OCHOA, Pierre Charles Olloba d’ (born P. Ch. Olloba). Bayonne 26.2.1816 — Paris 2.6.1846. French Traveller. Illegitimate son of Julie Belles. Educated in Bordeaux. Employed by a shipping company as clerk-trader he visited South India (Madras and Pondichéry) in 1835-36 and now developed an interest in Indian languages and literature. In 1839 student of Garcin de Tassy at É.L.O.V. In 1843-44 scientific mission to India (Bombay, Poona, Bijapur) collecting manuscripts for National Library (Sanskrit, Prakrit, Marathi, Gujarati, etc.). In India he caught the fatal illness which two years later killed him. Married Isabelle Foy (b. 1818).
Publications: Translated Robert Boileau Pemberton’s account as “Ambassade du Boutan”, Nouvelles Annales de Voyages 4:1 (86), 1840:2, 273-336.
Sources: *A.R. Kulkarni, “Charles d’Ochoa: A French Orientalist of the Mid-19th Century”, Proc. Indian Hist. Congress 49, 1988, 447-455; J. Petit 2022 in agorha.inha.fr; *J. Petit, La mission de Charles d’Ochoa. P. 2025.
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