THOMPSON, Charles Stewart. Easington, Durham 17.8.1851 — Kerwara, Chhatarpur dt., M.Pr. 19.5.1900. Rev. British Medical Missionary in India. Son of farmer George Thompson and his wife Elizabeth. Medical training at Islington College. Ordained priest in 1880 and sent to India by Church Missionary Society, stationed at Kherwara Chhaoni in Rajputana,…
THOBURN, W. L. 18?? — 1???. Perhaps related to the U.S. Methodist missionary bishop James Mill Thoburn (1836–1922), who had worked in Lucknow and had several children. His sister, Isabella Thoburn (1840–1901) founded 1870 a college for women in Lucknow. Publications: The English–Urdu Dictionary. Lucknow 1898. Sources: prabook.com & Wikipedia on…
THIMM, Carl Albert. 1856 — 1932. British Colonial Officer. Captain of 2nd London Rifles, served in South Africa, then worked as librarian. myheritage.com has C. A. Thimm born 1855 to Franz Louis Julius and Horatia Thimm, married 1881 in London Annie Helen, died 1932. In another part of the same, C.…
THESLEFF, Arthur. Viipuri (now Vyborg in Russia) 5.3.1871 — Stockholm 17.12.1920. Finnish Botanist (Mycologist) and Gipsy Scholar. Son of Colonel Fredrik Vilhelm Thesleff (1824–1893) and Olga Maria Thesleff (1830–1893). Grew up in family manor outside Viipuri, from 1886 gymnasium in Helsinki. From 1890 studied botany at Helsinki. He became interested in…
THEILKUHL, Wolfgang Adolf. Hilchenbach, Westfalen 18?? — 19??. German Student of Indology. Studies at Munich as early as 1918 (but for 1919-20 he is mentioned as student at Hamburg). Ph.D. 1926 (1929) Munich. The author of 1932 book was Lecturer at King’s College in London in 1828-33. Publications: Diss. Die Yogasūtrāṇi des Patañjali…
TAYLOR, John William. London 12.4.1782 — at sea off Sangar Island at the mouth of the Hoogli 20.7.1824. British Colonial Officer in India. Lieutenant-Colonel. Son of James Owen Taylor (1744–1804) and Christiana Dixon (1750–1827). As captain, in 1808-23 Professor of Hindustani at Fort William College. Married Emma Maud Mary Gould (1793–1844),…
TAYLOR, Joseph Irwin. Ireland 1765/66 — 1811. British Colonial Officer in India. Born in Ireland, in an originally English Unitarian family, son of Joseph Taylor and his Indian wife. Went to India in 1783, advanced to Major (or Colonel?). Served in Bengal. According to 1808 title the dictionary was “originally compiled…
SZAJAN, Włodzimir (Wołodymyr Petrovycz, Ukr. Volodimir Petrovič Šajan). Lemberg (then Austrian, now L’viv) 2.8.1906 — London 15.7.1974. Ukrainian Nationalist and Religious Enthusiast interested in Sanskrit. With his hometown became Polish citizen after WW I. Studied at Lwów (L’viv) philosophy, literature and Sanskrit (Stasiak). From 1934 on he propagated a “pan-Aryan” Slavic…
SYKES, James. Oxford 1807 — 1872. Book Printer in India. In Calcutta working for Church Missionary Society, printer of Bishop’s College there from 1828 and still in 1852. This press printed the JASB from 1832 on. Married 1831 Frances (Fanny) Cauldwell Lawson, children. Publications: Anglo–Bengali Dictionary: Iṁrājī o vāṅgālā abhidhāna. 256 p. Calcutta…
SYDENHAM, George. Madras 23.10.1785 — 1863. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Major-General William Sydenham (1753–1801) and Amelia Prime. As Captainworked for Major Colin Mackenzie’s survey of the Deccan. His brother, Thomas Sydenham (1780–1816), was British Resident in Haidarabad in 1805-10, G. Sydenham was political agent there. Then in…