JUNKER, Heinrich Franz Joseph. Offenbach am Main 26.3.1889 — Berlin 3.4.1970. German (East) Linguist and Iranian Scholar. Professor in Leipzig and Berlin. Studies at Giessen, Strassburg and Heidelberg. Ph.D. 1911 Heidelberg (under Bartholomae). From 1912 PD at Giessen. In summer 1913 he went together with Gauthiot to Yaghnob Valley. In…
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 (1809–1884), later Professor of Physics at Munich, and Luise Wüstenfeld (1821–1874). In 1867-71 studies of Oriental, Indo-Iranian and IE linguistics at Munich (Haug), Berlin…
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 (1867–1937) and Amanda Toivonen. After matriculation from Tampere 1933 studies at Helsinki (M.A. 1938). In 1946-47 Assistant at Östasiatiska Museet in Stockholm, where he also studied…
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 Anna Lovisa Karlsdotter. Educated in Linköping, matriculated 1880. From 1880 studies of classics at Uppsala, under O. A. Danielsson and Per Persson, both also…
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 Glückstadt. Studies of classical and Oriental languages at Kiel and Bonn. Ph.D. 1828 Bonn. Further studies in Paris, in 1830-31 Docent of Oriental Languages…
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 Zubatý, Ph.D. there 1894. From 1899 worked in the university library. Publications: Diss. O zvláštnim případu parallelismu suffixu v jazycích indoevropských. Prague 1893/94. –…
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), a master boot maker, and Ana Kraijek. After gymnasium in Zagreb, studies of classical, Slavic, etc. languages at Vienna (under Miklosich, et al.) in 1856-60. Then…
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 banker, and Betty Heinemann (1859–1934), a non-religious Jewish family. After school in Lüneburg from 1899 studies at Freiburg Br., Berlin and Göttingen. Ph.D. 1904…
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 in Paris and 1935-37 in Rome. Ph.D. 1945 Iași (diss. on Old Romanian). In 1945-52 (Assistant?) Professor of Romanian at Iași, then of Romance Linguistics at Timișoara,…
HAUSCHILD, Richard Wilhelm. Roschütz, Kr. Gera 2.12.1901 — Jena 15.2.1972. German (East) Indologist. Professor in Jena. Son of a farmer, matriculated 1922 from the Gymnasium of Gera, where Rudolf Rau (the father of Wilhelm Rau) inspired him with Indology. From 1922 studies of classical, German and Oriental philology at Tübingen,…