JOHN, Christian Samuel. Frobersgrun, Thuringia 11.8.1747 — 1813. Rev. German Pietist Missionary in South India. Son of Rev. Julius Gerhard John and Catharina Dorothea Pyriaus. After school in Greiz studied theology at Halle. Ordained priest in Copenhagen before sailing to India. Worked as teacher from 1771 in Tranquebar. He was…
JISL, Lumír. Svijanský Újezd, Liberec region 18.4.1921 — Prague 22.11.1969. Czech Scholar of Tibetan, Mongolian and Japanese, a Specialist of Buddhist Art. After school in Toruń from 1940 studies of archaeology and ethnography at Prague. In the wartime worked as insurance official in Liberec, then continued studies (graduated 1949). From…
JENKINS, Richard. Cruckton near Shrewsbury 18.2.1785 — Blackheath near London 30.12.1853. Sir. British Civil Servant in India, then Politician. Son of Richard Jenkins (1760–1797) and Constantia Harriet Ravenscroft. In India 1800-28, served in Bombay C.S., in 1807-27 resident in Nagpur. Returned to England in 1828. He was M.P. (conservative) for…
JARRETT, Henry Sullivan. Madras 17.6.1839 — East Grinstead, Sussex 15.4.1919. British Colonial Officer in India. Colonel. Son of Thomas Stanhope Jarrett and Eliza Julia Chambers. Educated at Prior Park, Bath. Joined Indian army in 1857, just in time to serve against the insurrection. In 1870-94 Secretary and Member of Board…
JANVIER, Levi. Pittsgrove (or Daretown), NJ 25.4.1816 — Anandpore (or Sabathu) 25.3.1864. Rev. U.S. Presbyterian Missionary in the Pañjāb. Son of Rev. George Washington Janvier (1784–1865) and Margaret Fries. Graduated 1835 from Princeton and worked as teacher. Ordained priest. D.D. Married and left for India in 1841. Worked in Fatehpur,…
JAMES, Arthur Lloyd. Pentre, Glamorgan, Wales 21.6.1884 — Crowthorne, Berkshire 24.3.1943. British (Welsh) Phonetician. Professor in London. Son of William James, a mining engineer, and Rachel Clark. After school in Llanelli and Pontypridd studies of French at Cardiff University College, graduated 1905. After a few years as teacher further studies at…
JACOLLIOT, Louis. Charolles (Saône-et-Loire) 31.10.1837 — Saint-Thibaut-des-Vignes (Seine-et-Maine) 30.10.1890. French Colonial Lawyer and Enthusiast of Indian Thought. Advocate, in 1865-69 judge in Tahiti and India (Chandernagar). In 1887-90 mayor of Saint-Thibaut-des-Vignes. Jacolliot is known of his curious ideas. Thus he claimed that the Bible and Christianity originated in India and…
JACKSON, Robert Pilkington. Warrington, Lancashire 1868/69 (bapt. 5.2.1869) — Worthing, West Sussex 30.1.1914. British Colonial Officer in Indiaand Burma. Major. Son of George Jackson, a pawnbroker, and Martha Anne Pilkington, lost early his father. Joined army in 1888. Served in South India and Burma 1888-1908. Major 1906, retired 1908. Married 1898…
İNSEL, Hüseyin Avni. Varna, Bulgaria 1915 — 13.8.1969. Turkish Translator and Publisher. After school in Varna moved with the family to Turkey in 1926 and went to high school in Istanbul. Graduated 1935 and began his career translating Gidé in 1936. Studies at Sorbonne, but had to return ungraduated because…
IRVINE, Francis. Drumoak, Aberdeenshire 8.2.1786 — Edinburgh 16.12.1855. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer in India. The youngest son of Alexander Irvine (1754–1844) and Jean Forbes (1755?–1786), mother died soon after his birth. Joined army as cadet in 1804 and left for India. Served in Bengal Native Infantry, Lieutenant 1805, Captain 1819.…