OUCHTERLONY, John. Walworth, Surrey 15.1.1813 — Ootacamund 29.4.1863. British Colonial Officer in India. Lieutenant-Colonel. Son of William Ouchterlony (1766–1829), an assurance official, and Harriet Lee. Served in Madras Engineers, in 1841-43 in Hong Kong. Married 1844 Alice Trevor Puchterbury (ancestry) or Turton (Wikitree, with years 1826–1915), four daughters. Died of…
OSBORNE, Łucja (Lucia, Ludka, née Lipszyc). 15.2.1904 — Landon 2.12.1987. Polish Disciple of Ramana Maharshi. Born in a large orthodox Jewish family (the most of them died in camps during WW II). She met Arthur Osborne (1906–1970) in Warsaw, where he was teaching English. They were married in 1934 and 1936…
O’SHAUGHNESSY, William Brooke (born William Sands, 1825 W. Sands O’Sh., 1827 W, Brooke O’Sh.). Limerick, Ireland 1.11.1809 — Southsea, Hampshire 10.1.1889. Sir. British (Irish) Physician in India. Son of merchant Daniel Sands (Catholic) and Sarah Boswell (Protestant). Studies briefly at Trinity College, Dublin, then at Edinburgh, Med.Dr. 1829. Moved to London…
ONORATO DA UDINE (Franciscus Honoratus ad Utino, lay Giangiacomo). Tomba near Udine 7.11.1757 — Rome 8.12.1836. Italian Capuchin Missionary in India. Went to India in 1792, worked many years in Pondicherry, Surat, Madras and Masulipatan. Very little is known of his life (except some contradicting mentions, claiming he worked in Tibet, Madagascar, or…
O’MALLEY, Lewis Sydney Stewart. Flitcham, Norfolk 23.10.1874 — Oxford 10.5.1941. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Rev. Bryan O’Malley, a minister, and Frances Keppel. Educated in Norwich and Hertford College, Oxford (B.A.). Entered I.C.S. in 1898, worked as Magistrate and Collector in Bengal, then in General and Revenue Department. Retired 1924.…
OLDHAM, Thomas. Dublin 4.5.1816 — Rugby, Warwickshire 17.7.1878. British (Anglo-Irish) Geologist in India. Son of Thomas Oldham and Margaret Boyd (D.N.B. Bagot). Educated privately, studies at Trinity College in Dublin, B.A. 1836, M.A. 1846. From 1836 further studies of geology at Engineering School in Edinburgh. In 1838 employed in the…
OGILBY, John. Killemeare (Kirriemuir), Angus 17.11.1600 — London 4.9.1676. British (Scottish) Author, Translator and Cartographer. Of unknown parentage. “Probably at least half-brother to James Ogilby, 1st Earl of Airlie” (1593?–1666), at least himself claimed so. Grew up in London. Probably educated at Merchant Taylors’ Grammar School in London. An accident…
OERTEL, Friedrich Oscar Emanuel (from 1921 Frederick O. Lechmere-Oertel). Hannover 9.12.1862 — New York 22.12.1942. German-born Engineer, Architect and Archaeologist in India. Went to India in 1883 giving up his German citizenship, naturalized as British. In 1883-87 assistant engineer on railway and building construction in North-Western Provinces and Oudh, 1887-88…
OEHLER, Gustav Friedrich. Ebingen, Württemberg 10.6.1812 — Tübingen 19.2.1872. German Lutheran Conservative Theologian and Oriental Scholar. Son of a modest teacher, Georg Friedrich Oehler, and Johanna Gastpar (d. c. 1821). Educated in Ebingen and in the seminary of Blaubeuren, from 1829-33 studied theology and Oriental languages at Tübingen, learned Sanskrit from…
O’CONNOR, William Frederick Travers. Longford, Ireland 30.7.1870 — Chelsea, London 14.12.1943. Sir. British (Irish) Officer and Diplomat in British Service in India. Son of land agent Matthew Richard Weld O’Connor (1828?–1902) and Harriet Georgina O’Reilly. Educated 1884-87 at Charterhouse School in Surrey. After Royal Military Academy joined Royal Artillery in 1890.…