CHOUNAVEL, Constant. Socourt, Saint-Dié (Vosges) 9.4.1825 — Borella, Sri Lanka 23.8.1923. O.M.I. French Catholic Missionary in Sri Lanka. Son of Joseph Ch. and Christine Pierron. Studied theology and took the habit in 1849. Ordained 1852 in Marseille and left for Ceylon. In 1852-83 served in Jaffna Vicariate, then in Colombo…
CHENOT, F. 1??? — 1???. Frenchman in India (?), according to Vinson interpreter in Bourbon (Réunion). There are several possibilities. Thus geneanet.org knows one Joseph Dominique Anicet Chenot (Pondichéry 17.4.1800 – 18??), son of François Ch. and Anne Affonço, married 1820 in Pondichéry Adelaide Thomase Laforgue, three daughters and one…
CHAPMAN, Francis Robert Henry. Sholapur, Maharashtra 22.10.1858 — Portugal 13.3.1942. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Ingram Francis Ch., an officer of E.I.C., and Louisa Aplin (d. 1869). Finally Major in Bombay Staff Corps. In retirement apparently lived in Camberley, Surrey. Married 1890 Margaret Ritchie, children. Publications: English–Hindūstānī Pocket…
CHAPMAN, Charles. Bath wick, Somerset 23.11.1752 — 19.3.1809. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Charles Ch., a retired officer of E.I.C.’s army. Educated at Hoxton Academy. From 1773 Writer of E.I.C. in Bombay, 1775 moved to Calcutta. Close to Hastings. In 1778-79 diplomatic mission to Cochin-China (Vietnam), 1781-83 to Nagpur…
CELLARIUS, Johan Adam. Ulm 1740 — Cochin 15.6.1796. Dutch (Germann-born) Colonial Servant in India. Son of Johann Jacob C. and Maria Müller (?). Entered in 1762 the Dutch E.I.C.’s service as corporal and was stationed in Cochin, but soon moved to mercantile department. Then factor (Onderkoopman & Opperhoofd) in Cranganore (1781),…
CAUSSIN DE PERCEVAL, Armand-Pierre. Paris 11.1.1795 — Paris 15.1.1871. French Oriental (Arabic) Scholar. Son of Jean-Jacques-Antoine C. de P. (1759–1835, like his son Professor of Arabic at Collège de France) and Catherine Félicité Labroue (d. 1802). In 1833–71 Professor of Arabic at Collège de France in Paris, in 1821–71 also Professor of Vulgar…
CARSTAIRS, George Morrison (Morris). Mussoorie 18.6.1916 — Edinburgh 17.4.1991. British (Scottish) Psychiatrist and Anthropologist. Son of Rev. Dr. George C., a missionary of the Church of Scotland, and Elizabeth Huntley Young. Born in India spent his first 9 years there. Educated at George Watson’s College (Edinburgh), studies at Edinburgh (B.M.…
CARPENTER, John N. 18?? — 19??. British Missionary in India. M.A. Went to India in 1890. Worked for Church Missionary Society in Allahabad (in 1900 as Principal of St.Paul’s Divinity School, again in A. in 1906/11) and Gorakhpur (1905), but seems also to have been connected with St.John’s College, Agra.…
CAPUS, Guillaume. Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg 25.8.1857 — Boulogne-sur-Seine 27.4.1931. Luxembourgian Scientist and Explorer in France (naturalized 1882). Worked in Musée d’Histoire naturelle, Paris. Dr.-ès-sciences 1879. Travelled as Bonvalot’s assistant in Caucasus and Russian Central Asia (1882) and in Iran, Afghanistan, Pamir and Kashmir (1886-87), later in Balkan (1894). In 1897-1907 in…
CANDY, Edward Townshend. India 15.4.1845 — ?.4.1913. Sir (1904). British Civil Servant in India. Son of —> Thomas Candy and Caroline Boyce. Educated in Cheltenham. M.A. Entered Bombay C.S. 1865, retired 1903. “Judicial Assistant to the Political Agent, Kattiawar, 1872-82: officiating Judicial Commissioner in Sind, 1886-7: Vice-chancellor of the Bombay…