PIGULEVSKAJA, Nina Viktorovna (née Stebnickaja). St.Petersburg 1.(13.)1.1894 — Leningrad 17.2.1970. Russian Historian of Byzantium and the Near East. Born of a family of minor nobility, daughter of Ieronim Ivanovič Stebnickij (1832–1897), a geodesist and lawyer, grew up in St.Petersburg. Studies of Semitics under P. K. Kokovcov, specialized in Syriac as…
PHAYRE, Arthur Purves. Shrewsbury 7.5.1812 — Bray near Dublin 14.12.1885. Sir. British (Irish Protestant) Colonial Officer and Burmese Scholar. In Burma 1834-74. Son of Richard Phayre (1761–1830) and Mary Ridgeway. “Educated in Shrewsbury, entered the Bengal Army, 1828. Served in the administration of Burma, 1834-48, in the Panjab, 1848-9; Commissioner…
PARGITER, Frederick Eden. Jaffna, Sri Lanka 1852 — Charlbury, Oxfordshire 18.2.1927. British Civil Servant and Indologist in India (I.C.S. 1875-1906). Son of Rev. Robert Pargiter (1816–1915) and Anna Matilda Palm, educated at Taunton Grammar School. Studies at Oxford (Exeter College), mathematics, Sanskrit, etc. In 1875 he joined the Bengal Civil…
PAHOMOV, Evgenij Aleksandrovič. Stavropol, Russian Caucasia 13.(25.)2.1880 — 2.5.1965. Russian Iranian and Caucasian Scholar, specialist of Middle Iranian Epigraphy and Numismatics. Son of an official, matriculated 1896 from Tiflis (Tbilisi). Graduated 1900 from Archaeological Institute in St.Petersburg and 1902 from St.Petersburg Technological Institute. In 1920-65 taught at Azerbaijan University and in…
VORETZSCH, Ernst Arthur. Lucka, Thüringen 13.8.1868 — Colmberg, Kr. Ansbach 18.5.1965. German Diplomat and Historian. Studied law at Göttingen and entered foreign service in 1899. Served as Vice-Consul in Calcutta, Christiania (Oslo) and Johannesburg, as Consul in Hong Kong, Singapur, Bangkok, Shanghai, Hankou und Christiania/Oslo. Then Ambassador in Lisbon 1920-28…
VOGEL, Jean-Philippe. ’s-Gravenhage 9.1.1871 — Oegstgeest near Leiden 10.4.1958. Dutch Indologist, Specialist of Indian Art and Archaeology. Professor in Leiden. Son of Johan Gregorius V. (1843–1920), a judge, and Jeanne Adrienne du Quesne van Breuchem (1844–1890). Educated in Alkmaar, gymnasium in Haarlem, then studied Sanskrit and Dutch at Amsterdam, also…
VIVIEN DE SAINT-MARTIN, Louis. Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay (Calvados) 22.5.1802 — Versailles 3.1.1897. French Scholar of Historical Geography. Born Louis Vivien, came to Paris in 1814. Worked as author and editor in Paris. Legion d’honneur 1867. He did not know Sanskrit and based his Vedic studies on Langlois’ insufficient translation. Publications: A number…
VÄTH, Alfons. Werbachhausen, Kr. Main-Tauber 15.3.1874 — Bonn 12.5.1937. Father. S.J. German Missionary and Indian Historian. Working in Bombay in 1899-1903 and 1910-16. He founded in 1913 St. Xavier’s College as a historical institute and worked there teaching English and Indian history until the WW I interrupted the work of…
UPHAM, Edward. Exeter 1776 — Bath 25.8.1834. British Bookdealer and Orientalist. Born in Exeter, where his father Charles Upham was later (1796) the mayor. Himself worked as bookseller in Exeter, in 1807 became its sheriff and 1809 mayor. After earlyretirement lived in Dawlish (Devon) and Bath. Married 1801 Mary Hoblyn…
OSIPOV, Aleksandr Mihajlovič. Karsunsk. u. Simbirskaja gub. 11.(23.)8.1897 — 19.2.1969. Russian Historian of India. Son of a farmer. Graduated 1926 from Moscow. Kand. ist. nauk 1942, Docent 1942, Professor 1963. In 1932-36 naučnyj sotrudnik at International Agrarian Institute. Taught at Moscow Oriental Institute in 1926-35 and from 1936 at Moscow…