FINCK, Felix

FINCK, Felix. Antwerpen 1868 — Maryabad, Punjab (Pakistan) 29.3.1932. Father. Belgian Capuchin (OFM) Missionary, Historian and Tibetan Scholar in India. From Antwerpen, worked in Maryabad in Western Punjab. In 1912 living in Calcutta, then 191?-21 in Bettiah.

Publications: Wrote on the old Mughal mission of Jesuits.

Wrote on Tibetan: “Remarks on the Tibetan Manuscript Vocabularies in Bishop’s College, Calcutta”, JASB N.S. 8, 1912, 379-396.

Sources: Almost nothing found (just the church affiliation), but his life dates are given in https://theo.kuleuven.be/en/research/research_units/ru_church/ru_church_capuchins/contributions/wij-gedenken.pdf.

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