LYALL, Alfred Comyn. Coulsdon, Surrey 4.1.1835 — Freshwater, Isle of Wight 11.4.1911. Sir. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Rev. Alfred Lyall (1796–1865) and Mary Drummond Broadwood, educated at Eton College, then at Haileybury. Arrived at Calcutta 1856 and was sent to Bulandshahr, where he narrowly escaped death during…
LUMSDEN, Harry Burnett. On board of the Rose in the Bay of Bengal 12.11.1821 — Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire 12.8.1896. Sir. British (Scottish) Colonial Offcer in India. Lieutenant-General. Son of Colonel Thomas Lumsden (1789–1874) and Hay Burnett, cousin of —> Matthew Lumsden (1777–1839). After early years in Bengal, when he was six…
LOWSLEY, Barzillai (until 1863 Lousley). Berkshire 19.9.1840 — 25.7.1905. British Colonial Officer. From Hampstead Norreys, near Newbury (probably born there), son of Job and Ruth Lousley, a farmer family. After Royal Military Academy he joined Royal Engineers as Lieutenant. Served in Barbados, 1862-72, then in Ceylon. Retired 1882 as Lieutenant-Colonel, in 1895…
LOW, James. Causland, Midlothian (Wikipedia: Kingskettle, Fife) 4.4.1791 — Edinburgh 1852. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer. Son of Alexander Low and Anne Thompson, educated at Edinburgh College. Cadet in E.I.C.’s army 1812. In 1819-40 served in Penang (learned Malay and Thai), 1840-45 Assistant Resident in Singapore, 1824 led the second official…
LOVENTHAL (Løventhal), Carl Eduard. Aalborg 18.7.1841 — Fredriksberg near Copenhagen 14.7.1917. Rev. Danish Missionary in India. Son of Eduard August Sanner Løventhal (1812–1866) and Margit Allen, grew up in Copenhagen. Dr.phil. Worked as a teacher, but after religious awakening in 1867 turned to mission. Left for India in 1872 and…
LORIMER, Florence Mary Glen (from 1928 Mrs. Cardew). Strathmartine near Dundee 11.12.1883 — 15.2.1967. British Librarian. Daughter of Rev. Robert Lorimer (1840–1925) and Isabella Lockhart Robertson, sister of —> D. L. R. Lorimer (1876–1962) and others. Educated at Dundee High School and Notting Hill High School. Studies at Oxford (Somerville College)…
LONGPÉRIER, Henri Adrien Prévost de. Paris 21.9.1816 — Paris 14.1.1882. French Numismatist and Archaeologist. Son of Henri Simon Prévost Longpérier, a commander of National Guard, and Adrienne Lhoste de Moras. Grew up in Meaux. From 1836 Assistant at Cabinet de Médailles, 1847-70 Curator of Antiquities in Louvre. Member of A.I.B.L. 1854. Beside numismatics,…
LOGAN, James Richardson. Hutton Hall, Berwickshire, Scotland 10.4.1819 — Penang 20.10.1869. British (Scottish) Lawyer. Son of Thomas Logan, a farmer, and Elizabeth Moffat Logan (his cousin). Educated at Academy of Dunse in Berkshire. Then law apprentice under his barrister cousin in Edinburgh. In 1839 left for Penang in order to…
LOEWENTHAL, Isidor. Posen, Prussia (now Poznań in Poland) 1826 — Peshawar 27.4.1864. Rev. U.S. (German-born) Presbyterian Missionary in India. Born in a Jewish family, after Jewish school and gymnasium in Posen worked as clerk in mercantile firm. In 1846 escaped political pressure to the U.S.A. and taught Hebrew and German…
LITTMANN, Ludwig Richard Enno. Oldenburg 16.9.1875 — Tübingen 4.5.1958. German Semitic and Ethiopian scholar. Professor in Tübingen. Son of Gustav Adolph Littmann (1829–1893), owner of a printing house, and Sophie Jacoby (1843–1924). After gymnasium in Oldenburg from 1894 studies of theology and languages at Berlin (A. Dillmann), Greifswald and Halle. Ph.D.…