O’CONNOR, William Frederick Travers. Longford, Ireland 30.7.1870 — Chelsea, London 14.12.1943. Sir. British (Irish) Officer and Diplomat in British Service in India. Son of land agent Matthew Richard Weld O’Connor (1828?–1902) and Harriet Georgina O’Reilly. Educated 1884-87 at Charterhouse School in Surrey. After Royal Military Academy joined Royal Artillery in 1890.…
O’BRIEN, Donatus James Thomond. Paddington, Middlesex 11.12.1860 — France 12.9.1907. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of officer Henry Montague Shallot O’Brien (1824–1862) and Elizabeth Ruddell Todd. From 1881 Lieutenant of Manchester Regiment, then Captain of 15th Ludhiana Sikhs (1891/95). Married Mary Rodgers (1869–1951), one son and one daughter. Publications: Grammar and…
OAKLEY, Edward (or Ebenezer?) Sherman. Richmond, Yorkshire 24.12.1863/64/65? — Ranikhet near Almora 7.8.1934/35? (when 70). Rev. British Missionary in India. M.A. Son of Rev. Henry Oakley (1821–1887) and his wife Mary. Studies at Glasgow, then theology at Airedale College, Bradford. Served London Missionary Society in Almora from 1888. Principal of Ramsay…
NOWAK, Josef. 1??? — 19??. German Student of Indology or Comparative Linguistics. Ph.D. 1926 Freiburg i.Br. kotte-autographs.com mentions one Josef Nowak, born Stuttgart 1901, died 1988, who studied at Freiburg and was then living in Hildesheim as dramatist and journalist. But it also says that this J.N. had studied philosophy.…
NOVÁK, Ondřej. Prague 10.10.1946 — Vysoké Tatry 19.4.1977. Czech Scholar of Indian History. In 1965-69 studies of Indology, philosophy and history at Prague. Ph.D. 1975. Publications: “The Role of Tradition in Nehru’s Thought”, M. Krása (ed.), Jawaharlal Nehru. A Political Leader. Prague 1974, 40-62. – “Anquetilova indická cesta”, Nový Orient 32, 1977, 209-212. Sources: *M. Krása, Nový Orient 32,…
NOTTROTT, Carl Gustav Rudolf Eduard Alfred. Oppershausen, Thüringen 19.8.1837 — Steinhagen, Westfalen 20.1.1924. Rev. German Lutheran Missionary in India. Son of Rev. Carl Christiaan Gottlieb Nottrott (1806–1862) and Charlotte Johannette Wilhelmine Olbarius (1809–1846). Gymnasium in Naumburg, from 1860 studies of theology at Halle, then in 1867 left for India as member…
NORTON, Albert Benjamin. Alabama, Genesee county, NY 21.3.1847 — Dhond (Daund), Maharashtra 31.12.1923 (findagrave died in Poona, buried in Dhond). Rev. U.S. Methodist Missionary in India. Son of Moses Norton and Sally Ann Lynch, a farming family. Graduated from Northwestern University and the Garrett Biblical Institute. Arrived in India in…
NOAKES, G. M. 18?? — 19??. Miss. Friend of C. A. F. Rhys Davids. In 1904-05 she transliterated the Pāli text of the Dukapaṭṭhāna from the Thai printed edition for the P.T.S. Then similar work with the both Niddesas Both were then used as the basis, collated with several manuscripts, for the P.T.S. editions of these texts…
NEWTON, Edward Payson. Lahore 8.7.1850 — Jalalpur, Gujrat dt., Punjab 10.4.1918. Rev. U.S. Presbyterian Missionary in India. Son of Rev. —> John Newton (1810–1891) and Elizabeth Popham Janvier (1812–1857). Educated at Princeton College and Alleghany Theological Seminary. Arrived in India 1874 and worked 43 years in Ludhiana and Khanna. Married…
NESFIELD, John Collinson. Stratton St.Margaret, Wiltshire 14.8.1836 — Ealing, London 28.6.1919. British Teacher in India. Son of a cleric, Robert Charles Nesfield (1803–1878), and Eleanor Dale Collinson. Educated at Highgate Grammar School, teacher there 1859-64. Studies at Merton College, Oxford, B.A. 1860. M.A. 1862. Curate in Highgate, London, 1867 entered Indian…