SHARP, Ralph Norman. Bushey Heath, Hertfordshire 23.6.1896 — Chippenham, Wiltshire 11.9.1995. Rev. British Missionary and Iranian Scholar. Son of John Emilius Ernest Steigenberger Sharp (1847–1951), Keeper of the Public Records, and Mary Elizabeth Ballance. After school in Westminster studied Theology and Classics at Cambridge (Queen’s College), M.A. Worked 40 years…
SCHOFIELD, Sylvia Anne (née Terry-Smith, then Matheson). London 20.5.1916 — Javea, Spain 2.3.2006. British Archaeologist. Daughter of William Horace Smith, an architect and chartered surveyor, and Annie Terry, a Salvation Army officer, educated at Wimbledon Technical College. A free journalist from the age of 16, during WWII in BBC. She…
RUNDGREN, Gustav Frithiof. Stockholm 25.12.1921 — Uppsala 16.9.2006. Swedish Semitic and Iranian Scholar. Professor in Uppsala. Grew up in Stockholm. From 1939 studied Semitics at Uppsala (Nyberg): fil.kand. (M.A.) 1950, fil.lic. 1951, Ph.D. 1955. In 1949-55 teacher of Hebrew at Uppsala, PD 1955. In 1964-88 Professor of Semitic Languages at…
PINGREE, David Edwin. New Haven, CT 2.1.1933 — Providence, RI 11.11.2005. U.S. Indologist and Historian of Science. Son of Daniel Pingree (1902–1986) and Elizabeth Maconi. Grew up in Providence and attended school there. Graduated 1950 from Phillips Academy in Andover. Studied Sanskrit, classics and mathematics, then also Arabic, at Harvard. Mainly…
LABOURT, Jérôme. Paris 2.3.1874 — Paris 27.11.1957. French Historian of early Christianity. From 1890 studies at Séminaire de Saint-Sulpice, ordained priest 1897. Dr.théol. 1904. Then Director of Collège Stanislas in Paris, curator of Saint-Honoré d’Eylau, then “vicaire général du diocèse de Paris et chanoine de la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris”.…
HÖLTY, Arnold Karl Konrad. Jembke, dt. Gifhorn, Niedersachsen 11.8.1800 — 2.9.1857. German Theologian. Son of a priest. Studies ar Göttingen. From 1826 Lutheran Pastor in Uelzen (1836), 1838-42 Superintendet in Osterode, then in Lüneburg until 1852. Provost in Ruelzen 1852-57. Married. Publications: Dsjemschid, Feridun, Gustasp, Zoroaster: eine kritisch-historische Untersuchung über die beiden…
HOECK, Karl Friedrich Christian. Oelber am Weißen Wege, Wolfenbüttel 13.5.1794 — Göttingen 13.1.1877. German Classical Philologist and Historian. After gymnasium in Wolfenbüttel studied 2012-16 Classics at Göttingen (under Heeren et al.). From 1814 employed in Göttingen University. Ph.D. 1818., soon (still 1818) PD, ao. Professor 1823, ord. 1831. From 1845…
EMMANUEL DE SAINT-ALBERT (lay Jean-Baptiste Ballyet, also written Balliet and Baillet). Marnay, Franche-Comte 18.11.1702 — 4.4.1773. French Discalced Carmelite Missionary, Apostolic Vicar of Baghdad. Son of a judge, studies at Carmelite mission seminary Saint Panceas in Rome. In 1728 sent to Babylon as Pro-Vicar, arrived 1729 and spent 6 months in Hamadan learning…
DEBEVOISE, Neilson Carel. Jersey City, NJ 8.11.1903 — Harrisburg, PA 10.12.1992. U.S. Archaeologist and Historian of Mesopotamia and Iran. Studied at University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, Ph.D. 1929 (under Olmstead). From 1930 taught at University of Chicago, participated in Seleucia excavations. During WW II in Military Intelligence Service, posted in Egypt,…
DAYET, Maurice Ernest Alexandre (called “baron”). Besançon 8.11.1889 — Paris 22.3.1973. French Diplomat and Numismatician. Son of André Dayet and Marie Morel, grew up in Cramans (Jura). From 1914 worked as diplomat in Asia, Europe and South America. During WW II belonged to France Libre. Retired in 1954 as ambassador. Married…