MARSDEN, Edmund. Bangalore 13.2.1848 — Hampstead, London 11.11.1932. British author of textbooks, some of which were also translated into Hindī, Tamil and other languages. Son of an elder S.M. and Mary Anne Hudlow (d. 1858 in Madras). In 1893 he belonged to Madras Department of Public Instruction (inspector of schools),…
MARKGRAF, Lothar August Walter (Samaṇero Dhammānusari). 1865 — Flanders fall 1915. Swiss Bauddha. In 1907 went to Burma. Ordained samaṇera 1908 in Rangoon by Nyāyatiloka, but returned after half a year to lay life and returned to Europe. From 1909 ran his own publishing house in Breslau, publishing Buddhist books by…
MANTEGAZZA, Paolo. Monza, Lombardy 31.10.1831 — San Terenzo, Lerici, Liguria 28.8.1910. Italian Physician, Author and Traveller, also a Darwinian Anthropologist. Son of Giovanni Battista Mantegazza and Laura Solar, a wealthy family. The mother was known as a social reformer and friend of Garibaldi. Studies at Pisa and Milano, M.D. 1854…
MAN, Edward Garnet. Halstead, Kent 8.2.1837 — Godalming, Surrey 14.11.1920. British Civil Servant in Bengal and Burma. Son of Harry Stoe Man (1783–1848) and Louisa Caroline Fowle (1795–1878). After early stay in business in Calcutta (during the 1857 uprising served with 3rd Sikh Cavalry) returned and studied at Lincoln’s Inn,…
MCPHERSON, Hugh. Paisley, Renfrewshire 3.5.1870 — Edinburgh 17.12.1960. Sir. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India. Son of Duncan McPherson and Rebecca Lees. Joined I.C.S. around 1890. In Bengal, from 1912 in Bihar and Orissa. Acting Governor of Bihar and Orissa. Retired to Scotland in 1925. K.C.I.E. 1924, C.S.I. Conducted expeditions…
MACPHAIL, Ronald Merry. Santalia 5.8.1899 — Newington, Edinburgh 9.12.1974. Rev. British (Scottish) Missionary Physician. in India. Son of —> James M. Macphail (1863–1922) and Janet Russell Wells, continued their work among Santals. Educated at Glasgow Academy. Served in the end of WW I in France. M.B. 1924 Glasgow. Worked for…
MACONACHIE, James Robert. Orsett, Essex ?.1.1850 — Bromley, Kent 20.10.1922. British Civil Servant in India. Son of George Maconachie and his wife Maria. Educated at Merchant Taylor’s School and London University (B.A.). Joined I.C.S. 1872, served in the Punjab, retired 1896. Married Sarah Dorothy Ogle (1846–1922), four sons (Sir Richard Roy…
MACMUNN, George Fletcher. Chelsea 24.8.1869 — Sackville College, East Grinstead, Sussex 23.8.1952. Sir. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer and Historian. Born in a soldier family, son of John Alexander MacMunn and Charlotte Edith Matthias. Educated at Kensington Grammar School, from 1888 at Royal Military Academy. In 1891 Lieutenant of Royal Artillery in…
MACLEAN, James Hair. 22.11.1868 — 1945?. Rev. British (Scottish) Missionary in South India. Studies at Glasgow (M.A. 1890, B.D. 1894). Further studies at Oxford and Jena. Came to India in 1895 and worked for United Free Church of Scotland in Kanchipuram and Bangalore for almost 50 years. Publications: “Kanchipuram”, E.R.E. 7, 1914,…
MACKEAN, Walter George. Edinburgh 17.6.1872 — Aberdeen 2.11.1932. British (Scottish) Missionary in Sikkim. Son of James Mackean. Worked for Scottish Universities’ Mission in Sikkim in 1900-29?. In 1929-32 Parish Minister of Maryton, Angus. Married 1906 Susan Carswell, children. Publications: “Sikkim”, E.R.E. 11, 1920. Sources: dustydocs.com/link/150/41043/156520/parish-page-ancestor-abel.html.