MACMURDO, James. Dumfriesshire 30.11.1785 — Wurnoo (Varnu) in Wagur, Gujarat 28.4.1820, when 33. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer in India. Son of Major MacMurdo of Dumfriesshire Militia. Entered early (1801) E.I.C.’s army and came to India. Mainly served in Gujarat, later on in civil offices in Kacch (where he was the…
MCKERRELL (M’Kerrell), John. Hillhouse, Ayrshire 17?? — London 24.7.1835. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India. From 1804 in Madras Civil Service, worked as Translator of Telugu and Kannaḍa, also an ex officio member of the Board of Superintendence of the College of Fort St. George. Retired, finally committed suicide. Perhaps…
MACFIE, John Mandeville. 30.12.1871 — 19??. Rev. British (Scottish) Missionary in India. Studies at Glasgow, M.A. 1891. From 1894 Presbyterian missionary in Rajputana. Not to be confused with Major-General J. M. Macfie (1891–1985). Publications: The Mahābhārata: A Summary. 265 p. Madras 1921; The laws of Manu; a summary in English. 4+131 p.…
MCCULLOCH, William. Edinburgh 1856 — 7.6.1928. Rev. British (Scottish) Presbyterian Missionary in India. Principal of theological college in Chinsurah (1886). Retired in 1911 and returned to the U.K. in the 1920s. Married Helen Mabel Paterson, two daughters and two sons. Publications: Bengali Household Tales. L. Collected and Translated. 11+320 p. 1912.…
MACALISTER, Robert Alexander Stewart. Rathmines, Dublin 8.7.1870 — Cambridge 26.4.1950. Irish Archeologist. Professor in Dublin. Son of Alexander Macalister (1844–1919), anatomist and Egyptologist, and Elizabeth Stewart. His mother and paternal grandfather came from Scotland. Father was Professor at Trinity College and from 1883 at Cambridge, thus he grew up in Cambridge, educated…
MACALISTER, George. 1843 — Edinburgh 28.8.1920. Rev. British (Scottish) Presbyterian Missionary in India. M.A. Ordained 1871, arrrived in India 1872. First worked in Beawar (Rajasthan), from 1876 in Jaipur, where he was in charge of education. D.D. Married with Selina Paulin (d. 1875), one daughter, and with Mary Murray Procter…
LUMSDEN, Harry Burnett. On board of the Rose in the Bay of Bengal 12.11.1821 — Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire 12.8.1896. Sir. British (Scottish) Colonial Offcer in India. Lieutenant-General. Son of Colonel Thomas Lumsden (1789–1874) and Hay Burnett, cousin of —> Matthew Lumsden (1777–1839). After early years in Bengal, when he was six…
LUDOWYK-GYOMROI, Edith (born E. Gelb, 1899 E. Győmröi). Budapest 8.9.1896 — London 11.2.1987. Hungarian Psychoterapist, Communist and Pāli Scholar in Sri Lanka. Born in a Jewish family, daughter of Mark Gelb (from 1899 András Győmröi), a furniture manufacturer, and Ilona Pfeifer. In 1914 married Erwin Renyi, a chemical engineer, had one…
LOWE, John Robert Alexander Shakespear. Calcutta 19.2.1825 — Middlesex 15.1.1906. British Colonial Officer in India. Lieutenant-Colonel (1872). Son of John Lowe and Harriet Shakespear. In 1865 he was Deputy Assistant Commissary in Benares, but no further details about his career are found. Married 1848 Eliza Price Hobday (d. 1855), two daughters and one…
LOEWENTHAL, Isidor. Posen, Prussia (now Poznań in Poland) 1826 — Peshawar 27.4.1864. Rev. U.S. (German-born) Presbyterian Missionary in India. Born in a Jewish family, after Jewish school and gymnasium in Posen worked as clerk in mercantile firm. In 1846 escaped political pressure to the U.S.A. and taught Hebrew and German…