FURNESS, William Henry, III. Wallingford, PA 10.8.1866 — 11.8.1920. U.S. Physician, Traveller and Ethnographer. Son of the Shakespearean scholar Horace Howard F. and Helen Kate Rogers (d. 1883). Educated at St.Paul’s School in Concord, NH. Studies at Harvard (B.A. 1988) and University of Pennsylvania, M.D. 1891. Together with Alfred C.…
FÜRER-HAIMENDORF, Elizabeth (Betty) von (née Barnardo). Darbhanga 1902 — Hyderabad 11.1.1987. British Anthropologist, wife of —> Chr. von Fürer-Haimendorf. Daughter of Colonel Frederick “Barnie” Barnardo, a physician, and his wife Violet. Originally a nurse, then close collaborator of her husband. Participated in fieldwork and was coauthor in many books. Married 1938, one son.…
FRYDMAN, Maurycy (Maurice Fr.; Swami Bharatananda). Warsaw 20.20.1901 — Bombay 9.3.1976. Polish Engineer converted to Hinduism. He came to India as a Jewish refugee from Warsaw and spent the rest of his life there. Worked as managing director of Mysore State Government Electrical Factory in Bangalore, soon interested in India thought,…
FROST, Andrew Hollingworth. Hull 26.4.1819 — Cambridge 24.2.1907. British Missionary and Mathematician. Son of Charles Frost, a solicitor and antiquary. From 1838 studies at Cambridge (St. John’s College), B.A. 1842, M.A. 1846. Teacher of mathematics in Manchester. Ordained deacon 1848, then curate in England. In 1853-69 Church Missionary Society’s missionary…
FRÉDÉRIC, L., nom-de-plume of —> L.-F. NUSSBAUM
FRANKE Emil. Velké Březno 3.4.1880 — Prague 1.12.1939. Czech Lawyer and Politician, former student of Indology. Gymnasium in Hradec Králové. From 1899 studies of law at Prague, soon (1902-08) also Sanskrit under Zubatý, then also at Vienna and Berlin. Worked at university library in Prague. In 1917 joined the Czech…
FOWLER, George M. 18?? — 19??. British Civil Servant in Sri Lanka. Assistant Government Agent (1878), then Government Agent for Western Province (1900), finally Colonial Secretary. Retired 1907, 1912 living in Oxford. Publications: “The Paṇikkans of Muchalai”, JRAS-CB8:26, 1883, 13-17 (elephant catchers) .– “Translation of an Inscription at the Temple at Moṇṇísvaram”,…
FORSYTH, James. 1838 — London 1.5.1871. British Civil Servant in India. M.A. Joined I.C.S. in 1857. Assistant Conservator and Acting Conservator of Forests, then briefly Deputy Commissioner of Nimar under R. Temple. In 1862-64 made a great tour in Central India for Bengal Staff Corps. A keen hunter.His position remains…
FINCKH, Elisabeth (née Wirth). Würzburg 23.8.1912 — Bremen 23.1.1993.German Physician interested in Tibetan Medicine. Dr.med. Worked as physician in Hamburg. In 1962 studied Tibetan medicine in Dharamsala under Yeshi Donden and others. Married Ulrich Finckh, five children. Publications: Grundlagen tibetischer Heilkunde. Nach dem Buche rGyud bźi. Band 1. 107 p. Uelzen 1975,…
FIELD, Henry. Chicago 15.12.1902 — Coral Gables, Florida 4.1.1986.U.S. Anthropologist. His parents divorced soon and his mother, Minna Field, married an Englishman. Educated at Sunningdale and Eton. Studies at Oxford: B.A. 1925, M.A. 1930, Ph.D. 1937. In 1926 returned to Chicago and worked in Field Museum as Assistant Curator of…