ASBOE, Walter B. Hopedale, Labrador 1895 — Dublin 1965. Rev. British (Canadian) Missionary. Son of Andrew Asboe. From 1921 (or 1925?) Moravian missionary in Kyelang (Lahul), then in Ladakh from 1939 to 1947, director of an industrial school in Leh. Minister in East Tytherton, Wiltshire from 1948-52. Married 1924 in Bombay Eleanor Bell Larmor (1898–1994), at least two daughters.
Publications: “Disposal of the Dead in Tibet”, Man 32, 1932, 66f.; “The Lahoulis of Western Tibet”, Man 36, 1936, 59f.; “The Scape-Goat in Western Tibet”, Ibid. 74f.; “Sacrifices in Western Tibet”, Ibid. 75f.; “Agricultural Methods in Lahoul, Western Tibet”, Man 37, 1937, 74-77.
– “Social Functions in Lahul, Kāngra District, Panjāb”, JRAnthrInst 63, 1933, 189-205; “Social Festivals in Ladakh Kashmir”, Folklore 49, 1938, 376-389.
– English translation of J. Gergan’s collection: A thousand Tibetan proverbs and wise sayings. 128 p. L. 1942.
– “Pottery in Ladakh, Western Tibet”, Man 46, 1946, 9f.; “Farmers and farming in Ladakh (Tibetan Kashmir)”, JRCentralAsSoc 34, 1947, 186-192.
Sources: Stray notes in Internet give scanty and partly conflicting information; ancestors.familysearch.org; historywiki.therai.org.uk with photo.
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