RICHTER, Paul Oswald. Schneeburg, Sachsen 5.9.1873 — 1907. German Student of Indo-Iranian. Ph.D. 1897 Leipzig (under Brugmann). From 1898 Ethnographic Assistant at Dresden Museum, from 1904 worked in Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin. Met his early end handling too casually a poisoned Indonesian arrow. Publications: Diss. Die unechten Nominalkomposita des…
RICHARDSON, Hugh Edward. St.Andrews 22.12.1905 — St.Andrews 3.12.2000. British (Scottish) Civil Servant, Diplomat and Tibetologist. Son of an army medical officer, Colonel Hugh Richardson, and grandson of an I.C.S. officer (Henry Cockburn R.), his mother was Elizabeth McClean. After Salvator’ School in St.Andrews and Trinity College in Glenalmond studied classics…
RICE, Stanley Pitcairn. 10.12.1869 — 18.11.1944. British Civil Servant in India, interested in Sanskrit. Served from 1890 in Madras, retired1918 and became member of State Council of Baroda. Married 1900 Veronica Florence Crossman (1864–1941), one daughter. Publications: Occasional essays on native South Indian life. 6+223 p. L. 1901. – Translated:…
RICE, Edward Peter. Bangalore 26.4.1849 — 11.12.1936. Rev. British Missionary and Scholar of Kannaḍa, in India. The youngest son of Rev. —> Benjamin H. Rice (1814–1887) and Jane Peach Singer (d. 1864). Educated at Chestnut College in Cambridge, studied at London University, B.A. Joined London Missionary Society, ordained 1873 and…
RICE, Benjamin Lewis. Bangalore 17.7.1837 — Harrow, London 10.7.1927. Rev. British Schoolteacher, Historian and Indologist in India. Born in South India, where his father, Rev. —> Benjamin H. Rice (1814–1887), was working as missionary with his wife, Jane Peach Singer. Educated at home, then sent to school in England. After…
RICE, Benjamin Holt. 28.5.1814 — Bangalore ?.2.1887. Rev. British Missionary in South India, a Kannada Scholar. Son of wool merchant Simon Peter Rice. Worked in the family business, but soon became interested in religion. In 1834-36 studied at Homerton College in Hackney (London). Married and came to India with his…
RIBEZZO, Francesco. Francavilla Fontana near Brindisi 8.5.1875 — Lecce, Apulia 19.10.1952. Italian Archaeologist and Linguist (IE Scholar). Professor in Palermo. Educated in Lecce, studies at Naples (Kerbaker) and Leipzig, some time also under Trombetti at Bologna. Teacher in Benevento, Palermo, Cagliari and finally at R. Liceo Antonio Genovesi in Naples.…
RHYS DAVIDS, Thomas William. Colchester, Essex 12.5.1843 — Chipstead, Surrey 27.12.1922. British Indologist, Pāli and Buddhist Scholar. Professor in Manchester, Founder and President of the Pāli Text Society. Married with —> C. A. F. Rhys Davids (1858–1942). Son of Rev. Thomas William Davids (1816–1881), a minister and ecclesiastic historian of…
RHYS DAVIDS, Caroline Augusta Foley. Wadhurst, East Sussex 27.12.1858 — Chipstead, Surrey 26.6.1942. British Indologist, Pāli and Buddhist Scholar. President of the P.T.S. 1923-42. Daughter of Rev. John Foley (1805–1888) and Caroline Elizabeth Windham, her brother, John Windham Foley (1848–1926) was a missionary in India. Her sister was —> M.…
RHENIUS, Karl Theophilus Ewald (Charles Theophilus/Gottlieb E. Rh.). Graudenz, West Prussia (now Grudziądz in Poland) 5.11.1790 — Tirunelvēli/Palayamkottai 5.6.1838. German Missionary and Tamil Scholar in South India. Son of Otto Gottlieb Nikolaus Rhenius (1758–1796), a Prussian army officer, and Catharina Dorothea Schiemann (1765–1828). Father died when he was six. Educated…