EDWARDS, James Fairbrother. Bolton, Lancastershire 25.3.1875 — Auburndale, Polk County, Florida 5.12.1951. Rev. British Missionary and Indologist, especially a Marathi Scholar. Son of Isaac Edwards and Sarah Brown. Educated at Wesleyan Methodist Theological College in Handsworth, Birmingham, then 8 years in charge of churches in England. Arrived in India in…
EDWARDES, Stephen Meredyth. 19.1.1873 — Felden, Hertfordshire 1.1.1927. British Civil Servant and Historian in India, from 1923 one of the editors of the Indian Antiquary. Son of the Rev. Stephen Edwardes (d. 1886) and Ellen Edwardes. Educated at Eton 1885-88, studies at Christ Church, Oxford. Passed the I.C.S. examination in…
EDMAN, Lars. Kalf (Älfsborg län) 22.11.1824 — 27.5.1921. Swedish Oriental Scholar and Linguist (Germanic), also interested in Sanskrit. Son of Andreas, a farmer, educated in Gothenburg. From 1847 studies at Uppsala, fil.kand. (Ph.D.) 1857. From 1857 Docent (PD) i österländska språken (Oriental languages) at Uppsala, from 1863 adjunkt (Associate Professor)…
EDGREN, August Hjalmar. Östanås bruk, Älvsbacka, Värmland 18.10.1840 — Djursholm, near Stockholm 9.12.1903. Swedish Indologist and Linguist, partly in the U.S.A. Professor in Lincoln. Son of Axel Edgren (1813–1864), an estate owner from the middle of Sweden, and Mathilda Berger (1817–1878). School 1849-51 in Karlstad and 1854-57 in Stockholm, where…
EDGAR, James Huston. Harr, Victoria 19.7.1872 — Tatsienlu 23.3.1936. Rev. New Zealandian (born in Australia) Missionary in China, wrote studies on Chinese and Tibetan Ethnology and Archaeology. Son of Adam Edgar (1850–1942, born in Scotland) and Margaret Huston, grew up in the mountains of Central Otago, New Zealand. Trained as…
ECKSTEIN, Ferdinand d’. Copenhagen 1.9.1790 — Paris 22. or 25.11.1862 (when 71). Baron. French Historian, of Danish/German Origin. Details of his origin are unclear, the title of nobility probably doubtful. “Je ne desire pas me faire l’écho de rumeurs piquantes sur son origine et sa jeunesse” (Mohl). He is said…
ECKE, Gustav-Emil-Wilhelm. Bonn 13.6.1896 — Honolulu 18.12.1971. German Art Historian in China and U.S.A. Son of Gustav Ecke (1855–1920), Professor of Theology, and Elisabeth von Lepel (1861–1910). From 1914 studies at Bonn, Berlin and Erlangen. Ph.D. 1922 Erlangen, on European art (French surrealism). In 1923 went to China, taught at…
ECHAURI MARTÍNEZ, Eustaquio. Azcona, Navarra 20.9.1873 — Madrid 8.1.1953. Spanish Classical Philologist and Philosopher. Studied at seminary of Pamplona, but did not enter church service. Instead, worked as journalist and studied Greek and Latin in Rome and Madrid (licenció es Letras 1916). From 1920 Professor of Latin language and literature…
EBEL, Hermann Wilhelm. Berlin 10.5.1820 — Misdroy in Pomerania (now Międzyzdroje in Poland) 19.8.1875. German Linguist (IE and Celtic). Professor in Berlin. Son of a teacher, grew up in Berlin. Studies of classical philology (Böckh) and history at Berlin and Halle, soon also comparative linguistics under Pott and Bopp. Ph.D.…
EATON, Adoniram Judson. Granville Centre, co. Annapolis, Nova Scotia 16.10.1850 — Knowlton, co. Brome, Quebec 1.8.1929. Canadian Indologist and Classical Scholar. Son of Thomas Woodworth Eaton (1803–1878) and Mary Ann Withers (1810–1880). Studies at Acadia University in Wolfsville, Nova Scotia (B.A. 1873, M.A. 1877), Harvard (B.A. 1876) and Yale. In…