PRIEUR, Simon Léon Édouard. Bordeaux 11.2.1803 — 1848?. French Colonial Official in India. Son of Alexandre Simon Pr. and Marguerite Jenny Dulphy. Teacher in Pondichéry. Member of Conseil général in Pondichéry. Married 1841 Nancy Aimée Céléstine Lafauche, at least one son. Publications: “Histoire du roi Nallane, par Adivirarameim, ancien poëte tamoul. Analyse d’un…
PREVEDEN, Francis Ralph. Kamenica, Croatia 1890 — Washington, DC 1959.U.S. Linguist. Born in Croatia, came to the U.S.A. in 1922. Ph.D. 1927 Chicago. Professor of Classics at De Paul University 1926-33-and at Duquesne University 1938-41. In 1942-59 served as a translator for various government agencies. Married. Publications: Mainly wrote on Balto-Slavic…
POWELL-PRICE, John Cadwgan. 11.6.1888— 13.2.1964. British (Welsh) Civil Servant in India. Son of Cadwgan Powell-Price, from 1890 Rector of Festiniog, then of Machynlleth. Director of Public Instruction, United Provinces (1939 there). Married 1923 Florence Evelyn Oakley. Publications: With Pr. Dayal & R. K. Mookerji: Descriptive list of coins and inscriptions suitable for…
POWELL, John H. 1858? — 19??. Rev. British (?) Clergyman (but in Folklore called Mr.), probably in India. M.A. Observed the hook-swinging in May 1912 in a village in Manbhum district, Chota Nagpur. Publications: “‘Hook-Swinging’ in India”, Folklore 25, 1914, 147-197; occasional notes on India in Man. Sources: Nothing further found.
POWELL, Eyre Burton. Brecknockshire, Wales 1818/19 — Streatham, London 10.11.1904. British Civil Servant in India. Son of the elder E.B.P., studied at Pembroke College, Cambridge (B.A. 1840). In 1848 joined Madras Civil Service. Worked as teacher, finally Principal of Presidency College in Madras. In 1862-75 Director of Public Instruction for…
POLE, John. 18?? — 19??. British Planter in Sri Lanka. In 1913 book his address was Scarborough Estate, Maskeliya, Ceylon. A likely candidate is found in thepeerage.com: John Pole (11.4.1848 — 1913), son of Rev. Edward De La Pole and Maty Anne Chapman, married Charlotte Pargiter (d. 1896), four daughters…
POCHHAMMER, Wilhelm von. Berlin 27.1.1892 — Bremen 13.11.1984. German Diplomat and Historian of Modern India. Son of an officer. After school in Berlin and Stettin studied law at Freiburg i.Br., Marburg, Munich and Bonn, where he befriended with H. v. Glasenapp. Participated in WW I, wounded. From 1919 worked in…
PLAYFAIR, Alan. Algiers, Vryburg, Cape Province 15.6.1868 — Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia 30.9.1952. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Robert Lambert Pl. and Agnes Rankin Webster. Served as Deputy Commissioner in Assam. Major (1909), then Lieutenant-Colonel. Married 1903 Caroline Gamble Hilda Noad, two sons. Publications: The Garos.…
PLAESCHKE, Herbert Karl Alfred. Wismar 1.6.1928 — 29.12.2002. German (East) Indologist and Art Historian. Son of Alfred Pl., a book dealer, and Margarete Möller. Studies of Oriental archaeology (H. Mode) and Indology (Ammer) at Halle, graduated 1959. Dr.phil. 1963 Halle. Dr.sc. 19??. PD 1971 Halle. Worked as wiss. Mitarbeiter in Universitäts-…
PINKHAM, Mildred Worth. 18?? — 19??. U.S. (?). Spent many years in India. Her 1941 book was published by Columbia University Press. Publications: A Bungalow in India: intimate glimpses of Indian life and people. N.Y. 1928. – Woman in the Sacred Scriptures of Hinduism. 12+239 p. N.Y. 1941 (based on Sanskrit texts). Sources: Books…