CHARPENTIER, Jarl Hellen Robert Toussaint. Nya Varvet near Gothenburg 17.12.1884 — Uppsala 5.7.1935. Swedish Indologist. Professor in Uppsala. Son of Claës Robert Adolf Charpentier, a major, of a Huguenot family which had emigrated to Sweden in the 17th century, and Helena Elisabeth Augusta Geijer. Educated in Gothenburg. From 1902 studies…
CARNOY, Albert Joseph. Louvain (Leuven) 7.11.1878 — Louvain 12.1.1961. Belgian Linguist. Professor in Louvain. Son of Joseph Antoine Carnoy, Professor of Philosophy at Louvain. Studied at Louvain Romance and classical philology, wrote dr. dissertations in both (in 1901 and 1902). From 1902 Docent, from 1904 eo. Professor and from 1908…
CALAND, Willem. Brielle (Den Briel), Zuid Holland 27.8.1859 — Utrecht 23.3. 1932. Dutch Indologist. Professor in Utrecht. Son of the water engineer Pieter Caland (1826–1902) and Helena Carolina de Jonge (1828–1893). Educated in the Hague. Studied from 1877 classical philology under Cobet at Leiden, became interested in Kern’s lectures. In…
CAIX DE SAINT-AYMOUR, Amédée, vicomte de. Senlis (Oise) 26.4.1843 — Paris 1.2.1921. French Archaeologist and Historian with early interest in Comparative Linguistics. Studied law and linguistics, later turned to archaeology. Son of Léon de Caix de Saint-Aymour (maire of Ognon) and Louise Marie Eugénie Raffard de Marcilly. In 1869 led an…
BURY, John Bagnell. Clontibret, co. Monaghan, Ireland 16.10.1861 — Rome 1.6.1927. British (Irish) Classical Scholar and Historian. Professor in Cambridge. Son of Rev. Edward John Bury, Anglican canon of Clogher, and Anna Rogers. Educated in Londonderry, studies at Trinity College in Dublin. In 1893-1902 Professor of Modern History at Trinity…
BURCHARDI, Gustav. Flensburg 1866 — 19??. German Linguist. Ph.D. 1892 Halle. In 1910 visited the Isle of Man and was called Professor, in 1913 in Limerick, Ireland, joined Irish Text Society – apparently he was keenly interested in Celtic languages. In 1913-24 corresponded with Streitberg. Publications: Diss. Die Intensiva des…
BULIČ, Sergej Konstantinovič. St.Petersburg (Vikip. Kazan) 27.8.(8.9.)1859 — Petrograd 15.4.1921. Russian Linguist. Professor in St.Petersburg. Born in a noble family originating from Kazan Government. Orthodox. Educated in 1870-78 at gymnasium in Kazan, then 1878-84 studied Linguistics, Sanskrit, and Slavic philology at Kazan University (under Baudouin de Courtenay and Kruševskij), wrote…
BUGGE, Elseus Sophus. Larvik 5.1.1833 — Tønset 8.7.1907. Norwegian Linguist, mainly Scandinavian, but also IE, Anatolian and Etruscan Scholar. Professor in Christiania (Oslo). Son of Alexander Bugge (1790–1854), a merchant and former lieutenant, and Maren Kirstine Sartz (1799–1836). After school in Larvik he started 1848 studies of classical philology at…
BUCK, Carl Darling. Orland/Bucksport, Me. 2.10.1866 — Chicago, Ill. 8.2.1955 (or Bucksport?). U.S. Linguist (IE and Classical Scholar). Professor in Chicago. The only child of Edward Buck and Emeline Darling, both of old New England families. Educated at Eastern Maine Conference Seminary in Bucksport, studies at Yale: A.B. 1886, Ph.D.…
BRUNNHOFER, Gottlieb Hermann. Aarau 16.3.(21.3.?)1841 — Munich 28.10.1916. Swiss Indo-Iranian Scholar. Son of Gottlieb Brunnhofer, a knifesmith, and Elisabeth Obrist. After Gymnasium in Aarau, from 1861 studies of Philosophy at Zürich, Bonn, and Berlin, where Weber locked him to Indology. In 1866 assistant to Monier Williams in Oxford, 1867 to…