ROBERTSON, Alexander. Dingwall 28.3.1877 — 19??. Rev. British (Scottish) Missionary in India. Son of William R. and Margaret Urquhart, educated in Kilmorack, Inverness and Edinburgh. Studies at Aberdeen, M.A. 1898. Worked for United Free Church as missionary in India in 1902-37, concentrating on Dalits. First 20 years in Poona (Pune),…
RIDOUT, John Bertram Mais. Bourne, Cambridgeshire 17.7.1866 — Swanage, Dorset 31.12.1944. British Civil Servant in Sri Lanka. Son of Rev. John Dowell Ridout and Alician Maria Mais. District Surveyor from 1889, Assistant Superintendent 1897, Acting Superintendent 1901, Superintendent 1904. Still in Ceylon in 1914, in 1915 in war service as Captain. Publications: “Ritigala”,JRAS-CB 12:43,…
RICHARDS, Glyn. Rhymney, Wales 6.8.1923 — 7.3.2003. Rev. British (Welsh) Philosopher and Scholar of Religion. Son of Thomas Richards and Rose Jones. Studies at University of Wales (B.A. 1950), Oxford (M.Litt. 1954) and McMaster University (M.A. 1969). Ordained priest 1952. In 1952-68 congregational minister in Swansea, Wales. In 1968-70 Tutor…
RICE, Carlton Cosmo. 1876 — 1945. U.S. Linguist. Studies at University of Texas (A.B. 1897, M.A. 1899) and Harvard (A.M. 1900). Ph.D. 1902 Harvard. Assistant Professor of Romance Languages at University of Oregon 1902-03, Stanford U. 1903-05, University of Iowa 1907-09, Associate Professor at University of Idaho, 1909-11 From 1926…
RENEL, Charles Ulysse. Strasbourg 6.5.1866 — Antanarivo 9.9.1925. French Philologist. Son of Émile R., a railway official, and Uranie Lafite (D. 1878). After Franco-Prussian war the family moved to Épinal (Vosges). From 1884 studies in Paris, at Lycée Louis-le-Grand and from 1886 École normale supérieure, concentrating on linguistics and comparative religion.…
RABEL, Lili (after 1969 Lili Rabel Heymann). 1913 — California 1985. German-born Linguist in Canada. Ph.D. 1957 Berkeley. At University of Calgary (1976). Married 1969 Frederic G. Heymann (1900–1983, a historian). Publications: Wrote on Khasi, e.g. Khasi, a language of Assam. 15+257 p. Louisiana State Univ. Studies. Humanities 10. Baton Rouge 1961 (rev.…
QUÉGUINER, Maurice René. Ploujean (Finistère) 11.7.1909 — Fontenay-lès-Briis near Paris 2.9.1977. Father. French Catholic Missionary in India. Studies at seminary of Quimper, then 1928-32 Missions etrangères, ordained priest 1932. In 1933-37 worked in Kalimpong, Sikkim, in 1937-39 and 1941-48 in Mysore. In 1952-60 in Unesco, 1960-74 Supérieur général of Missions etrangères.…
PREVEDEN, Francis Ralph. Kamenica, Croatia 1890 — Washington, DC 1959.U.S. Linguist. Born in Croatia, came to the U.S.A. in 1922. Ph.D. 1927 Chicago. Professor of Classics at De Paul University 1926-33 and at Duquesne University 1938-41. In 1942-59 served as a translator for various government agencies. Married. Publications: Mainly wrote on…
POWELL-PRICE, John Cadwgan. 11.6.1888— 13.2.1964. British (Welsh) Civil Servant in India. Son of Rev. Cadwgan Powell-Price, from 1890 Rector of Festiniog, then of Machynlleth. Director of Public Instruction, United Provinces (1939 there). Married 1923 Florence Evelyn Oakley. Publications: The Teaching of History in Indian Schools. 1934. – With Pr. Dayal…
POWELL, John H. 1858? — 19??. Rev. British (?) Clergyman (but in Folklore called Mr.), probably worked in India. M.A. Observed the hook-swinging in May 1912 in a village in Manbhum district, Chota Nagpur. Publications: “‘Hook-Swinging’ in India”, Folklore 25, 1914, 147-197; occasional notes on India in Man. Sources: Nothing further found.