BROWN, John Coggin. West Auckland, co. Durham ?.10.1884 — 23.6.1963. British Geologist in India and Burma. Son of George Richard Brown and Eliza Bedlington. Educated at King James I School and Armstrong College of University of Durham. Graduated 1904 in geology and chemistry. In 1905 to India as Assistant Superintendent…
BROOKS, Sarah Wells. 18?? — 19??. U.S.Early Female Student. Studied from 1892 at Harvard Annex for women (soon Radcliffe College). Learned Sanskrit under Lanman and assisted H. C. Warren, but mainly concentrated on zoology and landscaping. Later on, she lived many years in her own farm in Concord MA, but…
BRICE, Nathaniel. 1??? — 18??. U.S. Baptist Missionary in India. The Preface of the book is signed in Dinapore (now Danapur in Bihar), where the birth of a daughter is mentioned in 1843. The Baptist missionary J. G. Gregson married 1861 the eldest daughter of Nath. Brice in Dinapore. In…
BREITHAUPT, Johann Christian. Dransfeld near Göttingen 26.9.1719 — Vepery, Chennai 17.11.1782. German Missionary in South India. Son of Christoph Br. and Katharina Elisabeth Br. School and studies at Halle. From 1741 worked as teacher, ordained 1845 in Wernigerode. From 1746 missionary in Trankebar, first in Cuddalore, from 1749 in Madras. Married…
CONOLLY, Edward Barry. London? 1808 — Kohat, Afghanistan ?.10.1840. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Valentine C. (1763–1809), formerly surgeon in India, and Matilda Dunkin (1781–1819). From 1824 served in Bengal Cavalry. Lieutenant, then Captain. Died (shot) when in command of the escort of British envoy in Kabul. His…
COLLET, Charles. 18?? — 1???. British Civil Servant in India. Sub-Collector in Malabar (1855), when his superior, H. V. Conolly, was murdered. Moved later to Madras and wrote the Reader there. One Ch. Collet wrote later some law books. Publications: The Malayalam Reader: A selection of original papers. 4+300 p.…
COLE, Frederick Thomas. 18?? — 19??. Rev. British Missionary in India. In Agra, from 1873 in Santal Mission of Church Missionary Society in Taljhari, Rajmahal, until at least 1880. In 1891 in England, apparently living in 1900. Publications: “Santâli Folklore”, IA 4, 1875, 10-12, 257-259; “Santali Riddles”, IA 4, 1875, 164;…
COHN-WIENER, Ernst (until 1907 Ernst Cohn). Tilsit, East Prussia (now Sovetsk in Russia) 25.12.1882 — New York 13.4.1941. German Historian of Asian Art. Matriculated 1902 from Bromberg (Bydgoszcz), studies of art history at Berlin and Heidelberg, where Ph.D. 1907. Then until 1933 taught at Humboldt-Akademie, a community college in Berlin. In 1924-25…
COCKBURN, John. 18?? — 1???. British Civil Servant in India, interested in Prehistory. Served in Opium Department (1879/83). In 1879 characterized as “late Curator of the Allahábád Museum, Officiating Assistant Osteologist, Indian Museum, Calcutta.” Publications: “Notes on Stone Implements from the Khasi Hills, and the Bhanda and Vellore Districts”, JASB…
CLINT, Leonidas. St.Anns Soho, Middlesex 1812 — Dewsbury, Yorkshire 21.7.1897. British Missionary in India. Graduated M.A. from Trinity College, Cambridge. Principal of La Martinière College in Lucknow c. 1845-54. Returned to England he was ordained deacon 1859 and priest 1861. Served as curate in several places and 1874-93 vicar of…