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- UHLE, Heinrich
UHLE, Heinrich. 1842 — 1913. German Indologist. Schoolteacher in Dresden. Studies at Leipzig, i.al. Indology under Brockhaus. Ph.D. Taught at Gymnasium ...
- UHLENBECK, Christianus Cornelius
UHLENBECK, Christianus Cornelius. Voorburg 18.10.1866 — Lugano, Switzerland 12.8.1951 (or 1959?). Dutch Linguist and IE Scholar. Professor in Leiden. Son of ...
- UHLIG, Helmut
UHLIG, Helmut. Chemnitz 18.5.1922 — Berlin 24.2.1997. German Teacher and Author interested in Buddhist Studies. Studies of philosophy, art history and literature at ...
- UHLIK, Rade
UHLIK, Rade. Sarajevo 1.2.1899 — Sarajevo 12.6.1991. Yugoslavian Linguist and Gipsy Scholar. Born in a Lutheran family. Studied Germanistics at Belgrad and worked ...
- UHTOMSKIJ, Esper Esperovič,
UHTOMSKIJ, Esper Esperovič, Prince. Oranienbaum (now Lomonosov) 26.8.1861 — Detskoe Selo 26.11.1921. Russian Scholar, Collector, Traveller, Political Thinker, Entrepreneur and Publisher. Son of ...
- UJFALVY DE MEZŐ-KÖVESD, Charles-Eugène
ÚJFALVY DE MEZŐ-KÖVESD, Charles-Eugène (Mezőkövesdi Újfalvy Károly Jenő). Vienna 18.5.1842 — Florence 31.1.1904. Hungarian Traveller and Anthropologist of Central ...
- UNKRIG, Wilhelm Alexander
UNKRIG, Wilhelm Alexander. Köslin, Pomerania (now Koszalin in Poland) 1883 — Traisa near Darmstadt 24.6.1956. German Mongolian and Lamaist Scholar. Son of a crofter. ...
- UPHAM, Edward
UPHAM, Edward. Exeter 1776 — Bath 25.8.1834. British Bookdealer and Orientalist. Born in Exeter, where his father Charles U. was later the mayor ...
- UPJOHN, Aaron
UPJOHN, Aaron. 17?? — 1???. British Printer in India. Arrived at Calcutta in 1785 as ship’s musician (bassoon player). There he became printer and part owner of the Calcutta Chronicle. Bankrupt in 1792. He printedthe ...
- URAY, Géza
URAY, Géza. Budapest 16.8.1921 — 17.7.1991. Hungarian Tibetan Scholar. Professor in Budapest. Reluctantly following his father’s wish he enrolled the Military ...
- USBORNE, Charles Frederick
USBORNE, Charles Frederick. London 18.2.1874 — 6.11.1919. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Thomas U. and Agnes Elizabeth Gibbs. Studies at Balliol College, Oxford. Joined I.C.S. in 1898. Finally Deputy ...
- UXBAND, F. E., nom-de-plume of —> Vilmos HevesyUXBAND, F. E., nom-de-plume of —> Vilmos Hevesy
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- VAILLANT, Louis
VAILLANT, Louis Auguste André Marie. Paris 26.11.1876 — Arras 18.2.1963. French Army Physician, Naturalist and Explorer. Son of Léon Louis V., Professor of Zoology. Studied medicine at Bordeaux, graduated 1902 and became ...
- VALENTIJN, François
VALENTIJN, François. Dordrecht 17.4.1666 — the Hague 6.8.1727. Dutch Priest and Naturalist. Son of a school director. Studied theology and philosophy at Leiden and Utrecht. From 1684 spent 16 years as ...
- VALENTINE, William H.
VALENTINE, William H. 1856 — 1927. British Numismatician. Apparently a layman without academic or official position.
Publications: The Copper Coins of India. 1. Muhammadan Coins. 271 p. 2. The Panjab and Contiguous Native ...
- VALLAURI, Mario
VALLAURI, Mario. Viareggio (Lucca) 31.7.1887 — Dronero (Cuneo) 19.9.1964. Italian Indologist. Professor in Turin. Born in an old Piemontese family, studied ...
- VALTONEN, Pertti
VALTONEN, Pertti. 1933 — 1999. Finnish Gipsy Scholar. Studies of Indology, etc. at Helsinki. M.A. ...
- VALVANNE, Hugo
VALVANNE, Hugo (until 1906 H. Wegelius). Pietarsaari 18.7.1894 — Funen, Denmark 25.7.1961. Finnish Student ...
- VAMBÉRY, Arminiusz (Hermann)
VAMBÉRY, Ármin (Arminius).VANDEN BERGHE, Louis
VANDEN BERGHE, Louis. Oostnieuwkerke, West Flanders 24.12.1923 — Ghent 17.9.1993. Belgian Archaeologist and Iranian ...
- VANÍČEK, Alois
VANÍČEK, Alois. Prague 21.6.1825 — Prague 9.5.1883. Czech IE Scholar. Son of a teacher. ...
- VANSITTART, Henry
VANSITTART, Henry. Bloomsbury, Middlesex 3.6.1732 — on sea 1770. British Civil Servant in India. ...
- VARENNE, Jean
VARENNE, Jean. Marseille 12.6.1926 — Paris 12.7.1997. French Indologist. Professor in Aix-en-Provence. ...
- VARTHEMA, Ludovico di
VARTHEMA, Ludovico di. Bologna 1470? — Rome before June 1517. Italian Traveller in India. ...
- VASCONCELOS (DE) ABREU, Guilherme Augusto (de)
VASCONCELOS (DE) ABREU, Guilherme Augusto (de). Coimbra 20.5.1842 — Lisbon 1.2.1907. Portuguese ...
- VASIL’EV, Aleksej Ivanovič
VASIL’EV, Aleksej Ivanovič. St.Petersburg 1903 — Leningrad 6.11.1936.
- VASIL’EV, Vasilij Pavlovič (Wassilieff)
VASIL’EV, Vasilij Pavlovič (Wassilieff). Nižni-Novgorod 20.2.(4.3.)1818 — St.Petersburg 27.4.1900. Russian Sinologist and Buddhist ...
- VASMER, Rihard Vil’gelm (Georg Rihardovič, Georg Wilhelm V.)
VASMER, Rihard Vil’gelm (Georg Rihardovič, Georg Wilhelm V.). St.Petersburg 9/21.10.1888 — Taškent 22.2.1938.Russian Numismatist and Oriental Scholar. Born in a Lutheran family of German background, son of Richard Julius Friedrich Vasmer ...
- VASSALINI, Ida
VASSALINI, Ida. Verona 1.11.1891 — Milano 21.12.1953. Italian Poet and Translator. Daughter of Bartolomeo V. ...
- VÄTH, Alfons
VÄTH, Alfons. Werbachhausen, Kr. Main-Tauber 15.3.1874 — Bonn 12.5.1937. S.J. German Missionary and Indian Historian. Working in Bombay in 1899-1903 and 1910-16. ...
- VAUGHAN-ARBUCKLE, Benjamin
VAUGHAN-ARBUCKLE, Benjamin. 18?? — 19??. One BV-A became Lieutenant-Colonel 1887. But the family had several officers serving in India in the 19th century. One (the same?) Captain BV-A, son of General ...
- VAUGHAN, John Luther
VAUGHAN, John Luther. Leicester St. Martin 6.3.1820 — Tunbridge, Kent 2.1.1911. Sir. British Colonial ...
- VAUX, William Sandys Wright
VAUX, William Sandys Wright. Oxford 28.2.1818 — London 21.6.1885. British Numismatician and Antiquarian. Son of Rev. William Vaux, a ...
- VELJAČIĆ, Čedomil (Ñāṇajīvaka)
VELJAČIĆ, Čedomil (Ñāṇajīvaka). Zagreb 18.6.1915 — California 28.12.1997. Croatian Classical Scholar, Philosopher, ...
- VELZE, Jacob Antoon van
VELZE, Jacob Antoon van. Hilversum 1902/03— 1984. Dutch Student of Indology. Son of Jacob van V. and Adriana Tober. Studied Classics at Utrecht, also Sanskrit under Caland. In 1930 teacher. Ph.D. 1938 Utrecht ...
- VENDRYES, Joseph (Jean-Baptiste-Marie)
VENDRYES, Joseph (Jean-Baptiste-Marie). Paris 13.1.1875 — Paris 30.1.1960. French IE, Celtic and General Linguist. ...
- VENIERE, Alessandro
VENIERO, Alessandro. 18?? — 19??. Italian Philologist. Possibly in Sicily.
- VENIS, Arthur
VENIS, Arthur (born A. V. Lazarus). 4.10.1857 — 5.6.1918. British (Scottish) Educator and ...
- VENTURA, Giovanni
VENTURA, Giovanni (Jean-Baptiste V., originally Rubino ben Torah). Finale near Modena 25.5.1794 — Lardenne ...
- VÉQUAUD, Yves
VÉQUAUD, Yves. Paris 5.9.1938 — Villiers-Saint-Denis (Aisne) 19.8.2000. French Anthropologist and Author.
Publications: L’art de Mithila. 127 p. ill. 1975; The Women Painters of Mithila. 102 p. ill. L. 1977.
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- VERNER, Karl
VERNER, Karl Adolph. Aarhus 7.3.1846 — Copenhagen 5.11.1896. Danish Linguist and Phonetician. Professor in ...
- VÉRTESY, Desző
VÉRTESY, Desző. Pásztó 24.6.1881 — Budapest 12.7.1917. Hungarian Greek and Sanskrit Philologist. Studies at ...
- VEYSSIÈRE DE LACROZE, Mathurin (de La Croze)
VEYSSIÈRE DE LACROZE, Mathurin (de La Croze). Nantes 4.12.1661 — Berlin 21.5.1739. French Orientalist ...
- VEZDIN, Philip
VEZDIN, Philip —> PAULINUS A SANCTO BARTHOLOMAEO.
- VIENNOT, Odette
VIENNOT, Odette. 23.1.1910 — 18.11.1992. French Indologist and Art Historian. Born in ...
- VIGNE, Godfrey Thomas
VIGNE, Godfrey Thomas. Walthamstown, Essex 1.9.1801 — Woosford, Essex 12.7.1863. British Traveller in India ...
- VILLE, Frans de
VILLE, Frans de. 1??? — 19??. Belgian Schoolteacher interested in Indology. Perhaps the same ...
- VINCENZI, Carlo
VINCENZI, Carlo. 18?? — 19??. Italian interested in Sanskrit.
VINCENZO MARIA DI SANTA CATERINA DA SIENA
VINCENZO MARIA DI SANTA CATERINA DA SIENA (lay Antonio Murchio di Bormio). Bormio 1626 — Rome 5.11.1679. Father. Italian Carmelite, Procurator of his order. In 1656 sent by Pope Alexander VII and Propaganda Fide to India to inspect Catholic ...
- VINSON, Julien
VINSON, Elie Honoré JulienVIRCHOW, Rudolf
VIRCHOW, Rudolf. Schivelbein (now Świdwin in Poland) 13.10.1821 — Berlin 5.9.1902. German Anatomist and ...
- VIVIEN DE SAINT-MARTIN, Louis
VIVIEN DE SAINT-MARTIN, Louis. Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay, Calvados 22.5.1802 — Paris 3.1.1897. French Scholar of Historical ...
- VIZEL’, Oskar Èmil’evič.
VIZEL’, Oskar Èmil’evič. St.Petersburg 1895 — 19??. VLADIMIRCOV, Boris Jakovlevič
VLADIMIRCOV, Boris Jakovlevič. Kaluga 8.(20.)7.1884 — Siverskij 17.8.1931. Russian Mongolian and Buddhist Scholar. Academician in St.Petersburg. Son of an engineer. Graduated 1909 at St.Petersburg (Sino-Manchu section), Magistr 1911. In 1911 expedition ...
- VLIET, Joannes van der
VLIET, Joannes van der. Reeuwijk 24.4.1847 — Utrecht 17.7.1902. Dutch Classical Scholar ...
- VODSKOV, Hans Sofus
VODSKOV, Hans Sofus (born Hans Sophus Wodschou). Limensgade, Åker, Bornholm 16.9.1846 — Copenhagen 16.3.1910. ...
- VOGEL, Jean-Philippe
VOGEL, Jean-Philippe. ’s-Gravenhage 9.1.1871 — Oegstgeest 10.4.1958. Dutch Indologist, Specialist of Indian ...
- VOGT, Hans Kamstrup
VOGT, Hans Kamstrup. Fredrikstad, Norway 1.6.1903 — Oslo 25.9.1986. Norwegian Linguist. Professor in Oslo. ...
- VOIGT, Wolfgang
VOIGT, Wolfgang. Friedenau/Berlin 17.7.1911 — Berlin 30.8.1982. German Indologist. Editor of the ...
- VOLCK, Johann Christoph Wilhelm
VOLCK, Johann Christoph Wilhelm. Nürnberg 18.11.1835 — Rostock 29.5.1904. German Oriental Scholar in Estonia. ...
- VOLKOVA, Oktjabrina Fedorovna
VOLKOVA, Oktjabrina Fedorovna. Leningrad 23.1.1926 — 22.10.1988. Russian Indologist, specialist of Buddhist ...
- VOLNEY DE CHASSEBOEUF (BOISGIRAIS), Constantin-François, comte de
VOLNEY DE CHASSEBOEUF (BOISGIRAIS), Constantin-FrançoisVORETZSCH, Ernst Arthur
VORETZSCH, Ernst Arthur. Lucka, Thüringen 13.8.1868 — Colmberg 18.5.1965. German Diplomat and Historian. Studied ...
- VOROB’EV-DESJATOVSKIJ, Vladimir Svjatoslavovič
VOROB’EV-DESJATOVSKIJ, Vladimir Svjatoslavovič. Tver 3.10.1927 — Leningrad 2.7.1956. Russian Indologist. Son of an ...
- VOSS, Erich von
VOSS, Erich von. Fellin (Viljandi, Estonia) 29.11.(11.12.)1880 — Viechtach (Bavaria) 15.12.1917. Baltic German Student ...
- VOST, William
VOST, William. ?.11.1861 — London 1947. British (Scottish) Army Physician in India. Son of Henry Vost and Isobel Charlotte Broad. Medical studies at Glasgow. From 1887 served in North India. Surgeon-Captain ...
- VOSTRIKOV, Andrej Ivanovič
VOSTRIKOV, Andrej Ivanovič. Agarevka (Ogarevka) village in Atkarskij uezd, Saratov gub. 10.(23.)10.1902 ...
- VOTÝPKA, Bedřich
VOTÝPKA, Bedřich. Neveklov 28.2.1865 — Mirotice u Písku 28.6.1940. Czech Teacher interested in Indology. ...
- VOYSEY, Henry Wesley
VOYSEY, Henry Wesley. Salisbury, Wiltshire 16.10.1791 — Sulkea Ghat 19.4.1824. British Physician, Geologist and Mineralogits in India. Son of Baptist minister Henry V. and Ann Maria Annesley Ellison. Studied medicine in London ...
- VREESE, Koenrad Stanislaus Jan Marie de
VREESE, Koenrad Stanislaus Jan Marie deVRIES, Johann Dietrich Ludwig de
VRIES, Johann Dietrich Ludwig de. Gennep 18.4.1894 — 19??. Dutch Indologist. Son ...
- VULLERS, Johann August
VULLERS, Johann August. Bonn 23.10.1803 — Bonn 21.1.1880. German Oriental (Arabic and ...
- VYHNIS, Čeněk (Vincenz)
VYHNIS, Čeněk (Vincenz). Kostelec nad Labem 8.10.1842 — Prague 23.3.1897. Czech Schoolteacher interested in ...
- VANÍČEK, Alois