FARQUHAR, John Nicol. Aberdeen 6.4.1861 — Manchester 17.7.1929. British (Scottish) Missionary in India, a Scholar of Indian Religion. Son of George Farquhar. First apprenticed as draper, in 1882 entered Aberdeen grammar school, 1883 University of Aberdeen, from 1885 at Christ Church in Oxford (B.A. 1889). Student of Macdonell, M.A. 1895.…
FARIA, João de. 1539 — 1581. S.J. Father. Portuguese Missionary in India. Joined the S.J. in 1563, left for Goa in 1572, came to Madurai in 1578. In India he also worked as an architect, and created the first movable Tamil types at Punicael (Punnaikayal) in 1578 or 1580. Publications:…
FANSHAWE, Herbert Charles. Lanchester, Durham 28.3.1852 — Poole, Dorset 26.3.1923. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Rev. John Faithful Fanshawe (1810–1892) and Elizabeth Upton. Educated at Bedford, Tonbridge, and Repton. Joined I.C.S. 1873, served mainly in the Punjab. In 1898-1901 member of Punjab Legislative Council, retired 1901. Married 1906…
FALLON, Samuel William. Calcutta 1817 — London 3.10.1880. British Teacher in India, Folklorist and Lexicographer. “Entered the Bengal Education Department in his 20th year, was inspector of schools.” Published famous dictionaries, for which he was conferred a Ph.D. in 1862 at Halle University. Retired in 1878 and resided in Delhi,…
FALK, Ada Maryla. Lemberg (Lwów, now L’viv) 26.4.1906 — Chamonix (Hautes Alpes) 13.6.1980. Polish Indologist. Born in the then Austrian Lemberg (now L’viv in Ukraine). Daughter of Juliusz Falk, an advocate and mayor, and Berta Weiser, an Ashkenazi Jewish family. Because of war, the family escaped in 1914 to Vienna, educated…
FALCONER, Hugh. Forres, Moray 29.2.1808 — London 31.1.1865. British (Scottish) Physician, Botanist, Palaeontologist, Geologist and Traveller in India. Son of David Falconer and Isabel Mackrae, educated at Forres. Studies at Aberdeen University (graduated 1826). M.D. 1829 Edinburgh. Joined the E.I.C.’s medical service in Bengal in 1830, succeeded Royle in 1832…
FAIRSERVIS, Walter Ashlin, Jr. Brooklyn, N.Y. 17.2.1924 — Sharon, Conn. 12.7.1994. U.S. Archaeologist. Museum Curator and Professor in New York. The only child of the elder W. A. Faiservis (1889–1941) and Edith Hillman Yeager. He had an early interest in archaeology. In 1937 he ran from the school, got a…
FABRICIUS, Johann Philipp. Kleeberg, Hessen 22.1.1711 — Madras 23.1.1791. German Missionary and Tamil Scholar. In India from 1740 until his death. Son of Reinhard Fabricius, an official of Hessen-Darmstadt, a Pietist family. Studies at Giessen (law) and Halle (now also theology). In 1732-36 worked as tutor in his elder brother’s…
FABRI, Charles Louis (Károly Lajos Fábri). Budapest 18.11.1899 — Delhi 7.7.1968. Hungarian Archaeologist and Art Historian in India. Born in a wealthy middle class Jewish family, son of Henrik Lipót Fábri (Frenkl, 1865–1933) and Ilona Fischer, grew up in Budapest. His father owned a hotel, but lost his fortune during…