CHAPMAN, Francis Robert Henry. Sholapur, Maharashtra 22.10.1858 — Portugal 13.3.1942. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Ingram Francis Ch., an officer of E.I.C., and Louisa Aplin (d. 1869). Finally Major in Bombay Staff Corps. In retirement apparently lived in Camberley, Surrey. Married 1890 Margaret Ritchie, children. Publications: English–Hindūstānī Pocket…
CHAPMAN, Charles. Bath wick, Somerset 23.11.1752 — 19.3.1809. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Charles Ch., a retired officer of E.I.C.’s army. Educated at Hoxton Academy. From 1773 Writer of E.I.C. in Bombay, 1775 moved to Calcutta. Close to Hastings. In 1778-79 diplomatic mission to Cochin-China (Vietnam), 1781-83 to Nagpur…
CAUSSIN DE PERCEVAL, Armand-Pierre. Paris 11.1.1795 — Paris 15.1.1871. French Oriental (Arabic) Scholar. Son of Jean-Jacques-Antoine C. de P. (1759–1835, like his son Professor of Arabic at Collège de France) and Catherine Félicité Labroue (d. 1802). In 1833–71 Professor of Arabic at Collège de France in Paris, in 1821–71 also Professor of Vulgar…
CARPENTER, John N. 18?? — 19??. British Missionary in India. M.A. Went to India in 1890. Worked for Church Missionary Society in Allahabad (in 1900 as Principal of St.Paul’s Divinity School, again in A. in 1906/11) and Gorakhpur (1905), but seems also to have been connected with St.John’s College, Agra.…
CAPUS, Guillaume. Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg 25.8.1857 — Boulogne-sur-Seine 27.4.1931. Luxembourgian Scientist and Explorer in France (naturalized 1882). Worked in Musée d’Histoire naturelle, Paris. Dr.-ès-sciences 1879. Travelled as Bonvalot’s assistant in Caucasus and Russian Central Asia (1882) and in Iran, Afghanistan, Pamir and Kashmir (1886-87), later in Balkan (1894). In 1897-1907 in…
CANDY, Edward Townshend. India 15.4.1845 — ?.4.1913. Sir (1904). British Civil Servant in India. Son of —> Thomas Candy and Caroline Boyce. Educated in Cheltenham. M.A. Entered Bombay C.S. 1865, retired 1903. “Judicial Assistant to the Political Agent, Kattiawar, 1872-82: officiating Judicial Commissioner in Sind, 1886-7: Vice-chancellor of the Bombay…
CANALEJAS, Francisco de Paula. Lucena 2.4.1834 — Madrid 4.5.1883. Spanish Scholar of Literature interested in Indo-European. Studies at Madrid, graduated in humanities 1856, in law 1857, Ph.D. 1858. In 1860-62 Professor of Literature at Valladolid, then eo. Professor at Madrid. Also worked as advocate. Attended Garcia Ayuso’s Sanskrit classes in…
CAMPUZANO y GONZÁLEZ, Ramón. 18?? — 1???. Spanish Historian, Lexicographer and Publisher. Still active in 1878. Publications: Orijen, usos y costumbres de los Jitanos, y diccionario de su dialecto. 29+199 p. Madrid 1848 (short introduction and the dictionary), 2nd ed. 1851. – Novisimo diccionario de la lengua castellana. 1-2. 1857;…
CAMPBELL, C. J. 1??? — 1???. C.E. In the 1860s in Delhi. One C.J.C. was in 1856 Assistant Engineer of East Indian Railways in Allahabad, later probably Chief Engineer, and JASB defines our author as Chief Engineer. Publications: “Memorandum on the life-sized Statues lately exhumed inside the Palace of Delhi”,…
CAMPBELL, Archibald. Bilberry, Argyll 18.1.1877 – London 24.4.1963. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India. Son of John C. Educated at Harrow, studies at Cambridge (Pembroke College). M.A. Served in I.C.S. 1900-28, retired as Judge of the High Court of Lahore (1921-28). In retirement soon (1929) became Lecturer in Indian Law at…