BAIN, Francis William. 29.4.1863 — 24.2.1940. U.S. author who lived long time in India and presented his own writings as translations of Indian texts. For Indology they have of course no value. An impostor like he has no right to be included here. But as I remember, how I wondered…
AYTON, James Alexander. Calcutta 1791? — near Budge Budge (now in Kolkata Metropolitan area) 10.8.1832, when 41. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of James Ayton and Margaret Burges, of Scottish origin. Lieutenant, Assistant Professor of Arabic and Persian at College of Fort William in Calcutta (1820), later Brevet Captain.…
ASTI VERA, Armando. Buenos Aires 25.6.1914 — Ibid. 3.2.1972. Argentinian scholar of Religion. Ph.D. Founder (in the late 1960s) and director of the Centro de Estudios de Religiones y Filosofías del Oriente in the Departemento de Filosofía y Letras of the Universidad de Buenos Aires. Started in 1970 teaching Sanskrit…
ARRIËNS, Pieter. Herwijnen, Gelderland 7.1.1791 — the Hague 17.5.1860. Dutch Naval Officer. Son of Claas A. and Catharina Gijsbertha Boellaard van Tuyl. Joined the navy in 1802, 1808 Lieutentant. In 1831-43 commander and companion of Prince William Frederick Henry of the Netherlands on various travels, then retired. Married 1818 Anna…
ARENSKIJ, Pavel Antonovič. Livny, Orlov gub. 1887 — 25.12.1941. Russian Indologist (Hindi Scholar). Son of a composer, A.S.A. Living in Moscow, after revolution joined the Red Army and worked in visual agitation in Smolensk. From 1921 at Oriental Institute in Moscow, from 1922 nayčnyj sotrudnik, 1923-25 teaching Hindustani. He was…
ANTONESCU, Teohari. Bucharest 1.9.1866 — Iaşi 11.1.1910. Romanian Historian and Classical Scholar interested in Indology. Son of Petru A. Student of Al. Obolescu, further studies in Paris (diplom of É.P.H.É. 1892, with a study on Greek vase painting), Heidelberg and Berlin. Returned in Romania in 1894, he first taught Greek…
ANDREWS, A. 18?? — 1???. His work is a scanty collection of word lists arranged according to part of speech and word length. James: “It is very difficult to discern to what useful purpose a publication such as this could could realistically be put.” Publications: The English and Tamil Popular…
ANDREW, William. 1??? — 1???. Apparently an Englishman who had been in India. His both grammars were meant for the students of Haileybury East India College by the author, who was then living in Woodford, Essex, although, as he states in the preface of the second, originally written for private…
ANDERSON, James. 1757 — 3.10.1833. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer in India. Son of David A. (1707–1786) and Mary Mitchelson. Came to India before 1782 (when Lieutenant). In 1785 succeeded his brother David as the Resident with Sindhia, remained only one year there. Back in the U.K. he married 1800 Catherine…
ANDERSON, Charles William. 18?? — 19??. British (Scottish) Engineer in India. Worked on Bengal–Nagpur railway in Chakradharpur (in 1911/20 there). Indian Army List for 1915 mentions Lieutenant Ch.W.A. in Chakradharpur. JBORS 3, 1917, 423 says he was engineer of Bengal–Nagpur railway in Chakradharpur. Publications: “A Note on prehistoric stone implements…