SMITH, Henry Goodwin. New York City 8.1.1860 — Goshen, Hampshire County, MA 7.8.1940. Rev. U.S. Theologian. Son of Henry Bounton Smith (1815–1877), also a Theologian, and Elizabeth Lee Allen. Graduated 1881 from Amherst College. M.A. 1884 Union Theological Seminary. D.D. 1897 Wabash and Maryville. Presbyterian Pastor in Freehold, NJ, 1897-1903…
GEHRICH, Georg. Northeim, Niedersachsen 1867 — 1920. German Protestant Priest interested in Oriental Religions. Pastor in Stellichte (Hannover), later (1914) in Goslar. Married Marie Knoke (1870–1947), at least one son. Publications: Translated Cumont’s, Pettazzonis and Tiele’s works into German (1895/1909). – “Zur Frage nach dem Alter des Avesta”, Archiv f. Rel.wiss. 1,…
DROWER, Ethel Stefana (née E. St. Stevens). London 1.12.1879 — 27.1.1972.Lady. British Autodidact Oriental Scholar and Anthropologist in Iraq. Daughter of a clergyman, S. V. Stevens. Married 1911 with Sir Edwin Drower, who was judicial adviser in Iraq in 1921-46. They had one daughter, Peggy Drower (1911–2012, historian of ancient Near…
CLEMEN, Carl Christian. Sommerfeld bei Leipzig 30.3.1865 — Bonn 8.7.1940. German Theologian and Historian of Religion. Professor in Bonn. Son of Oberkirchenrat August Clemen and Helene Voigt, educated at Fürstenschule in Grimma. Studies of theology at Leipzig, Tübingen, Halle and Berlin. PD 1892 Halle. From 1910 ao. Professor of New Testament…
BREUIL, Paul de. Vincennes, Paris 15.3.1932 — Neuilly-sur-Seine 19.10.1991. French Scholar of Religion. Studies at É.P.H.É. His Jaina book was harshly criticized as amateurish by Caillat in the BÉI. Publications: Zarathoustra et la transfiguration du monde. 472 p. P. 1978; Le zoroastrisme. 134 p. Que sais-je? Paris 1982; Histoire de…
RINGBOM, Lars-Ivar. Turku 23.7.1901 — Turku 21.5.1971. Finnish Art Historian interested in Iranian Mythology. Son of Lars Ivar R., a physician, and Elin Elisabeth Granit. Educated in Turku, also art studies in Dresden. Studies at Helsinki (M.A. 1925, under J. J. Tikkanen) and Åbo Akademi (Ph.D. 1935). From 1925 taught…
RHODE, Johann Gottlieb.1762 — 23.8.1827. German Literate, Teacher and Dramatist. Studies at Helmstedt, then worked as tutor in Marienthal, Braunschweig and Estonia. In 1789-97 living in Göttingen, then in Hamburg and soon in Berlin, wrote theatre critics. From 1800 tutor and journalist in Breslau, from 1804 also dramatist and from…
EDWARDS, Edward. Llangedwyn, Montgomeryshire, Powys 5.5.1870 — Llandinam, Montgomeryshire 28.4.1944. British Librarian and Iranian Scholar. Educated in Oswestry and Bala. Studies at University College of Wales in Aberystwyth (under H. Ethé) and 1900-03 Christ’s College, Cambridge. B.A. Wales and Cambridge. From 1904 Assistant in Department of Oriental Printed Books and…
PANGBORN, Cyrus Ransom. Mankato, Jewell County, Kansas 6.2.1916 — New Brunswick, NJ 18.11.1989. U.S. Scholar of Comparative Religion. Professor in New Brunswick. Son of Halsey Melvin P. and Sue Naomi Peets. Studied at Kansas Wesleyan (B.A. 1937), Yale Divinity School (B.D. 1940) and Columbia University (M.Ph. 1950). Ph.D. (Dr.Ph.) in…
MENASCE, Jean de (born Jean André Moise de M.). Alexandria, Egypt 24.12.1902 — Paris 24.11.1973. Father. French Iranian Scholar. From his mother inherited French citizenship, father (banker, Baron Félix de M.) belonged to a Jewish family which had migrated from Spain to Egypt around 1500. Educated at French school in Alexandria,…