CLARKE, Annie Barber (born Annie Leland Barber). Deerfield, MA 9.6.1861 —19.11.1956. U.S. Teacher and Suffragist, former Student of Indology. Daughter of Rev. Henry Hervey Barber (1835–1923, D.D.) and Elizabeth Pratt. Studied in 1883-86 at Harvard Annex for women (now Radcliffe College), learned Sanskrit under Lanman. A.M. 1891. For five years…
CHOUNAVEL, Constant. Socourt, Saint-Dié (Vosges) 9.4.1825 — Borella, Sri Lanka 23.8.1923. Father. O.M.I. French Catholic Missionary in Sri Lanka. Son of Joseph Chounavel and Christine Pierron. Studied theology at seminary of Saint-Dié and took the habit in 1849. Ordained priest in 1852 in Marseille and left for Ceylon. In 1852-83…
CHAPMAN, Francis Robert Henry. Sholapur, Maharashtra 22.10.1858 — Portugal 13.3.1942. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Ingram Francis Chapman, an officer of E.I.C., and Louisa Aplin (d. 1869). Finally Major in Bombay Staff Corps. In retirement apparently lived in Camberley, Surrey. Married 1890 Margaret Hamilton Ritchie, children. Publications: English–Hindūstānī…
CARSTAIRS, George Morrison (Morris). Mussoorie 18.6.1916 — Edinburgh 17.4.1991. British (Scottish) Psychiatrist and Anthropologist. Son of Rev. Dr. —> George Carstairs (1880–1948), a missionary of the Church of Scotland, and Elizabeth Huntley Young. Born in India spent his first 9 years there. Educated at George Watson’s College in Edinburgh, studies…
CARPENTER, James Nelson. Maffra, Victoria, Australia 1867 — Devon ?.3.1949. British Missionary in India. Son of James Henry Carpenter (1841–1918) and his wife Mary Ann. Born in Australia, but grew up in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. M.A. Went to India in 1890. Worked for Church Missionary Society in Allahabad (in 1900 as…
CAPUS, Jean Guillaume. Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg 25.8.1857 — Boulogne-sur-Seine 27.4.1931. Luxembourgian Scientist (Botanist) and Explorer in France (naturalized 1882). Son of Andreas Capus (1829–1896) and Elisabeth Schneider. Studied in Musée d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, Dr.-ès-sciences 1879. Travelled as Bonvalot’s assistant in the Caucasus and Russian Central Asia (1882) and with painter Pépin in…
CANDY, Edward Townshend. Poona (Pune) 15.4.1845 — ?.4.1913. Sir (1904). British Civil Servant in India. Son of —> Thomas Candy (1803–1877) and Caroline Boyce. Educated at Cheltenham College. M.A. Entered Bombay C.S. 1865, retired 1903. “Judicial Assistant to the Political Agent, Kattiawar, 1872-82: officiating Judicial Commissioner in Sind, 1886-7: Vice-chancellor…
CAMPBELL, Archibald. Kilcalmonell and Bilberry, Argyll 18.1.1877 – London 24.4.1963. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India. Son of John Campbell (1844–1908) and Margaret Lloyd. Educated at Harrow, studies at Cambridge (Pembroke College). M.A. Served in I.C.S. 1900-28, retired as Judge of the High Court of Lahore (1921-28). In retirement soon…
BUTLIN, Raymond Thomas. Fishley, Middlesex 6.2.1907 — Knysma, Western Cape, South Africa 15.11.1990. British Phonetician. Son of Arthur George Thomas Butlin (1877–1964) and Mabel Griffin. Taught at S.O.A.S. From 1939 Sub-Director of Institute of English Studies in Athens. In the 1950s he was the head of British Council in Finland and…
BRANDES, Jan Laurens Andries. Rotterdam 13.1.1857 — Batavia (Jakarta) 26.6.1906. Dutch Indonesian Philologist and Archaeologist. Son of a Lutheran priest, Johannes Henrikus Brandes (1823–1876) and Maria Cornelia Gude. Aften school in Amsterdam studied 1874-79 theology (but also Sanskrit) at Amsterdam Athenaeum (now A. university), in 1879-83 Indology at Leiden (in…