COX, George William. Benares 10.1.1827 — Walmer, Kent 9.2.1902. Rev., 14th Baronet. British Historian. The eldest son of Captain George Hamilton Cox (d. 1841) and Eliza Kearton. Sent to England in 1836, educated in Bath, Ilminster and Rugby. Studies at Trinity College, Oxford (B.A., 1859 M.A.), ordained priest 1850. Served…
COX, Edward Thomas. London 9.7.1807 — Chicacole (Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh) 28.8.1854. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of John Lewis Cox of Hamcommon, Surrey, and Jane Caroline Axtell. Cadet 1827, then Captain in Madras Army (1847) and Major.Married 1834 Sophia Gordon Hands (1815–1885), four sons and three daughters. In his…
COTTON, Arthur Thomas. Combermere, Cheshire 15.5.1803 — Dorking, Surrey 24.7.1899. Sir. British Colonial Officer in India. General. Son of Henry Calvely Cotton and Matilda Lockwood. After Addiscombe joined Madras Engineer Group in 1819, served first in the U.K., arrived at Madras in 1821. Conducted various surveys in South India. In…
COSQUIN, Emmanuel-Georges. Vitry-le-François (Marne) 25.6.1841 — ibid. 18.4.1919. French Folklorist. Son of a lawyer, himself studied law, but turned to journalist career. The work of Grimm brothers led him to collect and study popular narratives. Corresponding member of A.I.B.L. 1902, from now on concentrated on his studies. Already in his…
CORDINER, James. 1775 — Aberdeen 13.1.1836. Rev. British (Scottish) Episcopal Priest in Sri Lanka. Son of Rev. Charles Cordiner (1746?–1794) of Banff. Studies at Aberdeen (A.M. 1793). From 1797 in charge of Military Orphan Asylum in Madras. In 1799-1804 second chaplain to the garrison in Colombo and principal of all schools in the…
COPE, Henry. 18?? — 187?. British Journalist in India. In 1847 he resided in Delhi and was the secretary of the just-founded local Archaeological Society and editor of the Delhi Gazette. Soon moved to Lahore, founded (1849) and edited the Lahore Chronicle in 1850-56. In the 1860s secretary of Agri-Horticultural Society.…
BUCHER, Jakob. 18?? — 1???. Rev. German Missionary in South India. Working for Basel Mission in Dharwar and from 1890 in Mangalore as Superintendent of Anglo-Vernacular High School. Married. One pastor Jakob Bucher lived in 8.12.1865–25.10.1932, but he is unlikely. Publications: A Kannada–English School Dictionary, chiefly based on the labours…
BRÜCKE, Ernst Wilhelm (von). Berlin 6.7.1819 — Vienna 7.1.1892. German Physician and Physiologist in Austria, also interested in Phonetics. Professor in Vienna. Son of Johann Gottfried Brücke (1796–1873), a history painter, and Christine Müller (d. 1822). Gymnasium in Stralsund. Studied medicine at Berlin and Heidelberg, Dr.med. 1842 Berlin. PD 1844…
BRUCE, Richard Isaac. 1840 — 29.4.1924. British (Irish) Colonial Officer in India. Son of Jonathan Bruce, a landowner, and Anne Maxwell. Helped by his elder brother, Rev. Robert Bruce, a missionary in North-West India, came to Dera Ismail Khan (1862?). Served in the Second Afghan War (1878-79), then in various…
BROWNE, John Frederick. 1835? — 1???. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Robert Browne. Studies at Exeter College, Oxford (Boden Scholarship of Sanskrit 1853) and Haileybury, in 1858 already in India, in Bengal C.S. Married, daughter born in India 1866. There was an elder JFB, a Lieutenant-Colonel, who had…