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- UHLE, Heinrich
UHLE, Heinrich. Frauenstein, Erzgebirge 9.11.1842 — Blasewirz, Dresden 28.12.1925. German Indologist and Philologist. Schoolteacher in ...
- UHLENBECK, Christianus Cornelius
UHLENBECK, Christianus Cornelius. Voorburg, South Holland 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 — Rotenburg an der Wümme in North-Eastern Niedersachsen 24.2.1997. German Teacher and Author interested in Buddhist Studies. Son ...
- UHLIK, Rade
UHLIK, Rade (born as Aladar Uhlik). Sarajevo 1.2.1899 — Sarajevo 12.6.1991. Bosnian-Herzegovinian Linguist and Gypsy Scholar. Born in a Lutheran family, grew ...
- UHTOMSKIJ, Èsper Èsperovič,
UHTOMSKIJ, Èsper Èsperovič, Prince. Oranienbaum (now Lomonosov) west of St.Petersburg 26.8.1861 — Detskoe Selo (Puškin), St.Petersburg 26.11.1921. Russian Scholar, Collector, Traveller, Political Thinker, Entrepreneur and ...
- ÚJFALVY, Charles-Eugène (Károly Jenő)
ÚJFALVY DE MEZŐ-KÖVESD, Charles-Eugène (Mezőkövesdi Újfalvy Károly Jenő, Karl Eugen Újfalvy von Mezőkövesd). Vienna 18.5.1842 — Florence 31.1.1904. Hungarian Traveller and Anthropologist of ...
- 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. From 1908 ...
- UPHAM, Edward
UPHAM, Edward. Exeter 1776 — Bath 25.8.1834. British Bookdealer and Orientalist. Born in Exeter, where his father Charles Upham (1739–1807) was later (1796) 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. ...
- URAY, Géza
URAY DE URA, Géza Ferenc Zoltán. Budapest 16.8.1921 — Vienna 17.7.1991. Hungarian Tibetan Scholar. Professor in Budapest. Son of Zoltán János Uray (1888–1946) ...
- USBORNE, Charles Frederick
USBORNE, Charles Frederick. London 18.2.1874 — 6.11.1919. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Thomas Usborne (1838–1898), a businessman, and Agnes Elizabeth Gibbs. Studies at Balliol College, Oxford. Rejected by ...
- 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 (Pas-de-Calais) 18.2.1963. French Army Physician, Naturalist and Explorer. Son of Léon Louis Vaillant (1834–1914), Professor of Zoology, and Henriette Jeanne ...
- VALENTIJN, François
VALENTIJN, François (Franciscus). Dordrecht 17.4.1666 — the Hague 6.8.1727. Dutch Priest and Naturalist. Son of school director Abraham Valentijn and Maria Rijsbergen. Studied theology and philosophy at Leiden ...
- VALENTINE, William H.
VALENTINE, William H. 1856 — 1927. British Numismatist. Apparently a layman without academic or official position.
Publications: The Copper Coins of India. 1. Muhammadan Coins. 271 p. 2. The ...
- VALLAURI, Mario
VALLAURI, Mario. Viareggio (Lucca) 31.7.1887 — Dronero (Cuneo) 19.9.1964. Italian Indologist. Professor in Turin. Born of an old Piemontese family, son of Giuseppe ...
- VALTONEN, Pertti
VALTONEN, Pertti. 1933 — 1999. Finnish Gypsy Scholar. Studies of Indology, etc. at Helsinki. M.A. 1964 and Lic.Phil. 1968 Helsinki (under P. Aalto). Then ...
- VALVANNE, Hugo
VALVANNE, Hugo (until 1906 H. Wegelius). Pietarsaari 18.7.1894 — Funen, Denmark 25.7.1961. Finnish Student of Indology and Diplomatist. Son of Henrik Eliel Wegelius (1853–1933), a ...
- VAMBÉRY, Arminiusz (Hermann)
VAMBÉRY, Ármin (Arminius). Szentgyörgy (now Svätý Jur in Slovakia) 19.3.1832 — Seebenstein, Austria (Setälä) of Budapest (Wiki) 15.9.1913. Hungarian ...
- VANDEN BERGHE, Louis
VANDEN BERGHE, Louis. Oostnieuwkerke, West Flanders 24.12.1923 — Ghent 17.9.1993. Belgian Archaeologist and Iranian Scholar. Born in a Flemish family, educated at Roeselare College. Studies ...
- VANÍČEK, Alois
VANÍČEK, Alois. Prague 21.6.1825 — Prague 9.5.1883. Czech Classical and IE Scholar. Son of a teacher. After school in Prague, in 1843-47 studies of law, ...
- VANSITTART, Henry
VANSITTART, Henry. Bloomsbury, Middlesex (D.N.B. London) 3.6.1732 — on sea 1770. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Arthur van Sittart (1691–1760), a wealthy merchant ...
- VARENNE, Jean
VARENNE, Jean Albert. Marseille 12.6.1926 — Paris 12.7.1997. French Indologist. Professor in Aix-en-Provence and Lyon. After school (Lycée Thiers) in Marseille studies
- VARTHEMA, Ludovico di
VARTHEMA, Ludovico di (Barthema, Vertomannus). Bologna 1470? — Rome before June 1517. Italian Traveller in India. Claiming to have started ...
- VASCONCELOS (DE) ABREU, Guilherme
VASCONCELOS (DE) ABREU, Guilherme Augusto (de). Coimbra 20.5.1842 — Lisbon 1.2.1907. Portuguese Indologist. Professor in Lisbon. Son of Victor Madail de ...
- VASIL’EV, Aleksej Ivanovič
VASIL’EV, Aleksej Ivanovič. St.Petersburg 1903 — Leningrad 6.11.1936. Russian Specialist of Sogdian. Son of a worker. Joined early the Communist Party ...
- 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 Scholar. Professor in St.Petersburg. Son of a minor civil servant. ...
- VASMER, Rihard Vil’gelm (Georg Rihardovič)
VASMER, Rihard Vil’gelm (Georgij Rihardovič Fasmer, Rihard Rihardovič Fasmer, Richard Wilhelm Georg Vasmer). St.Petersburg 9/21.10.1888 — Taškent 22.2.1938.Russian Numismatist and Oriental Scholar. Born in a Lutheran merchant family of ...
- VASSALINI, Ida
VASSALINI, Ida. Verona 1.11.1891 — Milano 21.12.1953. Italian Poet and Translator. Daughter of Bartolomeo Vassalini and Itala Abati, grew up in Verona. Became early ...
- VÄTH, Alfons
VÄTH, Alfons. Werbachhausen, Kr. Main-Tauber 15.3.1874 — Bonn 12.5.1937. Father. S.J. German Missionary and Indian Historian. Working in Bombay in 1899-1903 and ...
- VAUDEVILLE, Charlotte
VAUDEVILLE, Charlotte Louise Marie. La Tronche (Isère) 1918 — Poissy (Yvelines) 28.4.2006. Mademoiselle. French Indologist, a Specialist of Bhakti Religion and Poetry. Professor in Paris. Studied classics and Indology in ...- VAUGHAN-ARBUCKLE, Benjamin
VAUGHAN-ARBUCKLE, Benjamin. 18?? — 19??. One B. Vaughan-Arbuckle became Lieutenant-Colonel 1887. But the family had several officers serving in India in the 19th century. One (the same?) Captain B. Vaughan-Arbuckle (1839–1924)., ...
- VAUGHAN, John Luther
VAUGHAN, John Luther. Leicester St. Martin 6.3.1820 — Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent 2.1.1911. Sir. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Rev. Edward Thomas Vaughan ...
- VAUX, William Sandys Wright
VAUX, William Sandys Wright. Oxford 28.2.1818 — Chelsea, London 21.6.1885. British Numismatist and Antiquarian. Son of Rev. William Vaux (d. 1844) and Mary Hawkins, educated ...
- VELJAČIĆ, Čedomil (Ñāṇajīvaka)
VELJAČIĆ, Čedomil (Ñāṇajīvaka). Zagreb 18.6.1915 — San Francisco, Calif. 28.12.1997. Croatian Classical Scholar, Philosopher, and Bauddha. Born in a Croatian Catholic family, son ...
- VELZE, Jacob Antoon van
VELZE, Jacob Antoon van. Hilversum 1902/03— 1984. Dutch Student of Indology. Son of Jacob van Velze and Adriana Tober. Studied Classics at Utrecht, also Sanskrit under Caland. In 1930 ...
- VENDRYES, Joseph
VENDRYES, Joseph (Joseph Jean-Baptiste-Marie V.). Paris 13.1.1875 — Paris 30.1.1960. French IE, Celtic and General Linguist. Professor in Paris. Son of a civil servant,
- VENIERO, Alessandro
VENIERO, Alessandro. 18?? — 19??. Italian Philologist. Perhaps in Sicily. In 1917 mentioned as ...
- VENIS, Arthur
VENIS, Arthur (born Arthur Venis Lazarus). Calcutta 4.10.1857 — Uttarkhand 5.6.1918. British (Anglo-Indian) Educator and Indologist in India. Professor in Varanasi ...
- VENTURA, Giovanni
VENTURA, Giovanni Battista Rubino (Jean-Baptiste Ventura, originally Rubino ben Torah). Finale near Modena 25.5.1794 — Lardenne near Toulouse 3.4.1858. Italian Officer in India. Son of ...
- 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, English and German translations 1977.
- VERNER, Karl
VERNER, Karl Adolph (born K. A. Werner). Aarhus 7.3.1846 — Copenhagen 5.11.1896. Danish Linguist and Phonetician. Professor in Copenhagen. Son of a German artisan, Christian ...
- VÉRTESY, Dezső
VÉRTESY, Dezső. Pásztó 24.6.1881 — Budapest 12.7.1917. Hungarian Greek and Sanskrit Philologist. Son of Gyula Vértesy, an advocate, and Izabella Patzek, educated ...
- VERWEY, Anthony Hendrik Nicolaas
VERWEY, Anthony Hendrik Nicolaas. ’s-Gravenhage 14.4.1918 — Leiden 7.1.2001. Dutch Anthropologist specialized in India and Tibet. Studied Law and Indology at Amsterdam and Leiden. In 1947-81 working ...
- VEYSSIÈRE DE LACROZE, Mathurin
VEYSSIÈRE DE LACROZE, Mathurin (M. V. de La Croze). Nantes 4.12.1661 — Berlin 21.5.1739. French Oriental Scholar and Polyhistor. Son of a rich merchant, he ...
- 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 an artist family, studied ethnology, soon Indology at É.P.H.É. and Indian ...
- VIGNE, Godfrey
VIGNE, Godfrey Thomas. Walthamstown, Essex 1.9.1801 — Woodford, Essex 12.7.1863. British Traveller in India and America. Son of Thomas Vigne, from 1817 “educated at Harrow. ...
- VILLE, Frans de
VILLE, Frans de. 1??? — 1962. Belgian Schoolteacher interested in Indology. Called Professor, probably at a school. Perhaps he is the same F. de Ville ...
- VINCENZI, Carlo
VINCENZI, Carlo. 18?? — 19??. Italian interested in Sanskrit.
Publications: Manava-Dharma-Sastra. Le leggi di ...
- VINCENZO MARIA DI SANTA CATERINA DA SIENA
VINCENZO MARIA DI SANTA CATERINA DA SIENA (lay Antonio Murchio di Bormio). Bormio, Lombardy 1626 — Rome 5.11.1679. Father. Italian Carmelite, Procurator of his order. In 1656 sent by Pope Alexander VII and Propaganda Fide to ...
- VINOGRADOV, Viktor Sergeevič
VINOGRADOV, Viktor Sergeevič. Istik, Kalužskaja gub. 24.2.(8.3.)1899 — Moscow 5.10.1992. Russian Musicologist. Son of a priest. In 1921 joined the Communist Party. From 1922 studied ...
- VINSON, Julien
VINSON, Elie Honoré Julien. Paris? (thus French Wikipédia, English Wikip. claims Pondichéry and data.bnf.fr Bagnères-de-Luchon, Haute-Garonne) 21.1.1843 — Libourne (Gironde) ...
- VIRCHOW, Rudolf
VIRCHOW, Rudolf. Schivelbein, Pomerania (now Świdwin in Poland) 13.10.1821 — Berlin 5.9.1902. German Anatomist, Pathologist and Anthropologist. Son of Carl Christian Siegfried Virchow (1785–1865), farmer ...
- VIRIEUX, Eugène
VIRIEUX, Eugène. 1861 — 31.10.1923 or 11.4.1938. Swiss Priest and Theologian. Lic.théol. Ordained 1884. Pastor in Rougemont from 1885, in Champvent 1886, again in Rougemont ...
- VIVIEN DE SAINT-MARTIN, Louis
VIVIEN DE SAINT-MARTIN, Louis. Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay (Calvados) 22.5.1802 — Versailles 3.1.1897. French Scholar of Historical Geography. Born Louis Vivien, came to Paris in 1814. Worked as ...
- VIZEL’, Oskar Èmil’evič.
VIZEL’, Oskar Èmil’evič. St.Petersburg 1895 — Solikamsk, obl. Perm 6.3.1939. Russian Indologist, Tibetologist, Japanologist and Archaeologist. Born in an noble family ...
- VLADIMIRCOV, Boris Jakovlevič
VLADIMIRCOV, Boris Jakovlevič. Kaluga 8.(20.)7.1884 — Siverskij near Leningrad 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 ...
- VLIET, Joannes van der
VLIET, Joannes van der. Reeuwijk, South Holland 24.4.1847 — Utrecht 17.7.1902. Dutch Classical Scholar and Indologist. Professor in Utrecht. Son of Rev. Frederick ...
- VODSKOV, Hans Sofus
VODSKOV, Hans Sofus (born Hans Sophus Wodschou). Limensgade, Åker, Bornholm 16.9.1846 — Copenhagen 16.3.1910. Danish Scholar of Comparative Religion. Born in modest family, son of ...
- VOGEL, Jean-Philippe
VOGEL, Jean-Philippe. ’s-Gravenhage 9.1.1871 — Oegstgeest near Leiden 10.4.1958. Dutch Indologist, Specialist of Indian Art and Archaeology. Professor in Leiden. Son of Johan ...
- VOGT, Hans Kamstrup
VOGT, Hans Kamstrup. Fredrikstad, Østfold, Norway 1.6.1903 — Oslo 25.9.1986. Norwegian Linguist. Professor in Oslo. Son of Nils Anton Vogt (1867–1941), a medical officer, and ...
- VOIGT, Wolfgang
VOIGT, Wolfgang. Friedenau/Berlin 17.7.1911 — Berlin 30.8.1982. German Indologist. Editor of the V.O.H.D. Studied at Berlin Indology (Lüders, Breloer), Iranian (Schaeder) and Theology, ...
- VOLCK, Wilhelm
VOLCK, Johann Christoph Wilhelm. Nürnberg 18.11.1835 — Rostock 29.5.1904. German Oriental Scholar and Theologian in Estonia. Professor at Dorpat (Tartu) and Rostock. Son of a ...
- VOLKOVA, Oktjabrina Fëdorovna
VOLKOVA, Oktjabrina Fëdorovna. Leningrad 23.1.1926 — 22.10.1988. Russian Indologist, specialist of Buddhist Sanskrit literature. Daughter of an officer, Fëdor Andreevič Volkov (1898–1954) and ...
- VOLNEY DE CHASSEBOEUF, François, comte de
VOLNEY DE CHASSEBOEUF DE LA GIRAUDAIS (BOISGIRAIS), Constantin-François, comte de. Craon, Anjou 3.2.1757 — Paris 25.4.1820. French Asian Traveller, Historian, Philosopher and Politician. The only ...
- VORETZSCH, Ernst Arthur
VORETZSCH, Ernst Arthur. Lucka, Thüringen 13.8.1868 — Colmberg, Kr. Ansbach 18.5.1965. German Diplomat and Historian. Studied law at Göttingen and entered foreign service in 1899. ...
- VORLÄNDER, Franz
VORLÄNDER, Franz Carl Christian. Röttchen near Bonn 15.9.1806 — Marburg 31.3.1867. German Philosopher. Roman Catholic. Lost early his father, educated by his mother, school ...- VOROB’EV-DESJATOVSKIJ, Vladimir Svjatoslavovič
VOROB’ËV-DESJATOVSKIJ, Vladimir Svjatoslavovič. Tver 3.10.1927 — Leningrad 2.7.1956. Russian Indologist. Son of an official, Svjatoslav Vladimirovič Vorob’ëv-Desjatovskij (d. 1933), Grew up in Tver ...
- VOSS, Erich von
VOSS, Erich von. Fellin (Viljandi, Estonia) 29.11.(11.12.)1880 — Viechtach (Bavaria) 15.12.1917. Baltic German Student of Indology, then Schoolteacher. Studied Classics and Sanskrit. Ph.D. 1906 Leipzig. ...
- VOST, William
VOST, William. ?.11.1861 — London 1947. British (Scottish) Army Physician in India. Son of Henry Vost (1823–1877) and Isobel Charlotte Broad. Medical studies at Glasgow. From 1887 served in ...
- VOSTRIKOV, Andrej Ivanovič
VOSTRIKOV, Andrej Ivanovič. Agarevka (Ogarevka) village in Atkarskij uezd, Saratov gub. 10.(23.)10.1902 — 26.9.1937 (Milib. 26.10., some say, probably mistakenly, in 1939 or ...
- VOTÝPKA, Bedřich
VOTÝPKA, Bedřich. Neveklov 28.2.1865 — Mirotice u Písku 28.6.1940. Czech (Bohemian) Teacher interested in Indology. Studies of philosophy, classics and Sanskrit (Zubatý) at Prague Czech ...
- VOYSEY, Henry Wesley
VOYSEY, Henry Wesley. Salisbury, Wiltshire 16.10.1791 — Sulkea Ghat, Howrah 19.4.1824. British Physician, Geologist and Mineralogits in India. Son of Baptist minister Henry Voysey (1753–1829?) and Ann Maria Annesley Ellison ...
- VREEDE-DE STUERS, Cora
VREEDE-DE STUERS, Cora (née Suzanne Coralie Lucipara de Stuers). Bodegraven, South Holland 29.11.1909 — Baarn, prov. Utrecht 11.11.2002. Dutch Sociologist. Daughter of Eugène de ...
- VREESE, Koenraad de
VREESE, Koenraad Stanislaus Jan Marie de. Ghent 15.5.1906 — Baarn, prov. Utrecht 30.4.1992. Belgian Indologist in the Netherlands. Professor in ...
- VRIES, Johann Dietrich Ludwig de
VRIES, Johann Dietrich Ludwig de. Gennep, Limburg 18.4.1894 — 19??. Dutch Indologist. Son of a railway officer, educated in Utrecht. From 1915 studied ...
- VULLERS, Johann August
VULLERS, Johann August. Bonn 23.10.1803 — Bonn 21.1.1880. German Oriental (Arabic and Persian) Scholar. Professor in Giessen. Born in a Roman Catholic family, ...
- VYDŪNAS —> W. STOROST
VYDŪNAS —> W. STOROST- VYHNIS, Čeněk (Vincenz)
VYHNIS, Čeněk (Vincenz). Kostelec nad Labem, Central Bohemia 8.10.1842 — Prague 23.3.1897. Czech Schoolteacher interested in Indology. Gymnasium and in 1864-67 studies at Prague, mainly ...
- VARTHEMA, Ludovico di