BUTTERWORTH, Alan (or Allan). Southport, Lancashire 25.7.1864 — London 25.5.1937. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Henry B. and Mary Jane Schofield. Educated at Elizabeth College in Guernsey and studied from 1883 at Balliol College in Oxford. In 1886 joined I.C.S. in Madras. From 1897 Deputy and Sessions Judge…
BUSSAGLI, Mario. Siena 23.9.1917 — Frosinone, Lazio 14.8.1988. Italian Art Historian. Professor in Rome. Studies under Tucci at Rome (graduated 1940 with a diss. on Gandhāra art. After war Docent at La Sapienza (Rome), first also librarian, from 1957 professore straordinario di Storia dell’ Arte dell’ India e dell’ Asia…
BUSHELL, Stephen Wootton. Ash-next-Sandwich, Kent 28.7.1844 — Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex 19.9.1908. British Physician in China, a Sinologist and early Specialist of Chinese Art. Son of William B., a wealthy farmer, and Sarah Francis Wootton. Educated in Tunbridge and Chigwell. Studies at Guy’s Hospital and London University, then House…
BUSCHARDT, Leo Maxim. Copenhagen 24.8.1906 — Copenhagen 11.3.1966. Danish Indologist. Librarian in Copenhagen. Son of Christian B., a mason and musician, and Ingeborg Pedersen. Studies at Copenhagen University from 1925, 1935 M.A. there in history of religions. From 1943 worked in the library of Landbohøjskolen, from 1944 in Kongelige Bibliotek,…
BURY, John Bagnell. Clontibret, co. Monaghan 16.10.1861 — Rome 1.6.1927. British (Irish) Classical Scholar and Historian. Professor in Cambridge. Son of Rev. Edward John Bury and Anna Rogers, Anglican canon of Clogher. Educated in Londonderry, studies at Trinity College in Dublin. In 1893-1902 Professor of Modern History at Trinity College, from 1898…
BURTON, Richard Francis. Barnham House, Hertfordshire 19.3.1821 — Trieste 20.10.1890 (Dingle & Garrett: born in Torquay, Devon, Penzer explains: born in Toquay, baptised in Elstree, Herts). Sir. British (partly of Irish origin) Oriental Scholar, Pioneer of Anthropology, Traveller and Diplomat. Son of colonel Joseph Netterville B. (1782–1857) and Martha Beckwith…
BURT, Thomas Seymour. 1805 — Cotmandene, Dorking, Surrey 8/9.3.1890. British Colonial Officer in India. Possibly from Plymouth. Educated in 1821-23 at Addiscombe. From 1824 served as lieutenant in Bengal Engineers, from 1843 Major, in 1847 dismissed. In 1840 discovered the Bairāṭ Edict (erroneously called the Bhabra Edict) of Aśoka. N.B.…
BURROWS, Lionel Burton. Deposit, N.Y. 12.3.1883 — U.K. 13.10.1970. British (or U.S. in British Service?) Civil Servant in India. Son of Charles Benjamin B., a publisher, and Lily Amelia Craymer. Educated at St.Paul’s School in Darjeeling and at Elphinstone College in Bombay. In 1907 joined the Bengal C.S. In 1908-11…
BURROW, Thomas. Westmoreland, Leck, North Lancashire 29.6.1909 — Kidlington, Oxfordshire 8.6.1986. British Indologist. Professor in Oxford. Son of Joshua and Frances Eleanor B. Studies at Cambridge (Christ’s College) from 1927, classical and soon also Indian philology, M.A. Ph.D. 1935. In 1935-37 Research Fellow of his College. In 1937-44 Assistant Keeper…
BURROW, Reuben. Hoberley, near Shadwell, Leeds 30.12.1747 — Baxar, Bihar 7.6.1792. British Mathematician in India. “Son of a farmer, educated at Leeds. Became a clerk, usher, schoolmaster, assistant astronomer and schoolmaster at Greenwich, arithmetical teacher at the Tower, edited the Royal Almanack. Went to India in 1782, learnt Sanskrit.” In…