WEBB, William Wilfred. 1858 — 18.11.1911. British (Scottish?) Physician in India. Studies at Aberdeen. Joined Indian Medical Service in 1882. Surgeon-Captain of Bengal army, served in Rajasthan. Retired 1894 for health reasons. M.D. 1894. In 1893-1902 Secretary of the Army Medical School at Netley, then in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. Married Anna…
WATERFIELD, William Garrow. London 14.8.1832 — Teignbridge, Devon 24.1.1907. British Civil Servant and Poet in India. Son of Thomas Nelson W. and Elizabeth Bentall. Educated at Haileybury. Arrived in India in 1852, 1857 he was in Revenue Survey in Berhampore. In 1859-64 in financial department. After a furlough in England civil…
WARD, George Ernest. Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire 20.9.1837 (or 1827?) — Southsea, Hampshire 31.1.1915. British Civil Servant in India. Son of John Ward (1795–1861) and Ann Merriman (1802–1844). M.A. Married Agnes Finch (1837–1920), three daughters and three sons. Publications: Nazir Aḥmad, The Bride’s Mirror or Mir’ātul-‘Arūs. Edited in the Roman Character with…
WALDSCHMIDT, Rose Leonore Marie (née Ohrlich). Berlin 21.5.1895 — 1988. German Indologist. Daughter of Richard Ohrlich, auditor and tax consultant, and Katharina Herrmann, educated in Berlin. She was a textile designer and then specialized on the history of South Asian handicrafts. From 1927 wife of —> Ernst Waldschmidt (1897–1985). In…
WAGNER, Paul. 1868 — 1951 (?). Rev. German Missionary in India. Worked in Purulia, Chota Nagpur. In 1915 WW I forced him back to Germany. Married 1897 Marie Hahn, the daughter of —> Ferdinand Hahn, children. Publications: “Some Kolarian Riddles current among the Mundaris in Chota Nagpur, Bengal”, JASB Extra Number 1904, 62-79.…
VOST, William. ?.11.1861 — London 1947. British (Scottish) Army Physician in India. Son of Henry Vost (1823–1877) and Isobel Charlotte Broad. Medical studies at Glasgow. From 1887 served in North India. Surgeon-Captain (1893). Retired as Lieutenant-Colonel in 1913. Married 1910 Gladys McKechnie (1886–1969), two children. Publications: Numismatic articles in JASB and NC in…
VLADIMIRCOV, Boris Jakovlevič. Kaluga 8.(20.)7.1884 — Siverskij near Leningrad 17.8.1931. Russian Mongolian and Buddhist Scholar. Academician in St.Petersburg. Son of an engineer. Graduated 1909 at St.Petersburg (Sino-Manchu section), Magistr 1911. In 1911 expedition to the Altai, then further studies in Paris (Meillet, Pelliot). From 1915 Professor of Mongolian at Petrograd/Leningrad…
VÉQUAUD, Yves. Paris 5.9.1938 — Villiers-Saint-Denis (Aisne) 19.8.2000. French Anthropologist and Author. Publications: L’art de Mithila. 127 p. ill. 1975, English and German translations 1977. – The Women Painters of Mithila. 102 p. ill. L. 1977. – Bénarès. 108 p. Champ Vallon 1985. – Books not related to South Asia, e.g. Vive le…
VELZE, Jacob Antoon van. Hilversum 1902/03— 1984. Dutch Student of Indology. Son of Jacob van Velze and Adriana Tober. Studied Classics at Utrecht, also Sanskrit under Caland. In 1930 teacher. Ph.D. 1938 Utrecht (under Gonda). Married 1930 Maria Hoetmer. Publications: Diss. Names of Persons in Early Sanskrit Literature. 162 p. Utrecht 1938.…
VAUGHAN-ARBUCKLE, Benjamin. 18?? — 19??. One B.V.-A. became Lieutenant-Colonel 1887. But the family had several officers serving in India in the 19th century. One (the same?) Captain B.V.-A., son of General B.V.-A., was married 1872. But Our B.V.-A. was only Captain in 1911 – perhaps he belongs to next generation.…