FORSYTH, James. 1838 — London 1.5.1871. British Civil Servant in India. Educated in England. 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…
FINCKH, Elisabeth (née Drescher). Würzburg 23.8.1912 — Bremen 23.1.1993.German Physician interested in Tibetan Medicine. Dr.med. Worked as neurologist and homeopathic physician in Hamburg. In 1962 studied Tibetan medicine in Dharamsala under Yeshi Donden and others. Publications: Grundlagen tibetischer Heilkunde. Nach dem Buche rGyud bźi. Band 1. 107 p. Uelzen 1975, English…
FIELD, Henry. Chicago 15.12.1902 — Coral Gables, Florida 4.1.1986.U.S. Anthropologist and Archaeologist. Son of William Preston Johnson Gibbon (1879–1937). His parents divorced soon and his mother, Minna Field (1882–1952), married an Englishman, Algernon Burnaby, and they moved to Leicestershire. Educated at Sunningdale and Eton. Studies at Oxford: B.A. 1925, M.A.…
FARMER, Bertram Hughes. Malmesbury, Wiltshire 18.3.1916 — Cambridge 6.2.1996. British Geographer. Son of Seymour Farmer (d. 1932) and Martha Mary Hughes. Educated at Malmesbury. From 1934 studies at Cambridge (St.John’s College), graduated 1937. Lecturer in Geography, then Professor at Cambridge. Married Anne Allison Stewart (d. 1995), three sons, one daughter.…
FARIA E SOUSA, Manuel de. Pombeiro de Ribavizela 18.3.1590 — Madrid 3.6.1649. Portuguese Historian and Poet. Born of an ancient noble family, son of Amador Pires and Luisa de Faria e Sousa. Educated in Braga, from c. 1604 in the service of the Bishop of Porto. In 1631-34 member of…
FALCONER, Forbes. Aberdeen 10.9.1805 — London 7.11.1853. British (Scottish) Oriental Scholar. Son of Gilbert Forbes, a teacher, educated in Aberdeen, studies of Classics at Marischal College, Aberdeen. Studied nearly five years in Paris Arabic and Persian under Silvestre de Sacy and Hindustani under Garcin de Tassy, in 1834 Sanskrit at…
FRANÇOIS-MARIE DE TOURS (Francesco Maria Da Tours, Franciscus Maria Turonensis). 16?? — Patna ?.5.1709. Father. French Capuchin Missionary in India and Tibet. Came from Tours and joined the order in Italy. Worked first as Capuchin Missionary in Diarbekir, Turkey, came to India in 1680. Worked in Pondicherry and Surat, in 1701 left…
FRANCIS, Henry Thomas. West Raynham, Norfolk 22.10.1837 — Cambridge 28.6.1924. British Indologist (Pāli scholar). Son of William Francis and Mary Gay. Education: schools at Walsingham & Ipswitch; from 1856 studies at Cambridge (B.A. 1860, M.A. 1863), 1861-73 Fellow of Caius College. Assistant schoolmaster in Kensington 1864-65, Bromsgrove 1865-73 and at…
FORBES (FORBES-LESLIE), Jonathan. Aberdeenshire 21.2.1798 — Fyvie, Aberdeenshire 23.12.1877. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer. Son of John Forbes (1758–1840) and Anne Margaret Gregory. Arrived at Ceylon as a young officer of 78th Highlanders in 1826, remained until 1837 advancing to Major. For a while Assistant Agent and District Judge in Matale,…
FURBER, Holden. Boston 13.3.1903 — Bedford, MA 19.1.1993. U.S. Historian of Colonial India. Professor in Philadelphia. Son of William Henry Furber (1870–1931) and Mabel Harriet Holden (1869–1903). Educated in Boston area (Brookline High School), graduated 1924 from Harvard. Further studies at Queen’s College, Oxford (B.A. 1925, M.A. 1930). Ph.D. 1929…