NICHOLAS, Cyril Wace
NICHOLAS, Cyril Wace (1898–1961). Sri Lankan Scholar of History is himself Sri Lankan and therefore discussed in my (unpublished) index of Sri Lankan scholars.
NICHOLAS, Cyril Wace (1898–1961). Sri Lankan Scholar of History is himself Sri Lankan and therefore discussed in my (unpublished) index of Sri Lankan scholars.
NEWTON, Henry. Shrewsbury 17.6.1822 — London 20.3.1900. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Henry Newton, a wharfinger, and his wife Catherine. Educated in Shrewsbury and at Haileybury. In Bombay Civil Service 1844-71. Judge at Bombay High Court 1862-71. President of the Bombay Branch of R.A.S. 1864-68. Amateur photographer. Married…
NEILL, John William. 184? — 19??. British Civil Servant in India. Studies at King’s College, London, and Edinburgh. From 1864 served in Central India (1872 in Chhindwara). In 1887 and 1890-91 acting Commissioner in Nagpur. Retired 1894. In 1896-1917 Professor of Indian Law and Lecturer in Marathi at University College…
MŽIK, Hans von. Rzeszów, Galicia (now in Poland) 24.7.1876 — Vienna 4.3.1961. Austrian Historian of Geography. Son of an officer, gymnasium in Troppau (now Czech Opava) Studied at Vienna law, soon Oriental languages, history and geography. Ph.D. 1904. From 1903 worked in Vienna Hofbibliothek (then National Library). PD 1917 Vienna…
MORRO, Felice. 18?? — 1???. Italian. interested in Sanskrit, fl. in the 1870s. Publications: Vālmīki. Tre capitoli dell’ Araṇyakāṇḍa o e 3° libro del Rāmāyaṇa, tradotti. 30 p. Schenone (Genoa) 1874. Sources: Title only in Gli studi orientali in Italia 1861–1911; nothing in Internet.
MORRIS, Richard. Bermondsey, London 8.9.1833 — Harold Wood, Essex 12.5.1894. British Philologist, Scholar of Early English and Pāli. Born in a family of Welsh origin, trained as elementary schoolmaster at Battersea Training College. He never studied in a university and was mainly self-taught. In 1871 ordained and obtained a curacy…
MORRIS, Henry. 22.4.1829 — 1912. British Civil Servant and Historian in India. Son of —> John Carnac Morris (1798–1858) and Rosanna Curtis Cherry. “Educated at Rugby and Haileybury, 1846-48. In India, 1848-75, in the Madras C.S., rose to be Judge of Godavery. Was for years Inspector of Schools.” Retired in…
MORLEY, William Hook. 1815 — London 21.5.1860. British Oriental Scholar. Son of George Morley, a lawyer. “Educated for the legal profession, called to the bar [from Middle Temple] in 1840. A notable Oriental scholar, well versed in Arabic and Persian literature. Member of the R.A.S. from 1847, Librarian to the…
MONTOLIÚ Y TOGORES, Francisco de. Tarragona 9.2.1861 — 10.5.1892. Spanish Professor at the School of Agricultural Engineering in Madrid, but also a Theosophist, the founder of the Spanish Theosophical Society (1889/91). Born in an aristocratic and fiercely Catholic family of Barcelona, estranged from relatives because of Theosophy. Publications: Under nom-de-plume…
MONCHANIN, Jules (Swami Paramarubyananda). Fleurie-en-Beaujolais 10.4.1895 — Paris 10.10.1957. Father. French Catholic Priest, Monk and Hermit, an ardent proponent of Hindu-Christian interfaith dialogue. Son of wine merchant Antoine Monchanin and Marie-Ursule Janin. From 1912 studies at seminary in Lyon, during WW I also taught there (he was himself freed from…