PAREJA Casañas, Félix Maria. Barcelona 15.12.1890 — Alcalá de Henares 26.8.1983. S.J. Padre. Spanish Islamic Scholar. Joined S.J. in 1915. Noviciate in Valenci. Studied in Zaragoza, Barcelona and Cambridge. Ph.D. 1935 Madrid (diss. on al-Andalus). In 1935-39 taught Arabic, Islamology and Latin at Bombay University. In 1939-54 taught Missiology and Islamology at…
OEHRN, Carolus (Karl Öhrn). Helsingborg 26.2.1777 — Helsingborg 25.4.1832. Swedish Lawyer. Son of Sven Öhen (d. 1816) and Maria Schiött, grew up in Helsingborg. Studies at Lund, fil.cand. 1797, law examination 1798, magister 1799. Notary from 1801, then council member in Helsingborg 1812-32. Married 1804 Beata Maria Coster, four children. Publications: Dissertatio …
NEVE, Ernest Frederic. Brighton 3.2.1861 — Srinagar 8.2.1946. British Surgeon in India. The youngest child of David Neve, a silk mercer, and Mary Jane Wibmer. After Brighton Grammar School two years in Germany, then from 1879 studied at Edinburgh, from 1882 concentrated on medicine. M.D. 1886 and immediately left for…
MULLENS, Joseph. London 2.9.1820 — Chakombe (in Tanzania) 10.7.1879. Rev. British Missionary in India. Son of Richard Mullens. From 1837 studied at Coward College, a dissenting academy training people for nonconformist ministry, affiliated to University of London, graduating B.A. 1941. Further studies in Edinburgh. Ordained Congregational minister in 1843 and…
MOCKLER, Edward. Belgaum 18.9.1842 — Guernsey 4.3.1927. British Colonial Officer. Son of Surgeon-Major Edward Mockler, Sr. (1810–1887) and Ann Sarah Pritchard (d. 1845). Joined Indian Army in 1859. From 1866 mainly in political offices, first in Aden, from 1873 in Makran. From 1979 Assistant to the Governor General’s Agent for…
MOBERGER, Peter Otto Olofsson. Kalmar 26.7.1787 — Klinte, Gotland 26.7.1854. Swedish Clergyman. Son of Olof Moberger (1755–1800) and Emerentia Wejdling (1760–1794). From 1806 studies at Lund, ordained priest 1810. From 1820 Vicar of Klinte. Married 1814 Barbara Catharina Salomon, five daughters and two sons. Publications: Dissertatio historica, de Zoroastre et codice, …
MILBURN, Robert Gordon. 30.5.1870 — 1968. Rev. British Missionary in India. After ordination worked as priest in London. Went to India as missionary, but lost his faith and turned to teaching. Vice-Principal of Bishop’s College, Calcutta, 1906-14. Also Lecturer in Logic and Philosophy at Calcutta University. Married Mary. Publications: England and…
MARSTRANDER, Carl Johan Sverdrup. Kristiansand 26.11.1883 — Oslo 23.12.1965. Norwegian Linguist and Celtologist. Professor in Oslo. Son of Frederick Petersen Marstrander and Kristiane Henriette Sørensdatter Brodtkorp (Sverdrup). Matriculated 1902 from Kristiansand, 1902-03 on the army. In 1903-07 studied Classics, IE and Celtic languages at Oslo (S. Bugge, A. Torp). In…
MÄNCHEN-HELFEN, Otto Johann/John. Vienna 26.6.1894 — Berkeley 29.1.1969. Austrian Sinologist and Central Asian Scholar in the U.S.A. Professor in Berkeley. Son of Johann Helfen (1859–1938), a book printer, and Agnes Katharina Mänchen (1867–1944). After school in Vienna began studies at Vienna, but soon had to serve in WW I, then…
LEARNED, Dwight Whitney. Canterbury, Conn. 12.10.1848 — Claremont, co. Los Angeles, Calif. 19.3.1943. Rev. U.S. Missionary and Theologian. Son of Rev. Dr. Robert Coit Learned (1817–1867) and Sarah Birdseye Whitney (1824–1864), lost his mother when 16. Studies at Williston Seminary and from 1867 at Yale College (B.A. 1870) and University.…