WOLFF, Philipp. Ulm 22.12.1810 — Tübingen 1.1.1894. German Priest and Oriental Scholar. Studies of theology at Tübingen, but soon moved to Halle and concentrated on Oriental languages. Ph.D. 1834 Halle (under Rödiger). Then one year of further studies in Paris (Silvestre de Sacy). PD 1835 Tübingen, where in 1836-38 he…
WOLFF, Erich. Hamburg 5.4.1902 (or 4.5.) — February/March 1995. German Student of Indology (Buddhism). Son of Emil Wolff, Oberlehrer in a gymnasium, educated in Hamburg. From 1921 studies at Hamburg, 1924 moved to Heidelberg. Ph.D. 1930 Heidelberg (under Walleser). His last years he was living in an retirement home in…
WINFRED: Rev. S. Winfred, the author of Tamil Minor Poets. Madras 1872 and other works, is a Tamil Christian. Probably the same applies then also to H. M. Winfred, the author of Tamil ilakkanatirattu. Epitome of Tamil Grammar. Madras 1868.
WILSON, James. Dunning, Pertshire 27.2.1853 — Crieff, Pertshire 22.9.1926. Sir. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India. Son of Rev. John Wilson (D.D.) and Jane Boag Livingstone, educated at Perth Academy. Studies at Edinburgh and Oxford (Balliol College). Entered I.C.S. 1873, in India from 1875. Served in the Punjab, then (1903-08)…
WILLIAMSON, Henry Drummond. Alvaston, Derbyshire 17.12.1854 — 21.3.1926. Rev. British Missionary in India. Son of Rev. G. F. Williamson, educated at Rossall School. Studies at Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, B.A. 1877, M.A. 1889. Ordained deacon 1877, priest 1879. Worked from 1877 for C.M.S. at Mandla (now in Madhya Pradesh), until 1893.…
WILLATT, John. 1892 — 19??. British Colonial Officer in India. Major (1941). One Ltn. J. Willatt served in Italy in WW 1. Publications: With P. T. Srinivasa Iyengar: A Short History of India from the Earliest Times. 6+232 p. Bombay 1928. – A textbook of Urdu in the Roman script. 2nd ed. 1941,…
WILBERFORCE-BELL, Harold. 1885 — Portington, East Riding, Yorkshire 1956. Sir. British Colonial Officer in India. Lieutenant-Colonel. Son of elder H. Wilberforce-Bell (1849–1927, originally H. Bell) and Lucy Wilson. Educated at Ellesmere College, studies at Oxford (Pembroke College). Joined Indian army in 1905, in 1910-40 in Indian Political Service, Agent to the…
WHITLEY, Edward Hamilton. Mussoorie, India 1866 — Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire 16.3.1945, when 79. Rev. British Missionary in India. Son of Rev. —> Jabez Cornelius Whitley (1837–1904, 1890-1904 the first Bishop of Chota Nagpur) and Mary Caroline Whittard (1836–1886), educated in England. Studies at Cambridge (Queen’s College, B.A.). Active at least until…
WHITE, Herbert. 25.8.1857 — 19??. Civil Servant in Sri Lanka (from 1879). Acting District Judge of Ratnapura (1884). Also mentioned as Government Agent in Badulla and Uva, and as the Acting Mayor and Chairman of the Municipal Council of Colombo (1900). Retired before 1919. Publications: Articles on Sinhalese in The Orientalist 1, 1884…
WHISH, Charles Matthew. Marylebone, London 9.1.1795 — Cuddapah (Kadapa) 14.4.1833. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Martin Whish (1743–1826), a Commissioner of Excise, and Harriet Tyssen (1765–1841). After studies at Haileybury served in Madras Presidency from 1812, in Zillah Court of South Malabar. Then criminal judge in Cuddapah. He…