SAUSSURE, Ferdinand de. Geneva 26.9.1857 — Vufflens-le-Château, Vaud 22.2.1913. Swiss Linguist. Professor in Geneva. Son of Henri Louis Frédéric de S., a zoologist, and Louise de Pourtalès, the family was originally of Lorraine nobility, settled in Switzerland in the 16th century. His brother was Sinologist Léopold de S. (1866-1925). After…
PICTET, Adolphe. Lancy, Kanton Geneva 9/11.9.1799 — Geneva 12/20.12.1875. Swiss Officer and IE Scholar. Teacher and Docent in Geneva. Son of the well known diplomat and politician, the member of Genevan Government Charles Pictet-de Rochemont, and Sara Rochemont. Studies at Hofwyl (Bern), then aesthetics and philosophy from 1820 in Paris,…
OLTRAMARE, Jean Paul Gamaliel. Geneva 6.4.1854 — Geneva 22.10.1930. Swiss Indologist and Scholar of Religion. Professor in Geneva. Son of André O., the Professor of Latin at Geneva University, of an old Genevan family, and and Jeanne Louise Andrienne Fournier. Studies of sciences and humanities at Geneva in 1872-75 (started…