TYCHSEN, Thomas Christian. Horsbüll near Tønder in Slesvig 8.5.1758 — 23.10.1834. German Greek and Oriental Scholar and a Numismatician. Professor in Göttingen. Son of a minister, taught by father and at Husum Gymnasium. From 1777 studies of theology, classics and Oriental languages at Kiel, from 1779 languages at Göttingen under…
THOMPSON, John Perronet. The Ridings, North Tyneside ?.6.1873 — London 8.8.1935. Sir. British Historian of Islamic and Modern India. Studies at Cambridge (Trinity College, B.A.). In 1896 joined I.C.S. Served as Chief Secretary to the Punjab Government 1916-21, Political Secretary to the Government of India and as Commissioner of Delhi.…
THOMAS, Edward. 31.12.1813 — Kensington 10.2.1886. British Civil Servant and Indologist in India. Son of Honoratus Leigh Th., a surgeon. Educated at Haileybury. In 1832 joined the Bengal Civil Service as a writer. Worked as judge in Delhi, soon Superintending Judge of Saugor and Nerbudda Territory. He was often ill…
TEGNÉR, Esaias Henrik Vilhelm. Källstorp, Malmöhus län 13.1.1843 — Lund 21.11.1928. Swedish Orientalist and Linguist. Professor in Lund. Son of a minister, matriculated from Lund in 1859 and started studies at local university. M.A. 1865 Lund. Ph.D. 1865 Lund, from 1865 PD of Islamic languages there. Now started Sanskrit and…
PIZZI, Italo. Parma 30.11.1849 — Turin 5.12.1920. Italian Indo-Iranian Scholar. Professor in Turin. Born in a large family of nobility, studied at Pisa Semitic, Indian and Germanic languages under De Benedetti, Lasinio and Teza. Ph.D. 1871 Pisa. Working in Biblioteca Laurenziana in Florence continued his Oriental, especially Iranian studies. From…
PIGULEVSKAJA, Nina Viktorovna. St.Petersburg 14.1.1894 — Leningrad 17.2.1970. Russian Historian of Byzantium and the Near East. Studies of Semitics under P. K. Kokovcov, specialized in Syriac as the source language of early Byzantine and Sassanid history. In Byzantine studies student of A. A. Vasil’ev, in Arabic of I. Ju. Kračkovskij. In the 1920s…
NYBERG, Henrik Samuel. Söderbärke/Dalarne 28.12.1899 — Uppsala 9/10.2. 1974. Swedish Semitic and Iranian Scholar. Professor in Uppsala. Born in humble conditions as the son of Anders Fredrik N. (1854–1912), a poor curate, and Ida Mathilda Jansson (1867–1911), educated at home and in Västerås. In 1908 started classical and Oriental studies…
NESSELMANN, Georg Heinrich Ferdinand. Fürstenau (now Kmiecin), Kr. Elbing 14.2.(or 24?)1811 — Königsberg 1.7.1881. German Indo-Iranian, Baltic and IE Linguist. Professor in Königsberg. Son of a minister, taught by father at home until 16, then at Elbing Gymnasium. From 1831 he studied mathematics at Königsberg and soon became interested in…
MUIR, John. Glasgow 5.2.1810 — Edinburgh 7.3.1882. British (Scots) Indologist in India (1829-54) and in Edinburgh. Son of William Muir and elder brother of Sir William Muir (1819–1905) who also served in India and was a well known scholar of Arabic and Islam. Educated at Irvine, Glasgow University and Haileybury,…
MORELAND, William Harrison. 13.7.1868 — 28.9.1938. British Historian of Islamic India. Born in Northern Ireland, educated 1881-86 at Clifton College. In 1886 accepted to I.C.S., studied law and other subjects at Cambridge (LL.B. 1889). In India served as local officer and as Assistant Settlement Officer at Unao, U.P., until 1896.…