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- IBBETSON, Denzil Charles Jelf
IBBETSON, Denzil Charles Jelf. Gainsborough, Lincolnshire 30.8.1847 — London 21.2.1908. Sir. British ...
- IEVERS, Robert Wilson
IEVERS, Robert Wilson. Limerick 1850 — Ireland 10.2.1905. British (Irish) Civil Servant in Ceylon. Son of Robert John ...
- IHLEFELD, Konrad Adolph Anton
IHLEFELD, Konrad Adolph Anton. Rühn (or Wismar?), Mecklenburg 21.2.1837 — Rostock 18.11.1908. Rev. German Missionary in South India. ...
- IL’IN, Grigorij Fedorovič
IL’IN, Grigorij Fedorovič. Rostov-na-Donu 11.1.(24.1.)1914 — Moscow 15.10.1985. Russian Indologist and Historian of India. Professor in ...
- ILDEPHONSUS A PRAESENTATIONE
ILDEPHONSUS A PRAESENTATIONE (lay Joseph Igris). Skalitz/Szakolcza, Diocese Neutra, Hungary (now Skalica in Slovakia) 1724 — Mielec, Austrian ...
- ILSE(-MUNK), Rosa
ILSE(-MUNK), Rose. Berlin 5,3,1876 — Auschwitz (Oświęcim) ?.3.1943. German Translator. Daughter of Hermann Munk, Professor of Physiology, and ...
- IMPEY, Elijah George Halhed
IMPEY, Elijah George Halhed. Cawnpore (Kanpur) 21.9.1818 — Southampton 19.11.1868. British Physician in India. Son of Elijah Impey ...
- INGALLS, Daniel Henry Holmes
INGALLS, Daniel Henry Holmes. New York ...
- INOSTRANCEV, Konstantin Aleksandrovič
INOSTRANCEV, Konstantin Aleksandrovič. St.Petersburg 5(17).4.1876 — end of December 1941. Russian Historian of Iran. Born in a noble ...
- İNSEL, Hüseyin Avni
İNSEL, Hüseyin Avni. Varna, Bulgaria 1915 — 13.8.1969. Turkish Translator and Publisher. ...
- IOANNES BAPTISTA MARIA A SANCTA THERESIA (Giovanni Battista Moretovel Multedi)
IOANNES BAPTISTA MARIA A SANCTA THERESIA (lay Giovanni Battista Moretovel Multedi). Alassio (Savona) 6.10.1673 — Verapoly 6.4.1750. Italian ...
- IORDĂNESCU, Teodor
IORDĂNESCU, Teodor. 1872/74 — 1954. Romanian Scholar interested in Indology. Studied i.al. Indology at Halle (under Pischel, R. ...
- IPPEL, Albert
IPPEL, Albert. Berlin 2.7.1885 — Munich 1960. German Classical Archaeologist. Studies at Freiburg, Berlin and Bonn. Ph.D. 1910 ...
- IRELAND, John D
IRELAND, John D. London 1932 — 1998. English Bauddha. Adopted Buddhism when 18 and began learning Pāli.
Publications: ...
- IRVINE, Francis
IRVINE, Francis. Derumoak, Aberdeen 8.2.1786 — Edinburgh 16.12.1855. British (Scottish) Officer in India
- IRVINE, William
IRVINE, William. Aberdeen 5.7.1840 — Castelnau, Barnes 3.11.1911. British (Scottish) Civil Servant and Historian in India. Specialist of ...
- IRWIN, John Conran
IRWIN, John Conran. Madras 5.8.1917 — ?.2.1997. British Art Historian of India. Son of John Williamson ...
- 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. Barmen 5.9.1806 — Kornthal near Stuttgart 10.10.1864. German Missionary and Polyglot. Of humble origin, son ...
- ISHERWOOD, Christopher
ISHERWOOD, Christopher. 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, a coppersmith, ...
- ITIL (İtil), Abidin
ITIL (İtil), Abidin. Bakü 1910 — 1980. Turkish Indologist. Student of Ruben at Ankara, Ph.D. 1944. At Ankara University: Started teaching Sanskrit in ...
- IVĂNESCU, Gheorghe
IVĂNESCU, Gheorghe. Vutcani, Vaslui 20.10/2.11.1912 — Iași 3.6.1987. Romanian Scholar interested in IE and India. Studies at Iași, then in Paris and ...
- IVANOV, Vladimir Alekseevič
IVANOV, Vladimir Alekseevič (W. Ivanow). St.Petersburg 3.11.1886 — Tehran 19.6.1970. Russian Iranian (Persian) Scholar. Son of an army ...
- IVANOVSKIJ, Aleksej Osipovič
IVANOVSKIJ, Aleksej Osipovič. 8(20).3.1863 — 25.1.(7.2.)1903. Russian Sinologist, Mongolian and Tibetan Scholar. Professor in St.Petersburg. Born ...
- IVERSEN, Ragnvald
IVERSEN, Ragnvald. Tromsø 18.1.1882 — Trondheim 21.8.1960. Norwegian Linguist
- JACKSON, Abraham Valentine Williams
JACKSON, Abraham Valentine Williams
- JACKSON, Arthur Mason Tippett
JACKSON, Arthur Mason Tippett. 1866 — Nasik 2?.9.1909. British Colonial Servant and ...
- JACKSON, Robert Pilkington
JACKSON, Robert Pilkington. 1868 — 1914. British Colonial Officer in India
- JACKSON, Victor Herbert
JACKSON, Victor Herbert. Ramsgate, Kent 26.12.1876 — London 18.1.1928. British Historian in India. Son ...
- JACOB, Georg
JACOB, Georg. Königsberg 26.5.1862 — Kiel 4.7.1937. German Oriental (Arabic and Turkish) scholar also interested in India. After ...
- 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 ...
- JACOB, Philip Whittington
JACOB, Philip Whittington. Faversham 11.1.1804 — Guildford 26.12.1889. British Surgeon and Linguist. Son of Rev. Stephen Long Jacob ...
- JACOB, Samuel Swinton
JACOB, Samuel Swinton. 14.1.1841 — Weybridge 4.12.1917. Sir. British Colonial Officer, Engineer and Architect in India. Son of ...
- JACOBI, Hermann Georg
JACOBI, Hermann Georg. Köln 11.2.1850 (or 1.2.?) — Bonn 19.10.1937. German Indologist. Professor in Bonn. Son ...
- JACOBSOHN, Herman
JACOBSOHN, Hermann. Lüneburg 30.8.1879 — Marburg a.d. Lahn 27.4.1933. German Linguist (Iranian, IE and Greek Scholar). Professor in ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- JACQUEMONT, Victor
- JACQUET, Eugène-Vincent-Stanislas
JACQUET, Eugène-Vincent-Stanislas. Bruxelles 10.5.1811 — Paris 7.7.1838. Belgian Indologist and Orientalist in Paris. Born in a ...
- JAGER, Herbert de
JAGER, Herbert de. Zwammerdam near Leiden 1636 — Batavia (Jakarta) 6.1.1694. Dutch Priest and Traveller. Son of a farmer. Studies of mathematics, botany, ...
- JAGIĆ, Ignati Vatroslav, Ritter von Varaždin
JAGIĆ, Ignati Vatroslav, Ritter von Varaždin. Varaždin, Croatia (then Austria) 6.6.1838 — ...
- JAHN, Karl Emil Oskar
JAHN, Karl Emil Oskar. Brünn (now Brno) 26.3.1906 — Utrecht 7.11.1985. Austrian/Czechoslovakian Persian Scholar in the Netherlands. Professor ...
- JAHN, Wilhelm
JAHN, Wilhelm. Stettin 7.4.1873 — 19??. German Indologist. Docent in Zürich. Son of a merchant, lost ...
- JAKIMOV, Aristarh Tihonovič
JAKIMOV, Aristarh Tihonovič. Selenginsk, Zabajkal’skij obl. (Burjat. A.S.S.R.) 28.9. (10.10.)1895 — 22.12.1976. Russian (Buryat) Scholar of Mongolian, Buddhism and Lamaism. Son of a minister. In ...
- JAMES, Arthur Lloyd
JAMES, Arthur Lloyd. Pentre, Glamorgan, Wales 21.6.1884 — Crowthorne, Berkshire 24.3.1943. British (Welsh) ...
- JANÁČEK, Adolf
JANÁČEK, Adolf. Přerov 11.6.1901 — Prague 17.7.1963. Czechoslovakian Indologist. Ph.D. School-teacher (professor) teaching Czech and German.
Publications:
- JANERT, Klaus Ludwig
JANERT, Klaus Ludwig. Wittenberg 9.3.1922 — 10.12.1994. German Indologist. Professor in Cologne. Studied Indology, Tamil, IE and Slavic linguistics at Halle ...
- JANÍČEK, Rudolf
JANÍČEK, Rudolf. Jevíčko 16.4.1904 — Železný Brod 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 ...
- JANVIER, Ernest Paxton
JANVIER, Ernest Paxton. Fatehgarh, India 1.2.1890 — Haverford PA 3.5.1962. Rev. U.S. Missionary and Indologist. Son ...
- JANVIER, Levi
JANVIER, Levi. Pittsgrove (or Daretown) NJ 25.4.1816 — Anandpore (or Sabathu) 25.3.1864. Rev. U.S. Presbyterian Missionary in the ...
- 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. Son of Thomas ...
- JARRETT, Thomas
JARRETT, Thomas. 1805 — Trunch, Norfolk 7.3.1882. Rev. British Oriental Scholar. Professor in Cambridge. From 1823 studies at ...
- JÄSCHKE, Heinrich August
JÄSCHKE, Heinrich August. Herrnhut 17.5.1817 — ...
- JAWORSKI, Jan
JAWORSKI, Jan. Sanniki, Masovia 31.10.1903 — Stargard 19.2.1945. Polish Sinologist interested in Buddhism. Son of Micheł J. and ...
- JEDLIČKA, Jaromír
JEDLIČKA, Jaromír. Prague 11.10.1869 — Zinnowitz 14.8.1901. Czechoslovakian Student of IE Linguistics. Studies at Charles University in Prague ...
- JENKINS, Richard
JENKINS, Richard. Cruckton near Shrewsbury 18.2.1785 — Blackheath 30.12.1853. Sir. British Civil Servant in India, then Politician. Son ...
- JENNINGS, James George
JENNINGS, James George. New South Wales 14.6.1866 — Penzance 1941. British or Australian Author. M.A. Oxford. Worked as teacher of ...
- JENSEN, Hans Detlef
JENSEN, Hans Detlef. Struvenhütten in Holstein 28.8.1884 — Rostock 4.8.1973. German (East) Linguist. Professor in Rostock. Gymnasium in Flensburg, studies 1905-09 at München, ...
- JENSEN, Herman
JENSEN, Herman. 18?? — 1909. Rev. Danish Missionary in South India. Joined the Danish Missionary Society in 1874 ...
- JENSEN, Theodor Valdemar
JENSEN, Theodor Valdemar. Kolding 18.3.1876 — 19??. Danish Librarian and Linguist. Son ...
- JERNSTEDT, P.
JERNSTEDT, P. —> ERNŠTEDT, Petr Viktorovič.
- JERVIS, Thomas Best
JERVIS, Thomas Best. Ceylon 2.8.1796 — 3.4.1857. British (Irish) Colonial Officer in India. Lieutenant-colonel. Son of John J. ...
- JEVTIĆ, Pavle
JEVTIĆ, Pavle. 1??? — 193?/4?. Yugoslavian (Serbian) Indologist. Studies at S.O.A.S. in London, Ph.D. 1927 there. Mainly interested in philosophy. Worked in Beograd, premature death ended early his activity.
Publications: Diss. publ. as Karma and reincarnation ...
- JISL, Lumír
JISL, Lumír. Svijanský Újezd 18.4.1921 — Prague 22.11.1969. Czech Scholar of Tibetan. Mongolian ...
- JOHAENTGEN, Franz
JOHAENTGEN, Franz. Bonn 13.4/8.1834 — Berlin 6.4.1899. German Indologist. Son of Georg J. and Margaretha Probst. ...
- JOHANNES
JOHANNES —> IOANNES.
- JOHANNS, Pierre
JOHANNS, Pierre. Heinerscheid 1.4.1882 — Arlon 8.2.1955. S.J. Luxemburgian Missionary in India. Ordained priest 1914 in Louvain. Studied at Louvain and after war ...
- JOHANNSEN, Carl Theodor
JOHANNSEN, Carl Theodor. Nortorf, Holstein 8.11.1804 — Copenhagen 1.7.1840. Danish Oriental Scholar. Professor in Copenhagen. Son ...
- JOHANSSON, Karl Ferdinand
JOHANSSON, Karl Ferdinand. Misterhult, Kalmar län 16.9.1860 — Uppsala 9.12.1926. Swedish Indologist. Professor in Uppsala. Son ...
- JOHANSSON, Rune Edvin Arvid
JOHANSSON, Rune Edvin Arvid. Skåne 1918 — 1981 (when 63). Swedish Scholar of Pāli and Comparative ...
- JOHN, Christian Samuel
JOHN, Christian Samuel. 1747 — 1813. Rev. German Pietist Missionary in South India. In Tranquebar. He was also ...
- JOHNSON, Francis
JOHNSON, Francis. 1795/96 — Hertford 29.1.1876. British Orientalist and Indologist. In his youth spent several years ...
- JOHNSON, Helen Moore
JOHNSON, Helen Moore. Saint Clair, Franklin County, Missouri (?) 14.10.1889 — Osceola, Mo. 26.6.1967. U.S. Indologist, ...
- JOHNSON, J. J.
JOHNSON, J. J. 18?? — ?.12.1917. Rev. British Missionary in India. Worked in Benares, for Church Missionary Society. He was known of his excellent command of Sanskrit and called Pandit Johnson.
Publications: ...
- JOHNSTON, Alexander
JOHNSTON, Alexander. Carnsalloch, Dumfriesshire 25.4.1775 — London 6.3.1849. Sir. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in Sri Lanka. Son of ...
- JOHNSTON, Charles
JOHNSTON, Charles. Ballykilbeg, Down County 17.2.1867 — New York 16.10.1931. Irish Theosophist, Author and Translator of ...
- JOHNSTON, Edward Hamilton
JOHNSTON, Edward Hamilton. London 26.3.1885 — ...
- JOHNSTONE, Pierce de Lacy
JOHNSTONE, Peirce de Lacy Henry. 25.5.1848 — 26.1.1927. British (Scottish) Civil Servant ...
- JOINVILLE, Joseph Endelin de
JOINVILLE, Joseph Endelin de (rarely as de Jonville). 17?? — 18??. French Naturalist. Came to Ceylon in 1798 ...
- JOKI, Aulis Johannes
JOKI, Aulis Johannes. Viipuri 2.6.1913 — Helsinki 8.2.1989. Finnish Linguist, specialist of Uralic Languages. Professor in Helsinki. Son ...
- JOLLY, Julius E
JOLLY, Julius E. Heidelberg 28.12.1849 — Würzburg 25.4.1932. German Indologist. Professor in Würzburg. Born in a ...
- JONES, John James
JONES, John James. New Quay, Cardiganshire 12.3.1892 — Aberystwyth? 20.2.1957. British (Welsh) Indologist. Son of Thomas J., a saddler, and Elizabeth Williams. After ...
- JONES, John Peter
JONES, John Peter. Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales 4.9.1847 — Hartford, Conn. 3.10.1916. U.SJONES, Kenneth W
JONES, Kenneth W. Oakland, Calif. 21.12.1934 — Manhattan, Kansas 22.9.1996. U.S. Historian of India. Educated at Stockton College, ...
- JONES, William
JONES, William. Westminster 28.9.1746 — Calcutta 27.4.1794. Sir. British Pioneer of Indology. Judge in Calcutta. He ...
- JONG, Albert Johannes de
JONG, Albert Johannes de. 1880 — 1961. Dutch Indologist. Student of Caland. Ph.D. 1917 Utrecht. Until Caland’s retirement ...
- JONG, Jan Willem de
JONG, Jan Willem de. Leiden 15.2.1921 — Canberra 22.1.2000. Dutch Indologist and Buddhist Scholar in Australia. ...
- JORDANUS CATALANI DE SÉVÉRAC
JORDANUS CATALANI DE SÉVÉRAC (Jourdain). fl. 1280/1330. Father. French Dominican Missionary in India, ...
- JØRGENSEN, Hans
JØRGENSEN, Hans Jensen. Oksbøl Mark, Als Island (then Prussian Schleswig-Holstein, now Denmark) 4.3.1886 — Copenhagen 6.2.1954. ...
- JOSA, Fortunato Pietro Luigi
JOSA, Fortunato Pietro Luigi. Rome 5.6.1851 ...
- JOSEPH, E.
JOSEPH, E. 18?? — 19??. British Civil Servant in India. From 1905 served in Rohtak, 1910-12 as Deputy Commissioner. In 1920 he was Revenue Secretary to Punjab government.
Publications: “Jatu Glossary”, JASB N.S. 6, 1910, 693-874 ...
- JOSEPH, Gerard A.
JOSEPH, Gerard A. 1870? — 4.3.1922 (when 52). British Civil Servant in Ceylon. C.S.S. From 1893 to his death Secretary and Librarian of Colombo Museum, in the late 1910s also its acting director.
- JOSEPH, Gerard Abraham
JOSEPH, Gerard Abraham. Colombo 6.4.1870 — 4.3.1922 (when 52). Sri Lankan Burgher Civil Servant. Member of Ceylon Civil ...
- JOURDAIN, John
JOURDAIN, John. 15?? — 17.7.1619. British Traveller in India. Son of John J., a merchant and mayor of ...
- JOUVEAU-DUBREUIL, Gabriel
JOUVEAU-DUBREUIL, Gabriel. Saigon 1.1.1885 — Paris 15.7.1945. French Archaeologist, He came to Pondichéry in 1909 and ...
- JOYES, William Boardman Walter
JOYES, William Boardman Walter. Madras 9.8.1828 — Ootacamund 11.7.1878. British teacher in ...
- JUKES, Andrew
JUKES, Andrew. Canada 1847 — 28.4.1931. British (Canadian) Missionary in India. Educated at Blundell’s School, then sent to the U.K. for higher education ...
- JÜLG, Bernhard
JÜLG, Bernhard. Ringelbach (Oberkirch), Baden 20.8.1825 — Innsbruck 14.8.1886. German Oriental and Classical Scholar in Austria. ...
- JULIEN, Aignan-Stanislas
JULIEN, Aignan-Stanislas (born Noël J.). Orléans ...
- JULIUSSON, Per Vilhelm Hilding
JULIUSSON, Per Vilhelm Hilding. Stockholm 18.7.1916 — Vallentuna 29.10.1977. Swedish Priest, Missionary, and Scholar of Comparative Religion. Parents estate owner Carl J. ...
- JUNGE, Peter Julius
JUNGE, Peter Julius. Bonn 30.8.1913 — 1943. German Classical ...
- JUNGMANN, Antonín Jan
JUNGMANN, Antonín Jan (Anton Johann Ritter von Jungmann). Hudlice, Bohemia 19.5.1775 — Prague 10.4.1854.
- JUNKER, Heinrich Franz Joseph
JUNKER, Heinrich Franz Joseph. Offenbach am Main 26.3.1889 — Berlin 3.4.1970. German (East) Linguist and Iranian ...
- JURET, Abel-C.
JURET, Étienne Abel (or Abel-C. J.) Pierrecourt (Haute-Saône) 6.12.1872 — Nice (Alpes-Maritimes) 11.12.1963. French Classical Scholar and Linguist. ...
- JUSTI, Ferdinand Wilhelm Jakob
JUSTI, Ferdinand Wilhelm Jakob. Marburg 2.6.1837 — Marburg 17.2.1907. German Iranian and IE Scholar. Professor in ...
- IRVINE, William