Bopp Foundation

The Bopp Foundation was a foundation established in 1866 in honor of the linguist Franz Bopp , which annually awarded a sponsorship prize to scholars who “worked in the field of Sanskrit philology and comparative linguistic research, especially within the Indo-European group of people “Were active. With prize money of initially 700 thalers, the sponsorship award was twice as high as that of the Boeckh Foundation for Philology.

history

On the 50th anniversary of the publication of Bopp's work “About the Conjugation System of the Sanskrit Language”, a committee gave him 7,750 thalers on May 16, 1866 to establish a foundation. On July 21, 1866, the statute was established with the consent of Franz Bopp and the Royal Academy of Sciences in Berlin. Through additional donations, the foundation's capital rose to 7,945 thalers by this day. In 1867 there was still no award, “ since the foundation's effectiveness increases on the day of confirmation, July 21, 1866, and the interest accrued from then until the end of 1866 did not amount to full installments: 1867 could not yet Granting will take place and the first installment will therefore come into use on May 16, 1868. “The first prize was awarded to Ernst Siecke in 1868 at the request of Franz Bopp, who had already died at the time, and who supported him with the corrections in his final years. Just one year later, the additional rate of 150 thalers planned in accordance with Section 5 was achieved, primarily through foreign support. In 1875 there was a currency reform and the academy from then on awarded 1,350 marks. In 1877 the prize money could be increased again. In the annual report it says: “ The annual income of the foundation experienced a considerable increase in the past year through the purchase of a 5% mortgage at 36,000 marks and from then on amounts to 1851 marks annually, adding 900 marks to the mortgage interest % Consols and of 300 marks in 3 1/2% Prussian premium bond. Thus, 1,800 marks a year are initially available. “In 1880 the mortgage was canceled and the prize money was again reduced to 1,350 marks. Due to the inflation of 1923, the foundation, like the Humboldt Foundation , for example , lost its capital.

Statute

The statute was drafted in 12 paragraphs on July 21, 1866 in Berlin. It regulates the issues of awarding the sponsorship prize (§§ 1, 9, 10, 11), administration of assets (§§ 2, 3, 4, 5) and the foundation commission (§§ 6, 7, 8). The following summary provides an overview:

§ 1: The interest income is awarded annually on May 16: 1. to support young scholars who have already completed their studies at the university. 2. for scientific achievements or to support scientific endeavors. Both only for the areas of Indo-European and Sanskrit philology. If the prize is awarded for a printed work, it must have appeared within the last three years.

§ 2: The Royal Academy of Sciences in Berlin takes over the administration of the foundation and represents it externally.

§ 3: The Foundation's assets are administered by the Academy and are used solely for the intended purpose.

§ 4: The appointed commission inspects the bills every year and also directs its activities towards increasing the foundation's assets.

§ 5: The interest income used last year is initially 300 thalers. If this amount cannot be reached, the income of the previous year rounded down to 10 thalers will form the amount to be used. Should the capital generate more than 300 thalers in interest, the excess will only be used from 150 thalers in interest. Then the commission decides whether to use it as a second prize money, as a prize money increase to 450 thalers or to leave the additional interest in the capital. The commission needs the approval of the "philosophical-historical class" and the academy for this. If you do not agree, the interest will be left in the capital.

§ 6: The philosophical-historical class elects a commission of the Bopp Foundation every 4 years from 5 members, 3 of which are full members of the phil.-hist. Must be class. The two other members do not have to be members of the academy, but must be "scientific men and live in Berlin". Retired members can be re-elected.

§ 7: In the event of a committee member leaving early, the phil.-hist. Class a new member for the remaining period.

§ 8: One month after the election the first committee meeting takes place, in which the chairman, his deputy and the secretary are determined. Resolutions are decided by a majority of votes. At least three members must be present for this. In the event of a tie, the chairman decides.

§ 9: Franz Bopp has the disposition of the use of the income in accordance with the statute and signs the notification to the person concerned. Should he be disabled or after his death, the academy takes his place.

§ 10: Proposals can be submitted until February 1st of the respective award year.

§ 11: In a public meeting, the commission announces the award and the assets of the foundation in a short report.

§ 12: A change of the statute requires 2/3 approval of the commission, the phil.-histor. Class and the entire academy.

List of award winners (incomplete)

year	Award winners	Prize money	Reason
1868	Ernst Siecke	300 thalers	Bopps on request
1869	Hermann Ebel August Leskien	300 thaler 150 thaler	"For his processing of his Zeuss grammatica Celtica" "as a support for the continuation of his studies, especially in the field of Slavic philology."
1870	William Whitney Vilhelm Thomsen	300 thaler 150 thaler	"As a prize for his work on Taittiriya-Praticakhya" "as a prize for his writing on the influence of the Germanic languages ​​on the Finnish-Lappish."
1871	Wilhelm Pertsch Berthold Delbrück	300 thaler 150 thaler	"Who is currently busy with the identification and marking of an extensive collection of Indian coins" "to promote his studies in the field of the syntax of Sanskrit and related languages."
1872	Richard Pischel	450 thalers	"To a trip to London to re-examine the handwritten material for the works of Kalidasa."
1873	Carl Cappeller	450 thalers	"As an aid to a trip to England behulfs collation of manuscripts there of the Ratnavali des Cri Harsha"
1874	Graziadio Ascoli	450 thalers	"For the Saggi Ladini contained in the first volume of his Archivio glottologico Italiano"
1875	Richard Pischel H. Huebschmann	900 marks 450 marks	? ?
1876	?	?	?
1877	Carl Cappeller Karl Verner	900 marks 900 marks	? ?
1878	Leopold Schröder Heinrich Zimmer	900 marks 900 marks	? ?
1879	Leopold Schröder Bezzenberger H. Oldenberg	900 marks 450 marks 450 marks	? ? ?
1880	Eugen Hultzsch L. Garbe	900 marks 450 marks	? ?
1881	Karl Friedrich Geldner	1,350 marks	"For his Zend studies"
1882	Karl Brugmann Theodor Zachariae	900 marks 450 marks	"In recognition and support of his linguistic studies." "On a trip to London to collate the manuscripts of Sanskrit glossaries located there."
1883	Friedrich Kluge Paul Deussen	900 marks 450 marks	? ?
1884	Hermann Collitz C. Bartholomae	900 marks 450 marks	"To support his scientific work." "For the special purpose of a study trip to Venice."
1885	Eugen Hultzsch	1,350 marks	"In order to extend his stay in India, especially to extend his trip there to Kashmir."
1886	R. Garbe Otto Schrader	900 marks 450 marks	"To extend a stay in India." "To support his linguistic-historical research on trade history and goods science."
1887	?	?	?
1888	Vincent Fausboll	1,350 marks	"The meritorious edition of the Pali legends going under the name Jataka about the prebirths of Buddha"
1889	Theodor Zachariae W. Prellwitz	900 marks 450 marks	"To promote his edition of Hemacandra's Anekárthasamgraha." "To continue his linguistic studies."
1890	Richard Schmidt Georg Huth	900 marks 450 marks	"Aid for a trip to England, for the purpose of collating manuscripts of the Cukasaptati there." "To support his Tibetan-Sanskrit studies."
1891	Ernst Leumann W. Prellwitz	900 marks 450 marks	"As an aid to his processing of the Jaina narratives attached to the Àvacyaka text" "to continue his comparative language studies."
1892	Paul Kretschmer Salomon Lefmann	900 marks 450 marks	"To continue his studies in the field of comparative linguistic research." "To complete his biography of Bopp."
1893	O. Wiedemann Ernst Leumann	900 marks 450 marks	"To continue his Lithuanian-Slavic studies." "To continue his Jaina studies"
1894	R. Garbe Felix Solmsen	900 marks 450 marks	"To continue his edition of the Ápastampa-sutra" "to continue his linguistic studies."
1895	?	?	?
1896	?	?	?
1897	O. Wiedemann Felix Solmsen	900 marks 450 marks	"To continue your linguistic work"
1898	L. Heller, H. Hirth	900 marks 450 marks	"To continue his studies in the field of Indian grammar." "To continue his linguistic studies."
1899	Heinrich Zimmer	1,350 marks	"For a trip to Ireland in the interests of his Celtic studies."
1900	Walter Friedlander von Nagelein	900 marks 450 marks	"A trip to England to examine the works of Qankhdyana-Aranyaka" "His work for the Rossopfer to be printed."
1901	Carl Cappeller Georg Huth	900 marks 450 marks	"To continue his work in the field of Indian philology." "To promote his studies on Indian inscriptions."
1902	?	?	?
1903	Johannes Hertel	1,350 marks	"To promote his studies on the Indian inscriptions."
1904	?	?	?
1905	?	?	?
1906	Friedrich Müller	1,350 marks	"His astute and consequent decipherment of the Manichaean writings found in Chinese Turkestan."
1907 ff.	?	?	?

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} from the foundation statutes of the archive of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, see http://www.archive.org/stream/statutenundregl00berlgoog#page/n131/mode/1up
2. ↑ ^{a b c} from the corresponding annual report of the archive of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, see http://www.archive.org