PAGLIARO, Antonino. Mistretta, Messina 1.1.1898 — ibid. 6.12.1973. Italian Classical and Iranian Scholar, Exegete, and Philosopher of Language. Professor in Rome. Son of Vincenzo Pagliaro and Grazia Passarella. After school in Mistretta, from 1913 studies at Palermo and from 1914 Florence, in 1917-18 participated in WW I. Then resumed studies…
PAGE, Walter Sutton. Andover, Hampshire 2.12.1873 — Chingford, Essex 19.2.1938. Rev. British Missionary and Indologist. Son of Walter Page and Phyllis Marian Cooper. Studies in London, B.A. and B.D. Worked 20 years in India as a Baptist missionary in 1896-1916, mainly in Serampur and Dacca (Dhaka). In WW I served…
PAGE, James Alfred. Garleston, Suffolk 15.2.1887 — Hertfordshire 8.1. 1978. British Architect and Archaeologist in India. Son of James Sperring Page (1854–1902) and Mary Ann Gibbs. In 1910-15 studied at Royal Academy. Worked in Delhi at least from 1918. Superintendent of A.S.I. (1926). Retired 193?. Married 1929 Enid Ida Heron-Maxwell…
PAES (Pais), Domingo. 14?? — 15??. Portuguese Merchant in India. In a group of merchants from Goa he went to Vijayanagara around 1520 and then wrote his account, characterized by reliable and exact observations and including important information about the Hindu state. The manuscript came to Portugal and was used…
PACKARD, William Alfred. Brunswick, Maine 26.8.1830 — Princeton, NJ 2.12.1909. U.S. Classical Scholar interested in Sanskrit. Son of Rev. Alpheus Spring Packard, Sr. (1798–1884), a minister and educator, and Elizabeth Frances Appleton (1804–1839). Educated at Bowdoin College (A.B. 1851, A.M. 1854), tutor at the same 1853-54. Graduated from Andover Theological…
Arunachala Sadasivam PILLAI, a Sri Lankan Christian Tamil scholar.