FALK, Ada Maryla. Lemberg (Lwów, now L’viv) 26.4.1906 — Chamonix (Hautes Alpes) 13.6.1980. Polish Indologist. Born in the then Austrian Lemberg (now L’viv in Ukraine). Daughter of Juliusz (Joël) Falk, an advocate and 1910-14 mayor, and Berta Weiser, an Ashkenazi Jewish family. Because of war, the family escaped in 1914 to…
FALCONER, Hugh. Forres, Moray 29.2.1808 — London 31.1.1865. British (Scottish) Physician, Botanist, Palaeontologist, Geologist and Traveller in India. The youngest child of David Falconer and Isabel Mackrae, educated at Forres. Studies at Aberdeen University (graduated M.A. 1826). M.D. 1829 Edinburgh. Joined the E.I.C.’s medical service in Bengal in 1830, succeeded…
FAIRSERVIS, Walter Ashlin, Jr. Brooklyn, N.Y. 17.2.1924 — Sharon, Conn. 12.7.1994. U.S. Archaeologist. Museum Curator and Professor in New York. The only child of the elder W. A. Faiservis (1889–1941) and Edith Hillman Yeager (d. 1955). He had an early interest in archaeology. In 1937 he ran from the school,…
FABRICIUS, Johann Philipp (Fabrizius). Kleeberg, Hessen 22.1.1711 — Madras 23.1.1791. German Missionary and Tamil Scholar. In India from 1740 until his death. Son of Reinhard Fabricius, an official of Hessen-Darmstadt, a Pietist family. Studies at Giessen (law) and Halle (now also theology). In 1732-36 worked as tutor in his elder…
FABRI, Charles Louis (Károly Lajos Fábri). Budapest 18.11.1899 — Delhi 7.7.1968. Hungarian Archaeologist and Art Historian in India. Born in a wealthy middle class Jewish family, son of Henrik Lipót Fábri (Frenkl, 1865–1933) and Ilona Fischer (1872–1959), grew up in Budapest. His father owned a hotel, but lost his fortune…
EWING, Arthur Henry. near Saltsburg, co. Indiana, Pa. 18.10.1864 — Allahabad 13.9.1912. Rev. U.S. Missionary and Indologist in India. Son of farmer James Henry Ewing (1825–1905) and Eleanor Jane Rhea (1830–1914), educated in Saltsburg and Elder’s Ridge. Graduated from Washington and Jefferson College (B.A. 1887) and Western Theological Seminary in…
EWALD, Georg Heinrich August (von). Göttingen 16.11.1803 — Göttingen 4.5.1875. German Oriental, especially Hebrew and Semitic Scholar, but also Indologist, and Theologian. Son of Heinrich Andreas Ewald (d. 1829), a master weaver, and Catharina Maria Ilse (1782–1841). Grew up in Göttingen, after gymnasium studied theology and Oriental languages at Göttingen.…
EVOLA, Giulio (Julius) Cesare Andrea. Rome 19.5.1898 — Rome 11.6.1974. Italian Lawyer, Poet, Painter, Author, and Rightist Politician and Philosopher interested in Asian Religions. Born in a devout catholic aristocratic Sicilian family, son of Vincenzo Evola (1854–1941), a telegraphic mechanic chief, and Concetta Mangiapane (1865–1952/56). Studied engineering and served briefly…
EVERETT, Charles Carroll. Brunswick, Maine 19.6.1829 — Cambridge, MA 16.10.1900. Rev. U.S. Unitary Theologian interested in Indian Philosophy. Professor in Harvard. Son of Ebenezer Everett (1788–1869), a lawyer and banker, and Joanna Batchelder Prince. Graduated from Bowdoin College in 1850 (A.M.). Then, after brief time at Bowdoin Medical College, LL.D.…
EVEREST, George. Gwernvale near Crickhowell, Wales (or Greenwich?) 4.6.1790 — London 1.12.1866. Sir. British Colonial Officer (Military Engineer) and Geographer in India. Eponymous for Mount Everest. Son of William Tristram Everest (1747–1825), a solicitor and justice of peace, and Lucetta Mary Smith (1766–1809). Educated at the military schools of Great…