FOULKES, Thomas. Wales 1826 — 1901. Rev. British (Welsh) Priest and Indologist in India. Educated in Islington, ordained deacon 1848 and priest 1851. In 1849-55 worked for Church Missionary Society in Tinnevelly, 1855-58 in Madras and 1858-59 in Tamil Cooly mission in Ceylon. Giving up missionary work he was from…
FOUCHER, Alfred Charles Auguste. Lorient (Morbihan, Bretagne) 21.11.1865 — Sceaux (Hauts-de-Seine) 30.10.1952. French Indologist, Art Historian and Archaeologist. Professor in Paris. Son of a teacher of literature, lost his mother at birth and father in his teens. Educated in Morlaix and Rennes. In 1881 came to Paris, now studies at…
FOUCAUX, Philippe-Édouard. Angers (Maine-et-Loire) 15.9.1811 — Paris 19.5.1894. French Indologist and Tibetan scholar. Professor in Paris. Son of a wealthy merchant from Angers, came to Paris in 1828 to study Oriental languages. He was a student of Burnouf and prompted by him started on his own to learn Tibetan from…
FOSTER, William. Southsea, Portsmouth 19.11.1863 — 11.5.1951. Sir. British Historian of Indian Colonial Period. Son of William Foster, a civil servant, educated at Cooper’s Grammar School and London University (B.A.). In 1882 joined the India Office. In 1891-95 edited India Office List. From 1901 Assistant to the Registrar and Superintendent…
FORTUNATOV, Filipp Fëdorovič. Vologda 14(2).1.1848 — Kosolma near Petrozavodsk 3.10.(20.9.)1914. Russian Indologist and Linguist. Son of Fëdor Nikolaevič Fortunatov (1814–1872), a teacher, and Julija Aleksandrovna Monakova (d. 1857). Educated in Olonec and Moscow. From 1864 studies at Moscow under Petrov and others, graduated in 1868. Then further studies in 1872-73…
FORSTER, Henry Pitts. 1766? (or 1761) — Calcutta (?) 10.9.1815. British Civil Servant in India and a Pioneer of Indology. Possibly studied at Oxford. In 1783 joined the Bengal Civil Service, from 1793 Collector of Tipperah, from 1794 Registrar of the Sadr Diwani Adalat of 24 Parganas. From 1803 in…
FORREST, George William David Stark. Nusserabad (Nasirabad), Rajasthan 8.1.1846 — Oxford 28.1.1926. Sir. British Civil Servant in India, Historian of the Colonial Period. Son of Captain George Forrest (1800–1859) of Indian army and Ann Edwards, younger brother of —> R. E. Forrest. Educated privately and at St. John’s College, Cambridge…
FORMICHI, Carlo. Naples 14.2.1871 — Rome 13.12.1943. Italian Indologist. Professor in Rome. Son of a stockbroker, Giuseppe Formichi, and Vincenza Pisa, of Greek origin. Studied at Naples law and letters (Indology under Kerbaker), laureatosi in Giurisprudenza 1891, in Lettere 1893. In 1894-95 taught at Ginnasio di Reggio di Calabria. In…
FORLONG, James George Roche. Springhall, Lanarkshire 11.1824 — Edinburgh 29.3.1904. British (Scottish) Military Engineer and Scholar of Religion in India. Major-General. Son of William Forlong (1790–1878), of Erines, and Crawfurd Pollock Gordon. Educated as an engineer, joined Indian army in 1843. “In the S. Mahratta Company, 1845-6, in the Madras…
FORKE, Ernst Conrad Alfred. Schöningen/Kr. Helmstedt (Braunschweig) 12.1.1867 — Hamburg 9.7.1944. German Sinologist. Professor in Hamburg. Son of Wilhelm Forke, merchant and steam mill owner, and Minna Tenne (1842–1868). After gymnasium in Magdeburg, studies of law at Geneva and Berlin. Dr. iuris 1890 Rostock. At the same time also studied…