BATSCH, Friedrich. 182? — 1907. Rev. German Lutheran Missionary in India. Ordained 1844 in Berlin and left for India with three others. They intended to go to the Karens in Burma, but in Calcutta learned that American Baptists were already working there and turned to India. In 1845 they established…
BATAILLARD, Paul Théodore. Paris 23.3.1816 — Paris 1.3.1894. French Archivist and Gipsy Scholar. Son of Pierre Charles Bataillard and Agathe Vasse. Studies at Ecole de chartes. In the 1850s in French Indochine. From 1877 Archivist of Faculté de Médécine in Paris. Married 1849 Élisa Waldor (d. 1852, one daughter) and…
BARTH, Marie-Étienne-Auguste. Strasbourg 22.3.1834 — Paris 15.4.1916. French Indologist. Born in Strasbourg as the son of catholic father, commis-négociant Étienne Barth, and protestant mother, Marie-Wilhelmine Stoeber. Educated in Strasbourg, 1856 lic. ès lettres. Taught logic and rhetorics at Bouxviller Collège near Savern from 1857, privately studied Sanskrit, and in 1861…
BARROW, George. Mayfair, London 22.10.1806 — West Molesey, Surrey 27.2.1876. Sir, 2nd Baronet. British Civil Servant. Son of Sir John Barrow (1764–1848), a geographer, linguist and historian, and Anna Maria Truter, educated at Charterhouse. From 1825 Clerk at Colonial Office, Senior Clerk 1843, Chief Clerk 1870, retired 1872. C.M.G. 1874.…
BARROS, João de. Vila Verde, Viseu, Portugal 1496? — Ribeira de Litém near Pombal 20.10.1570. Portuguese Humanist, Civil Servant, and Contemporary Historian of Early Colonial India. Illegitimate son of nobleman Lopo de Barros from Northern Portugal. Attracted attention of the court with his literary products. In 1522 he was sent…
BARRIGUE DE FONTAINIEU, Gérard Hilaire Prosper Emmanuel Hippolyte, Baron, 1895 Marquis de Fontainieu. Marmande (Lot et Garonne) 26.7.1863 — Paris 15.4.1927. French Indologist, specialist of Tamil and Hindustani. Son of Prosper Barrigue de F. and Françoise Delage (1837–1863), member of a family coming from Marseille and belonging to nobility from the early…
BARRETT, Douglas Eric. 10.3.1917 — 26.9.1992. British Art Historian of India. Studies of Classics at Oxford. In 1939-46 Major in British Artillery. From 1947 in British Museum, first working with Islamic art. Now also studied Arabic and Persian at S.O.A.S. He developed an interest in Indian art and became its…
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BARBOUR, Philip Lemont. Louisville, Kentucky 21.12.1898 — Petersburg, Virginia 21.12.1980. U.S. Linguist, Historian and Radio Broadcaster. Son of Philip Foster Barbour, a physician, and Jessie A. Lemont. In 1910 moved with his divorced mother ans sisters to New York. Studies of history and languages at Columbia and Cornell Universities, but…
BANESS, Joshua Frederick. Delhi 30.1.1830 — Simla 7.6.1884. British Civil Servant in India. Born in India, son of Athanas Baness (1802–1845) ja Harriet Lumley (1808–1880), the surname Baness is Scottish. Surveyor and Chief Draftsman in Geographical and Drawing Branch of the Survey of India (1881).Married 1856 Marie Knight (b. 1832)…