POWELL-PRICE, John Cadwgan. 11.6.1888— 13.2.1964. British (Welsh) Civil Servant in India. Son of Rev. Cadwgan Powell-Price, who was from 1890 Rector of Festiniog, then of Machynlleth. Himself served in India, i.al. as Director of Public Instruction, United Provinces (1939 there). Married 1923 Florence Evelyn Oakley. Publications: The Teaching of History…
POWELL, John H. 1858? — 19??. Rev. British (?) Clergyman (but in Folklore called Mr.), probably worked in India. M.A. Observed the hook-swinging in May 1912 in a village in Manbhum district, Chota Nagpur. Publications: “‘Hook-Swinging’ in India”, Folklore 25, 1914, 147-197; occasional notes on India in Man. Sources: Nothing further found.
POWELL, Eyre Burton. Brecknockshire, Wales 1818/19 — Streatham, London 10.11.1904. British Civil Servant in India. Son of the elder E. B. Powell (1795–1859) and Elizabeth Labeste, studied at Pembroke College, Cambridge (B.A. 1840, M.A. 1857). In 1848 (or 1840?) joined Madras Civil Service. Worked as teacher, finally Principal of Presidency…
POLE, John (de La Pole). 18?? — 19??. British Planter in Sri Lanka. In 1913 book his address was Scarborough Estate, Maskeliya, Ceylon and historyofceylontea.com on Scarborough Estate tells that he was Assistant Manager there in 1909-12. A likely candidate is found in thepeerage.com (with some additional derails in ancestry.com):…
POCHHAMMER, Wilhelm von. Berlin 27.1.1892 — Bremen 13.11.1982. German Diplomat and Historian of Modern India. Son of an officer, Major-General Erich Viktor von Pochhammer (1860–1914), of Prussian nobility and Hanna Toecke-Mittler. After school in Berlin and Stettin studied law at Freiburg i.Br., Marburg, Munich and Bonn, where he befriended with…
PLAYFAIR, Alan. Algiers, Vryburg, Cape Province 15.6.1868 — Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia 30.9.1952. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Robert Lambert Playfair (1828–1899) of Madras army and Agnes Rankin Webster (1832–1918). Served as Deputy Commissioner in Assam. Major (1909), then Lieutenant-Colonel. Retired 1921 and moved to…
PHELPS, John. Baltimore 25.7.1873 — Mitchellville, Prince George’s County, Maryland 16.12.1955. U.S. Lawyer and Classical Scholar. Son of Brigadier-General Charles E. Phelps (1833–1908) and Martha Woodward. B.A. 1894 Johns Hopkins. Worked as attorney in Baltimore, but kept a lifelong interest in classics and linguistics. Twice married, with Anna Turner (1876–1955)…
PETTIGREW, William. Edinburgh 5.1.1869 — 19.1.1943. Rev. British Missionary in India. Son of a sea captain, lost early his mother and father remarried, grew up in a strict Anglican family. Decided early to become a missionary and completed High School at Ardington Aborigines Mission Training Centre. Arrived in India in…
PÉRI, Noël. Cruzy-le-Châtel (Yonne) 22.8.1865 — Hanoi 25.6.1922. Father. French Missionary and Sino-Japanologist. Son of Hilaire Paris (d. 1921 when 87), a magistrate with Corsican origin, school in Neufchâteau (Vosges), Dôle and Châlon-sur-Saône. Studied theology at seminaries of Isay and Saint-Sulpice.. Ordained priest in 1888 and left for Japan. Served…
PERCHERON, Maurice Alfred. Archachon (Gironde) 22.7.1891 — Paris 22.12.1963.French Engineer and Author. Son of Alfred Percheron, a physician, and Madeleine Nonès. Participated in WW I. From 1919 worked in aircraft development. In the 1930s several travels in Asia. Officer of Légion d’honneur 1958. Married 1916 Suzanne Moreau (divorce 1940) and…