FULLER, Abraham Richard. Kanpur 12.11.1828 — Rawalpindi 20.8.1867. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Abraham F. (d. 1831), also colonial officer in India, and Anna Amelia Kellner. From 1849 Lieutenant in Bengal Army. Finally Major of Royal Artillery. In 1860-67 Director of the Department of Public Instruction in the…
FROLA, Eugenio. Montanaro near Turin 27.9.1906 — Turin 6.5.1962. Italian Mathematician interested in Buddhism. Son of Mario Fr. and Maria Pons. Studied engineering at Turin Polytechnic (graduated 1929), then mathematics at Turin university (1933). Assistant, then Professor (incaricato) of mathematics (descriptive geometry) at Turin Polytechnic. From 1940 member of the…
FRASER, Hugh. India 1851 — Woking (?) 28.1.1920. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India. Son of Colonel Hugh. Fr. (1808–1858) of Indian army and Florence Charlotte Penney. Magistrate and Collector in Bijnour (1894). Married. Publications: “Folklore from Eastern Gorakhpur (N.-W.P.), ed. by G. A. Grierson”, JASB 52:1, 1883, 1-32 (with a…
FRASER, James Baillie. Edinburgh 11.6.1783 — Reelig (Moniack) near Inverness 23.1.1856. 15th Laird of Reelig. British (Scottish) Artist and Traveller. Son of Edward Satchell Fr., grandson of —> James Fraser. Educated at home and in Edinburgh. In 1799-1811 in Guyana in care of the family’s sugar and cotton plantations. In…
FOULQUES, Alessandro Eduardo. Saratov 1861 — Naples 4.12.1907. Italian (of French-German origin). Son of Eugène F. (of Grenoble), an author, and Adelaide Hennig. Born in Russia, where his father was Professor of French, in 1867 family moved to Sicily, 1870 to Naples. Studied at Naples European languages and possibly Sanskrit.…
FRANKO, Ivan Jakovič. Nahujewytschi, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Nahueviči in Ukraina) 15.(27.)8.1856 — Lemberg (L’viv) 28.5.1916. Ukrainian Poet, Translator and Journalist, deeply interested in Sanskrit Literature. Son of Jakiv Fr., a village blacksmith. After gymnasium in Drohobych studied classics and Ukrainian at Lemberg (L’viv). Socialist (but anti-Marxist) since his student years,…
FOSTER, James Murray. 1836 (geni.com 4.3.1846) — 1879. British (Scottish) Physician in India. . Son of James F. and Susan Bunker. Med. Dr. In 1875 in Cachar (Assam). He was interested in numismatics, antiquities and botany. No further details found. Publications: “Note on Ghargháon, Asám”, JASB 41:1, 1872, 32-41 (former capital…
FOUCHER D’OBSONVILLE, Charles Thomas Dominique. Montargis (Loiret) 1734 — Château-Thierry (Aisne) 14.1.1802. French Colonial Officer, Scholar and Author. In 1753-71 in India in the service of French Company, 1771-92 commandant of French troops in Île de Bourbon (Mauritius) and Île de France (Réunion). Edited the French translation of the Tamil Bhāgavatapurāṇa…
FORREST, Robert Edward Treston. 1835 — West Bournemouth 1914. British Civil Servant in India. The eldest son of Captain George F. (1800–1859) of Indian army and Ann Edwards, brother of —> G.W.F. Educated in England. Served 22 years in the Irrigation Branch of the Indian Public Works Department. Married Mary…
FORBES, William. 17?? — 18??. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India. In Bombay Presidency. The was written in 1814 and posthumously published. The 1829 Preface states he died in November 1814. Following worldcat.org I thought that his identity is clear, a Scottish nobleman: Sir William Forbes (1851 – 15.2.1816), 5th…