HAENISCH, Erich

HAENISCH, Erich. Berlin 27.8.1880 — Stuttgart 21.12.1966. German Sinologist and Mongolist. Professor. Son of an attorney, educated in Berlin. In 1899-1903 studied Chinese, Mongolian and Manchu at Berlin (W. Grube, also listened to Pischel and J. Oppert), Ph.D. 1904. In 1904-11 in China, teaching at military schools in Wuchang and…

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HADAWAY, William Snelling

HADAWAY, William Snelling. Maiden, MA 1872 — ?.10.1941. U.S. Artist in India. Son of Ephraim Locke Hadaway (1848–1914) and Helen Agnes Noyes. Trained at School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University in Boston. Married 1893 Julia Peck (1864–1935), also an artist, divorced 1895. In 1894-95 in Italy,…

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GRAHAM, James William

GRAHAM, James William. 16.7.1785 — 22.6.1849. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Joseph Graham (of London) and Johanna Lomax. Joined E.I.C.’s army in 1800. Lieutenant 1803, Major 1826. Chief Interpreter and Translator to the Supreme Court of Judicature in Bombay. He was cashiered in 1828 by sentence of a…

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GOULD, Basil

GOULD, Basil John. Worcester Park near London 29.12.1883 — Yarmouth, Isle of Wight 27.12.1956.Sir. British Civil Servant in India, Political Officer in Sikkim, Bhutan and Tibet. Son of Charles Gould (1832–1909) and Mary Ellen Utterton. After Winchester College studies at Oxford (New College). Joined I.C.S. in 1907. In 1912-13 British Trade…

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GOUGH, Charles John Stanley

GOUGH, Charles John Stanley. Chittagong 28.1.1832 — Innislonagh, Clonmel, co. Tipperary, Ireland 6.9.1912. Sir. British Colonial Officer in India. General. Born in Bengal into a family of Anglo-Irish gentry, son of judge George Gough (1802–1889) and Charlotte Margaret Becher. Educated in the U.K. Entered Bengal European Cavalry in 1848. Served…

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GODDEN, Gertrude M.

GODDEN, Gertrude Mary. Surbiton, Surrey 17.7.1867 — Burgess Hill, Sussex 15.2.1947. British Anthropological Writer. Daughter of William and Mary Godden. Roman Catholic. Unmarried. She was an armchair anthropologist who never visited India. A book on Nagas and other North-East Indian peoples remained as manuscript. Publications: “Naga and Other Frontier Tribes of…

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GILLE, Albert

GILLE, Albert. 1878 — 1950. Father. S.J. Belgian Missionary in India 1904-25. In 1929 A. Gille of S.J. was in Edinburgh. In the 1930s A. Gille from Belgium was missionary in Burundi. Publications: “Notes on Some Native Medicines from Southern India”, Man 6, 1906, 182-187. – A Record of the Inscriptions at the…

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GIELECKI, Wojciech Marceli

GIELECKI, Wojciech Marceli. Krzeszowice, Lesser Poland 23.10.1876 — Cracow 11.9.1957. Polish Librarian and Classical Scholar. Studies at Cracow, Ph.D. 1901. Librarian in Cracow University. Married. Publications: Pomysły filozoficzne w hymnach Rig-Vedy. 102 p. Cracow 1910, 152 p. Cracow 1911. – Unrelevant publications. Sources: *K. Tatarowicz, Rocz. Bibl. 1958, 593f.; stray notes in Internet.

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GERMANN, Wilhelm

GERMANN, Wilhelm Ferdinand. Gardelegen, Pomerania 3.4.1840 — Meiningen 7.2.1902. German Missionary in India. Worked briefly in Tamilnadu, but got a lasting interest in the history of mission. Studied theology at Erlangen, in 1864 joined the Lutheran Leipzig Mission. Ordained priest in 1865 and left for Madras. Returning in 1867 he…

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GEHRICH, Georg

GEHRICH, Heinrich Georg. Northeim, Niedersachsen 30.10.1867 — Goslar 29.6.1920. German Protestant Priest interested in Oriental Religions. Pastor in Stellichte (Hannover), later (1914) in Goslar. Married Marie Knoke (1870–1947), at least two sons. Publications: Translated Cumont’s (Die Mysterien des Mitra. Lp. 1903), Pettazzoni’s and Tiele’s works into German (1895/1909). – “Zur Frage…

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