JARRETT, Henry Sullivan. Madras 17.6.1839 — East Grinstead, Sussex 15.4.1919. British Colonial Officer in India. Colonel. Son of Thomas Stanhope Jarrett and Eliza Julia Chambers. Educated at Prior Park, Bath. Joined Indian army in 1857, just in time to serve against the insurrection. In 1870-94 Secretary and Member of Board…
JANVIER, Levi. Pittsgrove (or Daretown), NJ 25.4.1816 — Anandpore (or Sabathu) 25.3.1864. Rev. U.S. Presbyterian Missionary in the Pañjāb. Son of Rev. George Washington Janvier (1784–1865) and Margaret Fries. Graduated 1835 from Princeton and worked as teacher. Ordained priest. D.D. Married and left for India in 1841. Worked in Fatehpur,…
JAMES, Arthur Lloyd. Pentre, Glamorgan, Wales 21.6.1884 — Crowthorne, Berkshire 24.3.1943. British (Welsh) Phonetician. Professor in London. Son of William James, a mining engineer, and Rachel Clark. After school in Llanelli and Pontypridd studies of French at Cardiff University College, graduated 1905. After a few years as teacher further studies at…
JACOLLIOT, Louis. Charolles (Saône-et-Loire) 31.10.1837 — Saint-Thibaut-des-Vignes (Seine-et-Maine) 30.10.1890. French Colonial Lawyer and Enthusiast of Indian Thought. Advocate, in 1865-69 judge in Tahiti and India (Chandernagar). In 1887-90 mayor of Saint-Thibaut-des-Vignes. Jacolliot is known of his curious ideas. Thus he claimed that the Bible and Christianity originated in India and…
JACKSON, Robert Pilkington. Warrington, Lancashire 1868/69 (bapt. 5.2.1869) — Worthing, West Sussex 30.1.1914. British Colonial Officer in Indiaand Burma. Major. Son of George Jackson, a pawnbroker, and Martha Anne Pilkington, lost early his father. Joined army in 1888. Served in South India and Burma 1888-1908. Major 1906, retired 1908. Married 1898…
IRVINE, Francis. Drumoak, Aberdeenshire 8.2.1786 — Edinburgh 16.12.1855. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer in India. The youngest son of Alexander Irvine (1754–1844) and Jean Forbes (1755?–1786), mother died soon after his birth. Joined army as cadet in 1804 and left for India. Served in Bengal Native Infantry, Lieutenant 1805, Captain 1819.…
IVERSEN, Ragnvald. Tromsø 18.1.1882 — Trondheim 21.8.1960. Norwegian Linguist. Son of Anton Christian Iversen (1852–1930), a carpenter, and Emilie Jacobsen. Studies at Kristiania (Oslo), cand.phil. 1910. Worked as teacher inn Arendal and Hønefoss. Ph.D. 1921 (diss. on Norwegian). In 1922-52 Professor of Norwegian at Norges Lærerhøgskole (Teachers’ College) in Trondheim.…
IRZEL, Paul Arnold. Zürich 5.12.1861 — 8.1.1931. Swiss Indologist. Grandson of —> B. H., teacher in Aarau. Son of Paul Arnold H., a lawyer, and Johanna Victoria Albrecht. Studies of classical philology, Romance and Germanic philology and Sanskrit at Strassburg, Leipzig and München. Ph.D. 1890 Leipzig, under Windisch. Back in Switzerland…
HUNT, Edmund Henderson. Kensington, London 23.11.1874 — Farnham, Surrey 15.12.1952. British Physician (Surgeon) in India, interested in Archaeology. Son of John Mortimer Hunt (1845–1897), a businessman, and Eliza Henderson, educated at Harrow. Studies at Oxford (Balliol College). M.D. Chief medical officer to the Nizam’s State Railway. Conducted excavations and collected…
HUDSON-WILLIAMS, Thomas. Caernarfon, Gwynedd 4.2.1873 — 12.4.1961. British (Welsh) Celtologist and Comparative Linguist. Professor in Bangor. Son of R. Williams. Educated in Bangor. Studies at University College of North Wales in Bangor and Greifswald (Zimmer). Graduated 1894, D.Litt. 1911 London. From 1896 Assistant Lecturer in French and German at Bangor,…