CUTLER, Harriet B. L. 1??? — 1???. U.S. Missionary in India. Wife of Rev. Oliver C., arrived at Assam in 1836, conducted a school for girls while her husband taught boys. They were still working in Sibsagar in 1847. Publications: Vocabulary and Phrases in English and Assamese. 251 p. Sibsagar,…
CURIEL, Raoul. Cairo 23.6.1913 — Paris 23.2.2000. French (citizen 1947) Indologist, Iranian Scholar, Numismatist and Archaeologist. Son of Daniel C., and his wife Zephira, a wealthy banker, of a Francophone Sephardic Jewish family. In 1933 came to Paris for law study, but also studied Indology (Lévi, Bloch and Foucher), Iranian…
CROFTON, Henry Thomas. Preston, Lancashire 23.7.1848 — Berkshire 17.4.1928. British Gipsy Scholar. Born of an Anglo-Irish family, son of General J. F. Crofton and Anne Agnes Addison. Educated at Cheltenham College. Solicitor in Manchester. President of Gypsy Lore Society in 1908-09. Married 1871 Martha Pilling, one son, three daughters. Publications: With…
CROMPTON, Charles Arthur. Cork, Munster 21.10.1848 — Cherat near Peshawar 6.7.1875. British (Irish) Colonial Officer in India. Educated in England, entered army in 1869. Noted as a rugby player. Now soon to India, joined Royal Engineers. As Lieutenant served Bengal Sappers and Miners in Roorkee, sent to North-West Frontier. The…
CRAVEN, Thomas. Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales 28.3.1844 — 1919. Rev. U.S. (born Welsh) Methodist Missionary in India. Son of Henry Cr. and Eliza Poval., grew up in Evanston, Ill. Educated at Northwestern University (M.A.) and Garrett Bible Seminary. B.D. From 1870 in India, worked in Lucknow. Married 1870 Jane Maria Wells (1836–1914),…
CRAUFURD, Quintin. Kilwinning, Ayrshire 22.9.1743 — Paris 23.11.1819. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India. Younger son of the elder Quintin Cr. and Ann Robinson. As a typical Nabob he earned a fortune in India in E.I.C.’s service. Returned from India in 1780 and in 1783 settled in Paris, where he…
CRANE, Robert Irwin. Delhi 1920 — Syracuse, NY 1997. U.S. Historian of South Asia. Born in India to missionary parent. Studies at Duke, B.A. 1941 just before WW II. In war service again in South Asia. Renewed studies at Yale. Ph.D. 1951 Yale. Worked as Instructor at Chicago, Associate Professor…
CRAIG, James Alexander. Fitzroy Harbour, Ontario 5.3.1855 — Toronto 16.5.1932. Canadian Linguist. Son of James Craig, a farmer, and Rachel Cughan. Studies of philosophy at McGill (B.A. 1880 and M.A. 1883) and theology at Yale (B.D. 1883). Ordained 1883. Then three years further studies at Leipzig (Ph.D. 1886 under Delitzsch).…
COURT, Henry. 1??? — 1???. British Colonial Officer in India. Major. There were at least three Major Henry Courts, father (1783–1874), son (Ripley, Surrey 18.5.1822 – Eton, Berkshire 30.5.1891, in 1861 Commissioner in Meerut) and grandson (Dinapore 10.5.1843 – Croydon, Surrey 1892). The eldest is certainly not possible, but I…
COX, George William. Benares 10.1.1827 — Walmer, Kent 9.2.1902. Rev., 14th Baronet. British Historian. The eldest son of Captain George Hamilton Cox and Eliza Kearton. Sent to England in 1836, educated in Bath, Ilminster and Rugby. Studies at Trinity College, Oxford (B.A., 1859 M.A.), ordained 1850. Served 1851-53 as chaplain…