EFREMOV, Filipp Sergeevič. 1750 — after 1811. Russian Traveller. From Vjatka (now Kirov). He was Sergeant of Russian army, taken prisoner by a band of Cossacks and sold as slave in Bukhara in 1774. Having succefully escaped two years later he travelled through Kashgar and Ladakh to Kashmir and via…
EDWARDS, Edward. Llangedwyn, Montgomeryshire, Powys 5.5.1870 — Llandinam, Montgomeryshire 28.4.1944. British (Welsh) Librarian and Iranian Scholar. Educated at Oswestry High School and Bala Theological College. Studies at University College of Wales in Aberystwyth (under H. Ethé) and 1900-03 Christ’s College, Cambridge. B.A. Wales and Cambridge. From 1904 Assistant in Department…
EDGEWORTH, Michael Pakenham. Edgeworthstown, co. Longford, Ireland 24.5.1812 — Isle of Eigg, Inner Hebrides 30.7.1881. Irish Botanist and Civil Servant in India. Son of Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744–1817), scientist, politician and writer, and Frances Anne Beaufort (1769–1865). Educated at Charterhouse in Surrey. Studied Oriental languages and botany at Edinburgh. Joined I.C.S.…
EARDLEY-WILMOT, Henry. Kenilworth, Warwickshire 3.3.1854 — Richmond (London) 18.2.1933. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Rev. Edward Revel Eardley-Wilmot (1814–1899) and Emma Hutchinson Lambert. Educated at Tonbridge School, matriculated 1874, studied briefly at Cambridge (Clare College) and in 1876 joined army. Served in Madras, participated in the second Afghan…
DUNCAN, Marion Herbert. Celina, co. Mercer, Ohio 17.1.1896 — Boonsboro, co. Washington, Maryland ?.1.1977. U.S. Missionary in Khams (Eastern Tibet). Son of John Stephen Duncan (1872–1912) and Sarah Jane Russell (1874–1904), graduated from Hiram College. In 1921-35 served as missionary of the Disciples of Christ in Batang (‘Ba‘-thams) in Khams (Lopez)…
DU JARRIC, Pierre. Toulouse 2.3.1566 — Saintes (Charente-Maritime) 1617. S.J. French Historian of Mission. Joined Jesuits in 1582. When his hope to become a missionary was not accepted he turned to writing mission history. Ordained priest he taught many years philosophy and moral theology in Bordeaux. Never travelled himself. Beside…
DRURY, Heber. Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex 4.3.1819 (22.5. is probably the date of baptism) — Holton, Mayfield 30.10.1905. British Colonial Officer in India, a Botanist. Son of Rev. Harry Drury (1778–1841), a classical scholar, and Ann Caroline Tyler. Educated at Harrow. After cadetship joined Madras Native Infantry in 1837, served in Travancore.…
DRUMMOND, Robert. Kelpie, Fife 27.3.1775 — at sea ?.3.1809. Sir, fifth “Laird of Keltie”. British (Scottish) Surgeon in E.I.C.’s Medical Service. Son of John Drummond (1733–1801) and Euphemia Aytoun. Studies at Edinburgh. M.D. Came to India in 1796, where also his father had served as surgeon, served in Bombay Presidency.…
DROESE, Ernest (Ernst Dröse). Thorn (now Toruń in Poland) 12.7.1817 — Landour near Mussoorie, Uttarkhand 19.4.1891. Rev. German Missionary in India. He began as apprentice silversmith, but soon turned to missionary career and entered the seminary of Berlin Mission in 1838 and was sent to India in 1842. Worked in…
DRIVER, W. H. P. 18?? — 1???. Civilian, probably Civil Servant, interested in Ethnology (Muṇḍa and Draviḍian) and Archaeology. An emigration agent in Ranchi (1880/91), where he also found prehistoric remains. Publications: “Notes on some Kolarian Tribes”, JASB 57:1, 1889, 7-18 & 60:1, 1891, 24-37; “The Korkus”, JASB 61:1, 1892,…