ANDERSON, James. Edinburgh 1758 — Bath 3.10.1833. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer in India. Son of David Anderson (1707–1786, factor to the Earl of Wemyss) and Mary Mitchelson. Studied at Edinburgh 1768-74, graduated. Joined E.I.C. in 1775, 1782 Lieutenant. Learned Persian and Arabic. In 1785 succeeded his brother David as the…
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 and gracesguide.co.uk has him there as a…
ABEL, Iwarus (Ivar). Ejstrup Mølle, Asferg Sogn near Randers 1720 — Fredensborg, North Zealand 1788. Danish Linguist. Son of Jens Iversen Abel, a miller, and Karen Jensdatter. Educated in Viborg, studied law at Copenhagen. In 1761-71 worked as procurator in Copenhagen city court, now also became interested in languages. Last…
AINSLIE, Whitelaw. Duns, Berwickshire 17.2.1767 — London 29.4.1837. Sir. British Army Physician in India. Son of Robert Ainslie (1734–1795) and Catharine Whitelaw. Joined the E.I.C. medical service in 1788 as Assistant Surgeon, and served in Madras Presidency. Surgeon 1794, Superintending Surgeon 1810, retired in 1815 and returned to England. Wrote…
AZEVEDO, Francisco de. Lisbon 1578 — Goa 12.8.1660. S.J. Portuguese Missionary in India and Tibet. Came to India as a boy and never returned. Joined S.J. in Goa, when 19. After studies served at Diu (1614) and Rachol, from 1620 Visitor of Monomotapa Mission in South Africa. In 1627 joined…
AYRTON, Edward Russell. Wuhu, prove. Anhui, China 17.12.1882 — Tissamaharama 18.5.1914. British Archaeologist in Sri Lanka. Son of William Scrope Ayrton (1849–1904), of China Consular Service, and Ellen Louisa McClatchie (1855–1897). The family came from Yorkshire. Educated at St.Paul’s School in London. Archaeological training in Europe and Egypt (as Flinders…
AYMONIER, Étienne-François. Le Châtelard (Savoie) 26.2.1844 — Paris 21.1.1929. French Colonial Officer and South-East Asian Scholar (the first European Specialist of Khmer and great pioneer of archaeology and epigraphy). Served in South-East Asia in 1869-88. Born in a family of agriculturalists in the then still Sardinian Savoy, son of Claude…
AVITABILE, Paolo Crescenzo Martino (called Abu Tabela). Agerola near Sorrento 25.10.1791 — Agerola 28.3.1850. Neapolitan Officer and Traveller in India. Son of farmer Bartolomeo Avitabile and Angela di Fortunato. From 1807 served in Neapolitan militia and from 1809 in army (artillery) under Joseph Bonaparte and Joachim Murat. In 1815 second…
AVERY, John. Conway, Mass. 18.9.1837 — North Bridgetown, Maine 1.9.1887. U.S. Indologist, Linguist and Ethnologist. Professor of Classics in U.S. Universities. Son of Joseph Avery (1789–1870) and Sylvia Clary (1793–1851). Graduated 1861 from Amherst College, then further studies at the Leicester Academy (Mass.) in 1861-62. In 1862 tutor at Amherst,…
AVALON, Arthur. Pseudonyme for —> WOODROFFE, J.