BENVENISTE, Émile (born Ezra B.). Aleppo, Syria 25.2. or 27.4.1902 — Versailles 3.10.1976. French Iranian scholar and Linguist. Professor in Paris, naturalized as Frenchman in 1924. Son of Mathieu (Mathatias) Benveniste, of a well known Sephardim family of Turkey (originally of Spain), and Marie Malkenson (an Ashkenazi from Lithuania), both…
BAUNACK, Paul Theodor. Trebsen bei Grimma (east of Leipzig) 21.2.1861 — Leipzig 3.9.1932. German Philologist and Indo-Iranian Scholar. Teacher in Leipzig. Son of school inspector Gottlob Franz Baunack (1825–1892), brother of —> Johannes Baunack (1854–1928). After school in Leipzig studied from 1880 at Leipzig classics, linguistics and Sanskrit (under Curtius,…
BARTHOLOMAE, Friedrich Christian Leonhard. Forsthaus in Forstleithen bei Limmersdorf, Landkreis Kulmbach 21.1.1855 — Langeoog, Ostfriesland 9.8.1925. German IE and Iranian Scholar. Professor in Münster, Giessen, and Heidelberg. Son of a forester (Oberforster) Leonhard Bartholomae (d. 1859) and Maria Friederike Aichinger. Gymnasium in Bayreuth. From 1872 studied IE, Indian and Iranian…
BARR, Kaj. Copenhagen 26.6.1896 — Copenhagen 4.1.1970. Danish Iranian Scholar. Professor in Copenhagen. Adopted son of Friederich Eduard Barr (1840–1912), a mechanic, and Karen Frederikke Frederiksen (1856–1917). Matriculated from Copenhagen 1917. Began studies at Technical High School, but soon turned to classical, Arabic and Iranian philology (under Christensen) at Copenhagen…
ANQUETIL-DUPERRON, Abraham Hyacinthe. Paris 7.12.1731 — Paris 18.1.1805. French Orientalist, Pioneer of Iranian and Indian Studies. Travelled in India 1755-61, then member of the A.I.B.L. in Paris. He was the son of a spice merchant from Paris, Pierre Anquetil, and Marie Angélique Coignard, and brother of historian Louis-Pierre Anquetil de…
ANDREAS, Friedrich Carl. Batavia (Jakarta) 14.4.1846 — Göttingen 3.10.1930. German Iranian Scholar. Professor in Göttingen. Born in Dutch East India as the son of a military physician with Armenian background and German mother, he was sent to Hamburg for school in the age of seven. Matriculated from Geneva. Studies of…
AHVLEDIANI, Georgij Saridanovič (Giorgi Akhvlediani). Leykumi, Kutaisskij rajon 1.(13.)4.1887 — Tbilisi 9.7.1973. Georgian Indo-Iranian Scholar and Linguist. Son of a farm owner. Graduated 1914 from Harkov University (Kharkiv), further studies at Petrograd under Marr, Salemann, Ščerbatskoj, et al. Taught Linguistics at Tbilisi University from 1918, Professor from 1932. Taught general…