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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
GASKOIN, Charles Jacinth Bellairs. Ealing, Middlesex 30.7.1873 — Kensington, Middlesex 24.3.1955. British Historian. Son of son of Herman John Richard Gaskoin (1828–1907) and Catherine Anna Maclear, educated at Fitzwilliam Hall. Studies at Cambridge (Jesus College), B.A. 1898, M.A. 1902. In 1901-06 private tutor in Cambridge, 1907-16 Lecturer in History at Wren’s. War…
GALLOWAY, Archibald. Perth 12.2.1779 — London 6.4.1850. Sir. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer in India. Major-General. Son of James Galloway (1750–1838) and Margaret Forester (1749–1781). Cadet 1799, joined Bengal Native Infantry in 1800, participated in the defence of Delhi 1804 and the siege of Bharatpur 1805. Colonel 1836, Major-General 1841. From…
GALLAUD DE LA PÉROUSE, Marie. 19.3.1867 — Neuilly 22.12.1945. French Sculptress, Author and Traveller. Daughter of railway engineer Charles G. and his wife Julie. First exhibition as sculptress in 1890. Visited South and East Asia, even Tibet in disguise, and took many photographs. Her 1931 book is a popular book, compiled from…