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, a Pioneer of photography (from 1839). Son of Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744–1817), scientist, politician and writer, and Frances Anne Beaufort (1769–1865). Educated at Charterhouse School in Surrey. Studied from…
EARDLEY-WILMOT, Henry. Kenilworth, Warwickshire 3.3.1854 — Richmond (London) 18.2.1933. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Rev. Edward Revell Eardley-Wilmot (1814–1899) and Emma Hutchinson Lambert (1827–1907). Educated at Tonbridge School, matriculated 1874, studied briefly at Cambridge (Clare College) and in 1876 joined army. Served in Madras, participated in the second…
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 (Petrus Jarricus). Toulouse 2.3.1566 — Saintes (Charente-Maritime) 2.3.1617. 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 around 1593 he taught many years philosophy and moral theology at Jesuit…
DRURY, Heber. Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex 4.3.1819 (22.5. is probably the date of baptism) — Holton, Mayfield, Sussex 30.10.1905. British Colonial Officer in India, a Botanist. Son of Rev. Henry Joseph Thomas (Harry) Drury (1778–1841), a classical scholar, and Ann Caroline Tayler. Educated at Harrow. After cadetship joined Madras Native Infantry in…
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 (1750?–1817). Studies at Edinburgh. M.D. Came to India in 1796, where also his father had served as surgeon, served in Bombay…
DROESE, Ernest (Ernst Dröse). Thorn, West Prussia (now Toruń in Poland) 12.7.1817 — Landour near Mussoorie, Uttarkhand 19.4.1891. Rev. German Protestant 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…
DRIVER, Walter Henry Parker. 1855 — 1908. 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. Married Mary Jane Stanmore, four children. Publications: “Notes on some Kolarian Tribes”, JASB 57:1, 1889, 7-18 & 60:1, 1891,…
DRIBERG, John Gordon. Batticaloa, Sri Lanka 26.3.1816 — on sea 15.11.1854. Rev. Missionary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. Son of Charles van Driberg (1787–1826, of Dutch backgroune) and Gertruida Johanna Elizabeth Mullertsz (1791–1826). Ordained Deacon 1835. In the early 1830s in Tallygunge as catechist, from 1835…