PRZIKRIL (PŘIKRYL), Karel Ambrož Josef. Prague 7.12.1718 — Hradec Králové 8.1.1785. S.J. Czech Jesuit Scholar in India. He joined the S.J. in 1734, novice in Brno. Studied philosophy and theology in Olomouc, Brno and Prague, taught at Jesuit gymnasiums. He was sent to India in 1748. After a while as…
PRINSEP, Henry Thoby. Thoby Priory, Essex 15.7.1792 (or 1793) — Freshwater, Ile of Wight 11.2.1878. British Civil Servant in India. Son of John Prinsep (1746–1830), soldier returned from India and turned into industrialist and politician, and Sophia Elizabeth Auriol (1760–1850), brother of —> James Prinsep (1799–1840). Educated privately and at…
PRICE, William. Worcester 1780 (or 1771 according to G.-V. & Oxford D.N.B.) — Merryman’s Hill near Worcester ?.6.1830. British Colonial Officer and Oriental Scholar in India. In 1811-12 Assistant Secretary and Interpreter of Gore Ouseley’s mission to Persia. He kept a detailed diary, draw buildings and landscapes and copied cuneiform…
PRICE, David. Merthyr Cynog near Brecon, Powys 1762 — Brecon (?) 16.12.1835. British Colonial Officer in India, Persian Scholar and Historian. Major. Served in India in 1781–1805. Son of Rev. David Price (d. 1775), a curate, lost early his father and was brought up by his grandfather. “Educated at Brecknock…
POTTINGER, Henry. Ballymacarrett, county Down 3.10.1788 — Malta 18.3.1855. Sir (Bart). British Colonial Officer in India. Born in a Protestant Berkshire family settled in Northern Ireland. Son of Eldred Curwen Pottinger and Anne Gordon, educated at Belfast; went to sea and to India [1804] to join the marine service, but…
PONS, Jean François. Rodez (Aveyron) 6.12.1698 — Chandernagor 1752/53. Father. S.J. French Missionary in India. Novice 1713, in 1726 arrived at Tanjore, from 1731 Superior of Bengal Mission in Chandernagor. In 1734 he visited the observatories of Delhi and Jaipur together with P. Boudier (1686–1757). Later also travelled in south,…
POLIER, Antoine-Louis-Henri. Lausanne ?.2.1741 — near Avignon 9.2.1795. Swiss Officer and Traveller in India. Born in a French Huguenot noble family naturalized in Switzerland, son of Jacques H. E. Polier (1700–1781) and Jeanne-Francoise Moreau de Brosses. He had a good education and showed interest in mathematics. Invited by his uncle…
PLÜTSCHAU (Plütschow, Plütscho), Heinrich. Wesenberg bei Neustrelitz 1676 — Beidenfleth, Kr. Steinburg, Holstein 4.1.1752 (Hantzsch 1747). German Pietist Missionary in India. Educated in Berlin, then studied theology at Halle. Prompted by Francke to enter missionary career he was ordained in Copenhagen in 1705 andarrived at Trankebar (Tamilnadu) in 1706 together…
PIKE, John Gregory. Wisbeth, Cambridgeshire 23.3.1845 — 24.6.1905, when 60. Rev. British Baptist Missionary in India. Son of Rev. James Carey Pike (1817–1876) and Lucy Wherry (1812–1850). Arrived in India in 1874 with his wife. Worked in Sambalpur, later in Cuttack. Married Sarah Dome, at least two daughters, one married —>…
PEIPER, Carl Rudolph Samuel. Striegau, Silesia (now Strzegom in Poland) 20.1.1790 — Hirschberg (Jelenia Góra, Poland) 23.5.1879. German Priest interested in Sanskrit. Son of school director Samuel Gottlob Peiper (1760–1824) and Henriette Caroline Hentschel. Studied theology and Oriental Philology (Arabic), graduated 1823. Soon after studies he got the vicarage of…