BYROM, Thomas Billy. England 1941 — Kashi Ashram, Sebastian, Florida 1991. British Translator. Studied at Oxford (Balliol College, M.A. in English Literature). Ph.D. Harvard. Taught at Harvard, Bennington, and as J.R.R Tolkien Professor in English Language and Literature at Oxford. In 1974 met Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati and as her pupil…
BUCKLAND, Charles Edward. Chittagong 19.9.1847 — Kensington, London 1.10.1941. British Civil Servant in India. Son of of Charles Thomas Buckland (1824–1894) of I.C.S. and Mary Ann Letitia Ricketts. Educated at Laleham and Eton College, studies rom 1866 at Balliol College, Oxford (B.A. 1866). Joined I.C.S. in 1870. Called to the…
BRIGHT, William Oliver (Bill). Oxnard, Calif. 13.8.1928 — Louisville, Color. 15.10.2006. U.S. Linguist and Indologist. Professor in Los Angeles. Son of a butcher. Graduated 1945 from Oxnard High School, where he showed an early interest in languages. Studies of medicine, soon of Spanish and linguistics at University of California in…
BOYCE, Nora Elizabeth Mary. Darjeeling, India 2.8.1920 — London 4.4.2006. British (with Irish background) Iranian Scholar. Professor in London. Daughter of William H. Boyce, judge at Calcutta High Court, and Nora Gardiner. Family returned soon to the U.K. Educated at Wimbledon High School and Cheltenham Ladies College, then studies from 1940…
BOULTON, John Victor. 1934 — 2006. British Indologist (NIA). Ph.D. 1967 S.O.A.S. From 1962 Lecturer in Bengali and Oriya at S.O.A.S., retired 1988. Publications: Diss. on Oriya. Manuscript S.O.A.S. 1967. – Phakirmohana Senapati: His life and prose-fiction. 537 p. Bhubaneshwar 1993 (rev. diss. on Oḍiyā author). – With G. Mishra:…
BONIŃSKI, Piotr. Eastern Poland 1898 — Gliwice 1968. Polish Bauddha. Originally interested in Theosophy and Hinduism, but 1946 turned to Buddhism after reading Dahlke, Neumann, et al. Together with —> W. Misiewicz he founded in 1949 Kolo Pryjaciol Buddyzmu (Circle of the Friends of Buddhism) in Radom. Publications: Translated: Wybor now…
BEXELL, David Enoch Fridolf Samuel. Barnarp, Jönköpings län 24.8.1861 — Tirupattur 5.7.1938. Swedish Missionary in South India. Son of Rev. Josef Bexell (1815–1897) and Maria Hansson. Studied at Lund and Leipzig. Ordained 1887 and left for India. Worked in different mission stations, in 1893-99 in Coimbatore and 1900-09 in Pudukkottai. In…
BEMBO, Ambrosio. Venice 10.3.1652 — Venice 4.6.1705. Italian Traveller. Born of a great Venetian family, son of Francesco Bembo and Caterina Corner. Served in the unsuccessful defense of Crete against the Ottomans in 1669. In 1671 followed his uncle Marco to Aleppo, where the uncle was the new Venetian consul.…
BUSSON, Andrée (née Dérouet). Paris 25.2.1910 — Aubervilliers (Seine-Saint-Denis) 9.12.1985. Mme. French Art Historian. Joined Société asiatique in 1949. In 1978 in Paris. In 2019 described as “licenciée ès lettres, chargée de mission au Musée Guimet”. Married 1930 Dr. André Busson (1902–1968), at least one son. Publications: “Les fouilles françaises dans…
BURTON-PAGE, John Garrard. Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex 19.9.1921 — Church Knowle, Dorset 13.6.2005. British Indologist (Sanskrit and Hindi Scholar and Historian). Music studies (horn) at Royal College of Music were interrupted after one term through war service in India and Burma, learned now Hindi and Nepali and after war studied from 1946 Sanskrit…