- JAGER, Herbert de
JAGER, Herbert de. Zwammerdam near Leiden (Dutch Wikipedia Aarlanderveen) 1636 (1637?) — Batavia (Jakarta) 6.1.1694. Dutch Priest and Traveller. Son of a farmer. Studies of ...
- JAGIĆ, Vatroslav
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), ...
- JAGOR, Fedor
JAGOR, Andreas Fedor. Berlin 30.11.1816 — Berlin 11.2.1900. German Anthropologist and Naturalist. Worked for Berlin Museum für Naturkunde. In 1859-61 travelled in India, South-East Asia and Pacific, then in 1873-76 ...
- JAHN, Karl
JAHN, Karl Emil Oskar. Brünn (now Brno) 26.3.1906 — Utrecht 7.11.1985. Austrian/Czechoslovakian Persian Scholar in the Netherlands. Dutch citizen 1951. Professor in Leiden. Born ...
- JAHN, Wilhelm
JAHN, Wilhelm. Stettin (Szczecin) 7.4.1873 — 19??. German Indologist. Docent in Zürich. Son of a merchant, lost early his parents. After Gymnasium in Berlin and Wernigerode ...
- JAKIMOV, Aristarh Tihonovič
JAKIMOV, Aristarh Tihonovič. Selenginsk, Zabajkal’skij obl. (Burjatia) 28.9. (10.10.)1895 — 22.12.1976. Russian (Buryat) Scholar of Mongolian, Buddhism and Lamaism. Son of a minister. In 1917-22 ...
- JAMES, Arthur Lloyd
JAMES, Arthur Lloyd. Pentre, Glamorgan, Wales 21.6.1884 — Crowthorne, Berkshire 24.3.1943. British (Welsh) Phonetician. Professor in London. Son of William James, a mining engineer, and Rachel Clark. ...
- JAMES, Walter Knight
JAMES, Walter Knight. Radford, Nottinghamshire ?.10.1853 — 1???. British Teacher in Sri Lanka. Son of Walter Redhead James (1829–1894) and Clara Ann Fisher. In Sri Lanka. Principal of the ...
- JAMESON, Michael H.JAMESON, Michael Hamilton. London 15.10.1924 — Stanford 18.8.2004. U.S. Classical Scholar. Born in London where his parents, Raymond D. Jameson and Rose Perel. were visiting from ...
- JANÁČEK, Adolf
JANÁČEK, Adolf. Prelau (now Přerov, Olomouc region) 11.6.1901 — Prague 17.7.1963. Czechoslovakian Indologist. Studied first medicine, soon languages at Prague. Ph.D. School-teacher (professor) teaching Czech ...
- JANERT, Klaus L.
JANERT, Klaus Ludwig. Wittenberg 19.3.1922 — 10.12.1994. German Indologist. Professor in Cologne. Studied Indology, Tamil, IE and ...
- JANÍČEK, Rudolf
JANÍČEK, Rudolf. Jevíčko, Pardubice region 16.4.1904 — Železný Brod, Liberec region 6.10.1988. Czechoslovakian Teacher interested in Indian thought. School-teacher (professor) in Železný Brod.
- JANSEN, Hubert
JANSEN, Hubert. Riethausen bei Kleve (Rheinland) 2.11.1854 — 1917. German Scholar of Muslim India. Ph.D. 1894 Leipzig. Living in Berlin (1906/11). His other interests included Sogdian ...
- JANVIER, Ernest P.
JANVIER, Ernest Paxton. Fatehgarh, India 1.2.1890 — Haverford, PA 3.5.1962. Rev. U.S. Missionary and Indologist. Son of Rev. Dr. Caesar Augustus Rodney Janvier (1861–1928) and Susan ...
- JANVIER, Levi
JANVIER, Levi. Pittsgrove (or Daretown), NJ 25.4.1816 — Anandpore (or Sabathu) 25.3.1864. Rev. U.S. Presbyterian Missionary in the Pañjāb. Son of Rev. George Washington Janvier (1784–1865) ...
- JARDIM, Luís
JARDIM, Luís. Garanhuns, Pernambuco 8.12.1901 — Rio de Janeiro 1.1.1987. Brazilian Author and Artist. Son of Manuel Antônio de Azevedo ...
- JARRETT, Henry Sullivan
JARRETT, Henry Sullivan. Madras 17.6.1839 — East Grinstead, Sussex 15.4.1919. British Colonial Officer in India. Colonel. Son of Thomas Stanhope Jarrett and Eliza Julia Chambers. Educated ...
- JARRETT, Thomas
JARRETT, Thomas. 1805 — Trunch, Norfolk 7.3.1882. Rev. British Oriental Scholar. Professor in Cambridge. From 1823 studies at St.Catharine’s College, Cambridge (B.A. 1827, M.A. 1830). Ordained ...
- JÄSCHKE, Heinrich August
JÄSCHKE, Heinrich August. Herrnhut (Sachsen) 17.5.1817 — Herrnhut 24.9.1883. German Missionary and Tibetan scholar. Son of a master baker in an originally Moravian family, Friedrich August ...
- JAWORSKI, Jan
JAWORSKI, Jan Godzimir. Sanniki, Masovia 31.10.1903 — Stargard, Pomerania 19.2.1945. Polish Sinologist interested in Buddhism. Son of Micheł Jaworski and Stefania Sobocka. Studies in Warsaw (Schayer) ...
- JEDLIČKA, Jaromír
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 ...
- JELLINGHAUS, Theodor
JELLINGHAUS, Theodor. Šlissel’burg (Schlüsselburg) near St.Petersburg 21.6.1841 — Berlin 4.10.1913. German Missionary in India. Born in Russia, son of a Pietist Minister. Gymnasium in Gütersloh, matriculated 1861. After theology ...
- JENKINS, Richard
JENKINS, Richard. Cruckton near Shrewsbury 18.2.1785 — Blackheath near London 30.12.1853. Sir. British Civil Servant in India, then Politician. Son of Richard Jenkins (1760–1797) and Constantia ...
- JENNINGS, James George
JENNINGS, James George. New South Wales 14.6.1866 — Penzance 1941. British or Australian Teacher in India. M.A. Oxford. Worked as teacher of English at Muir ...
- JENSEN, Hans
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 ...
- JENSEN, Herman
JENSEN, Herman. 11.8.1842 — 29.4.1909. Rev. Danish Missionary in South India. Joined the Danish Missionary Society in 1874 and served in Siloam, Tirukoilur (1874-77), ...
- JENSEN, Th. V.
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 ...
- JERNSTEDT, P.
JERNSTEDT, P. —> ERNŠTEDT, Petr Viktorovič.
- JERVIS, Thomas Best
JERVIS, Thomas Best. Jaffnapatam (Sri Lanka) 2.8.1796 — St.Marylebone, London 3.4.1857. British (Irish) Colonial Officer and Cartographer in India. Lieutenant-colonel. Son of John Jervis (1768–1797) of ...
- JESTIN, Remont
JESTIN, Remont (Rieg, Rigakos J., also as Gestin, French Raymond-Riec Jestin). Landerneau, Brittany 1902 (or 1905?) — Menton (Coté d’Azur) 1991. French (Breton) Sumerologist and Philosopher. Studies at École du Louvre. ...
- JETTMAR, Karl
JETTMAR, Karl Josef. Vienna 8.8.1918 — Heidelberg 28.3.2002. Austrian Anthropologist in Germany, famous Specialist of North Pakistan. Son of Rudolf Jettmar (1869–1939), an Art Nouveau painter, and Maria Mayer. Parents ...
- JEVTIĆ, Pavle
JEVTIĆ, Pavle. 1896 — London 1951. Yugoslavian (Serbian) Indologist. He began his career as a monk and student of theology, but then went to London and studied Indology at ...
- JISL, Lumír
JISL, Lumír. Svijanský Újezd, Liberec region 18.4.1921 — Prague 22.11.1969. Czech Scholar of Tibetan, Mongolian and Japanese, a Specialist of Buddhist Art. ...
- JOHAENTGEN, Franz
JOHAENTGEN (Johäntgen), Franz Georg. Bonn 13/15.4.1834 — Berlin 6.4.1899. German Indologist and Journalist. Son of Georg Johaentgen and Margaretha Probst. Roman Catholic. Educated at ...
- JOHANNES
JOHANNES —> IOANNES.
- JOHANNS, Pierre
JOHANNS, Pierre. Heinerscheid, Clervaux 1.4.1882 — Arlon, Belgium 8.2.1955. S.J. Father. Luxemburgian Catholic Missionary in India. Tenth child of a large family, Jesuit novice 1903. ...
- JOHANNSEN, Carl Theodor
JOHANNSEN, Carl Theodor. Nortorf, Holstein 8.11.1804 — Copenhagen 1.7.1840. Danish Oriental Scholar. Professor in Copenhagen. Son of a teacher, Johann Johannsen, and Catharina Kroymann, educated in ...
- JOHANSSON, Karl Ferdinand
JOHANSSON, Karl Ferdinand. Misterhult, Kalmar län 16.9.1860 — Uppsala 9.12.1926. Swedish Indologist. Professor in Uppsala. Son of Johan Erik Magnusson, a tenant farmer, and his wife ...
- JOHANSSON, Rune
JOHANSSON, Rune Edvin Arvid. Skåne 1918 — Spånga summer 1981 (when 63). Swedish Scholar of Pāli and Comparative Religion, specialist ...
- JOHN, Christian Samuel
JOHN, Christian Samuel. Frobersgrun, Thuringia 11.8.1747 — 1813. Rev. German Pietist Missionary in South India. Son of Rev. Julius Gerhard John and Catharina Dorothea Pyriaus. After ...
- JOHNSON, C.
JOHNSON, C. 1??? — 18??. British Colonial Officer in India. Captain of cavalry. In 1827 he led an expedition to unknown regions of the western Himalayas. In June met ...
- JOHNSON, Edwin Lee
JOHNSON, Edwin Lee. Mount Vernon, Ill. 25.10.1874 — Nashville, Tennessee 15.10.1947. U.S. Linguist. Son of Rev. Adam Clarke Johnson (1832–1899) and Margaret Ann Sweeney (1846–1898). ...- JOHNSON, Francis
JOHNSON, Francis. 1795/96 — Hertford 29.1.1876. British Oriental Scholar and Indologist. In his youth spent several ...
- JOHNSON, Helen M.
JOHNSON, Helen Moore. Saint Clair, Franklin County, Missouri (not Osceola?) 14.10.1889 — Osceola, Mo. 26.6.1967. U.S. Indologist, a Specialist of ...
- JOHNSON, J. J.
JOHNSON, John James. 18?? — ?.12.1917. Rev. British Missionary in India. Educated at Islington College. Worked in Benares, for Church Missionary Society On leave graduated M.A. 1903 ...
- JOHNSON, Willard L.
JOHNSON, Willard Lyon. Des Moines, Iowa 30.5.1939 — Pauma Valley, Calif. 29.12.2006. U.S. Indologist and Scholar of Religion. Son of the elder W. L. Johnson and ...- JOHNSTON, Alexander
JOHNSTON, Alexander. Carnsalloch, Dumfriesshire 25.4.1775 — London 6.3.1849. Sir. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in Sri Lanka. Son of Samuel Johnston and Hester Napier. From 1781 grew ...
- JOHNSTON, Charles
JOHNSTON, Charles. Ballykilbeg, Down County 17.2.1867 — New York 16.10.1931. Irish Theosophist, Author and Translator of Sanskrit Literature in the U.S.A. Son of William Johnston (1829–1902), ...
- JOHNSTON, E. H.
JOHNSTON, Edward Hamilton. Kensington, London 26.3.1885 — Oxford 24.10.1942. British Indologist. Professor in Oxford, in India 1909-24. Son of Reginald ...
- JOHNSTONE, P. de Lacy
JOHNSTONE, Peirce de Lacy Henry. Dublin 25.5.1848 — Edinburgh 26.1.1927. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India. Son of Lieutenant-Colonel Francis William Johnstone (1818–1888) and ...
- JOINVILLE, Joseph de
JOINVILLE, Joseph Endelin de (rarely as de Jonville). 17?? — 18??. French Naturalist. Came to Ceylon in 1798 with Governor North, worked as surveyor-general, ...
- JOKI, Aulis J.
JOKI, Aulis Johannes. Kelkkala near Viipuri 2.6.1913 — Helsinki 8.2.1989. Finnish Linguist, specialist of Uralic Languages. Professor in Helsinki. Son of carpenter Johan Joki ...
- JOLLY, Julius
JOLLY, Julius Ernst. Heidelberg 28.12.1849 — Würzburg 25.4.1932. German Indologist. Professor in Würzburg. Born in a family with strong academic traditions, son of Philipp von Jolly ...
- JONES, John James
JONES, John James. New Quay, Cardiganshire 12.3.1892 — Aberystwyth? 20.2.1957. British (Welsh) Indologist. Son of Thomas Jones, a saddler, and Elizabeth Williams. After school in ...
- JONES, John P.
JONES, John Peter. Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales 4.9.1847 — Hartford, Conn. 3.10.1916. Rev. U.S. (of Welsh origin) Missionary in South India. ...
- JONES, Kenneth W.
JONES, Kenneth William. Oakland, Calif. 21.12.1934 — Manhattan, Kansas 22.9.1996. U.S. Historian of India. Educated at Stockton College, then at University of California in Berkeley (B.A. ...
- JONES, William
JONES, William. Westminster 28.9.1746 — Calcutta 27.4.1794. Sir. British Pioneer of Indology. Judge in Calcutta. He was the youngest child of the mathematician William Jones (1675–1749), ...
- JONG, Albert Johannes de
JONG, Albert Johannes de. 1880 — 1961. Dutch Indologist. Student of Caland. Ph.D. 1917 Utrecht. Until Caland’s retirement in 1929/30 listened to his classes. One A. ...
- JONG, Jan Willem de
JONG, Jan Willem de. Leiden 15.2.1921 — Canberra 22.1.2000. Dutch Indologist and Buddhist Scholar in Australia. Professor in Leiden and Canberra. After gymnasium in Leiden studies ...
- JOPSON, N. B.
JOPSON, Norman Brooke. Leeds 20.1.1890 — Cambridge 13.1.1969. British Comparative Linguist. Professor in Cambridge. Son of Samuel Rolison Jopson. Educated at Merchant Taylor’s School, Crosby, from 1909 studies at Cambridge ...
- JORDANUS CATALANI DE SÉVÉRAC
JORDANUS CATALANI DE SÉVÉRAC (Jourdain). fl. 1280/1330. Father. French Dominican Missionary in India, of Catalan background. Probably born in Sévérac-le-Château north-east of Toulouse. Arrived in India ...
- JØRGENSEN, Hans
JØRGENSEN, Hans Jensen. Oksbøl Mark, Als Island (then Prussian Schleswig-Holstein, now Denmark) 4.3.1886 — Copenhagen 6.2.1954. Danish Indologist (Newari Scholar). ...
- JOSA, F. P. Luigi
JOSA, Fortunato Pietro Luigi. Rome 5.6.1851 — Port Isaac, Cornwall 19.12.1922. Italian Missionary in the U.K. and South America. Son of Filippo and Agnese Josa. Raised ...
- JOSEPH, E. A. A.
JOSEPH, E. A. A. 18?? — 19??. British Civil Servant in India. B.A. From 1905 served in Rohtak, 1910-12 as Deputy Commissioner. In 1920/28 he was Revenue ...
- JOSEPH, Gerard A.
JOSEPH, Gerard Abraham. Colombo 6.4.1870 — 14.3.1922 (when 52). Sri Lankan Burgher Civil Servant. Member of Ceylon Civil Service. Son of Abraham Orlando Joseph ...
- JOURDAIN, John
JOURDAIN, John. 15?? — 17.7.1619. British Traveller in India. Son of John Jourdain, a merchant and mayor of Lyme Regis in Dorset. In 1595 trading in ...
- JOUVEAU-DUBREUIL, Gabriel
JOUVEAU-DUBREUIL, Gabriel. Saigon 1.1.1885 — Paris 15.7.1945. French Teacher and Archaeologist in India. Son of a marine physician, grew up in the Antilles and in Paris. ...
- JOYCE, Thomas Athol
JOYCE, Thomas Athol. London 4.8.1878 — Wroxham, Norfolk 3.1.1942. British Anthropologist and Archaeologist. Son of Thomas Heath Joyce (1860–1925), a newspaper editor, and Ellen Margaretha Murphy. Educated at Dulwich ...
- JOYES, Walter
JOYES, William Boardman Walter. Madras 9.8.1828 — Ootacamund 11.7.1878. British Teacher in India. Son of Walter Patrick Joyes (1796–1833) and Mary Ann Boardman (1805–1871), a family ...
- JUKES, Andrew
JUKES, Andrew. Dunnville, Moulton, Haldimand, Canada West (Ontario) 1847 — Dera Ghazi Khan 28.4.1931. British (Canadian) Medical Missionary in India. Educated at Blundell’s Son of ...
- JÜLG, Bernhard
JÜLG, Bernhard. Ringelbach bei Oberkirch, Baden 20.8.1825 — Innsbruck 14.8.1886. German Oriental and Classical Scholar in Austria. Professor in Cracow and Innsbruck. Born in a Catholic ...
- JULIEN, Stanislas
JULIEN, Aignan-Stanislas (born Noël Julien). Orléans 14.4.1797/21.9.1799 — Paris 13/14.2. 1873. According to Maspéro born 13.5.1797 (24 germinal an V). ...
- JULIUSSON, Per
JULIUSSON, Per Vilhelm Hilding. Stockholm 18.7.1916 — Vallentuna, Uppland 29.10.1977. Swedish Priest, Missionary, and Scholar of Comparative Religion. Son of ...
- JUNGBLUT, Leonhard
JUNGBLUT, Leonhard J. 1906 — Bombay 1979. Rev. Father, S.V.D. Dutch Catholic Missionary in India. As a young man in the 1930s member of Indore mission, worked on Bhils. ...
- JUNGE, Julius
JUNGE, Peter Julius. Bonn 30.8.1913 — 1943. German Classical and Iranian Scholar. Educated in Breslau, then studies at Vienna and Breslau, joined NS-Schülerbund 1929 ...
- JUNGMANN, Antonín Jan
JUNGMANN, Antonín Jan (Anton Johann, Ritter von Jungmann). Hudlitz (Hudlice), Beroun district, Bohemia 19.5.1775 — Prague 10.4.1854. Czech Physician interested in Sanskrit
- JUNGMANN, Josef
JUNGMANN, Josef Jakub. Hudlitz (Hudlice), Beroun district, Bohemia 16.7.1773 — Prague 14.11.1847. Czech Linguist and Poet, one of the Leaders of Czech National Revival. Son of a German
- JUNKER, Heinrich
JUNKER, Heinrich Franz Joseph. Offenbach am Main 26.3.1889 — Berlin 3.4.1970. German (East) Linguist and Iranian Scholar. Professor in Leipzig ...
- JURET, Abel
JURET, Étienne Abel (or Abel-C. J.) Pierrecourt (Haute-Saône) 6.12.1872 — Nice (Alpes-Maritimes) 11.12.1963. French Classical Scholar and Linguist. Son of François Juret and Reine Cardinal. Ph.D. ...
- JUSTI, Ferdinand
JUSTI, Ferdinand Wilhelm Jakob. Marburg 2.6.1837 — Marburg 17.2.1907. German Iranian and IE Scholar. Professor in Marburg. Son of a ...
- JANÁČEK, Adolf
- IRVINE, Francis