PULGRAM, Ernst. Vienna 18.9.1915 — Ireland 17.8.2005. U.S. (Austrian-born) Linguist, Specialist of Italic and Romance Languages. Son of tailor Sigmund Pulgram. Educated in Vienna,1934 began studies at Vienna under Kretschmer et al., Ph.D. 1938 in Romance philology. After Anschluss he had to escape from the Nazis as a Jew in…
PROKOSCH, Eduard. Eger, Bohemia (Cheb, Czechia) 15.3.1876 — New Haven, Conn. 11.8.1938. U.S. (born Austrian) Linguist, Specialist of IE and Germanic. Son of Wenzel Prokosch, a schoolmaster, and Marie Fischer. Studied jurisprudence at Prague and Vienna (advocate examination 1897). Emigrated to the U.S.A. 1898 (citizen 1904). Worked briefly as reporter…
NEUMANN, Günter. Freiberg, Saxonia 31.5.1920 — Würzburg 24.1.2005. German IE Scholar. Professor in Würzburg. Son of a teacher. During the war served in army in northern Norway (learned Norwegian), then British war prisoner. Studies at Leipzig (J. Friedrich) and Göttingen. Ph.D. 1953 (diss. on Greek literature). Worked as schoolteacher. From…
MARSTRANDER, Carl Johan Sverdrup. Kristiansand 26.11.1883 — Oslo 23.12.1965. Norwegian Linguist and Celtologist. Professor in Oslo. Son of Frederick Petersen Marstrander and Kristiane Henriette Sørensdatter Brodtkorp (Sverdrup). Matriculated 1902 from Kristiansand, 1902-03 on the army. In 1903-07 studied Classics, IE and Celtic languages at Oslo (S. Bugge, A. Torp). In…
LISKER, Leigh. Philadelphia, Pa. 7.12.1918 — Ibid. 24.3.2006. U.S. Indologist (Dravidian Linguist). Professor in Philadelphia. Studies at University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia: B.A. 1941 in German, M.A. 1946 and Ph.D. 1949 in Linguistics. Taught at University of Pennsylvania: 1948-51 Instructor, 1951-60 Assistant Professor, 1960-64 Associate Professor and from 1964 Professor…
KLIMOV, Georgij Andreevič. Leningrad 23.9.1928 — Moscow 29.4.1997. Russian Linguist, Specialist of Karthvelian and Caucasian languages. From 1946-52 studied Caucasology at Leningrad. Kand. filol. nauk 1955 Tbilisi. From 1954 worked in Linguistic Institute of Soviet/Russian Academy of Sciences. Dr. filol. nauk 1965, Professor 1988. Married with his colleague Džoj Iosifovna…
KAMMENHUBER, Annelies. Hamburg 19.3.1922 — Munich 14.12.1995. German Linguist and Hittite Scholar. Professor in Munich. Daughter of Georg Kammenhuber, a master locksmith, and Maria Hawranek, a Roman Catholic family. Grew up in Hamburg. Studied at Hamburg English, Romance, Latin, Indology, IE linguistics and philosophy in 1940-50 (delayed by the war),…
HAURI, Christoph-Ernst. Binningen near Basel 17.10.1929 — 18.6.2005. Swiss Linguist. Son of a priest, gymnasium in Basel. Studies at Basel, Ph.D. 1960 there. From 1960 chargé de cours at Genève and Lausanne, in 1962-64 taught German at University of Texas in Houston, back in Switzerland from 1965 eo. Professor in…
EMENEAU, Murray Barnson. Lunenburg, Nova Scotia 28.2.1904 — Berkeley, CA 29.8.2005. Canadian Indologist and Anthropologist in the U.S.A. U.S. citizen 1941. Professor in Berkeley. Son of Archibald Emeneau (1871–1912) and Ada Helena Barnson (1875–1961). Father’s early death left the family in poor conditions, but a scholarship helped him to college.…
COOK, Walter Anthony. Washington, DC 17.2.1922 — Washington, DC 27.4.1999. S.J. U.S. Linguist. Son of Patrick Michael Cook and Catherine Lavinia Gaskins. B.A. 1945 Woodstock College, in teaching of mathematics. In 1949-62 teacher in Jamshedpur, Bihar. Also studied theology at De Nobili College in Poona and St. Mary’s College in…