HAEGHEN, Philippe van der. Brussels 24.2.1825 — Paris 1886. Belgian Scholar interested in Indology. Son of Guillaume v. d. H. and Marie-Anne-Antoinette-Sophie De Wez. His biography is rather unclear, but he seems to have worked for several members of nobility as librarian, etc. He was a polymath who wrote on…
GRAY, Albert. Perth, Scotland 10.10.1850 — Chelsea 27.2.1928. Sir. British (Scottish) Lawyer interested in Sri Lanka and in Travel Literature. Son of George Gray and Sophia Margaret Jameson. Member of Ceylon Civil Service in 1871-74. Back in the U.K. studied law and was called to the bar in 1879. Counsel…
GREEN, Henry. 1??? — 1???. British (?) Teacher in India. Headmaster of English school in Surat (1841). He was a free-thinker who supported Gujarati reformers. Also worked as Professor of Political Economy and Literature at Poona College (1837-57), at Elphinstone Institution in Bombay (1850 there) and in 1852-54 as the…
GREEN, Arthur Octavius. 1847 — Camberley, Surrey 1924. British Engineer Officer. Served in India. In 1882 participated as engineer in military expedition to Egypt, in 1884 to Sudan. Finally a Colonel. Publications: A Practical Hindustani Grammar. 1-2. Oxford 1895. – Books on Arabic. Sources: Briefly in D. Schmidt-Brücken, S. Schuster…
GRIGSON, Wilfrid Vernon. Pelynt, Cornwall 11.10.1896 — Vehari, Punjab 26.11.1948. Sir. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Canon William Shuckforth Gr. and Mary Beatrice Boldero. Educated in Leatherhead, Surrey, studies at Oxford (Christ Church). Served in WW I and after war joined I.C.S. Served in Bastar, where he met…
GRAHAM, John Anderson. De Beauvoir near London 8.9.1861 — Kalimpong 1942. Very Rev. British (Scottish) Missionary in Sikkim. Son of David Graham (from Dunbartonshire, d. 1867), a customs officer, and Bridget Nolan (from Ireland), the family moved soon to Scotland. The loss of father forced him to work at the…
GRAETER, Albert. Boston 26.9.1835 — Basel 1909. Rev. U.S. Missionary in India. Son of John Henry Francis Gr. (born in Württemberg) and Elizabeth Mason Goodwin. Went to India as a member of Basel Mission of Mangalore. In 1865-70 schoolteacher in Coorg. Retired, he worked 1870-1908 as teacher of English in…
GRAEFE, Walter. Leipzig-Lindenau 30.7.1900 — Bangalore 16.11.1955. German Lutheran Missionary in India. Son of a merchant, school and studies in Leipzig, then 1921-25 Missionsseminar and 1925-26 studies of Sanskrit and Comparative Religion at Leipzig. Ph.D. 1928, now also ordained and left to India. Learned Tamil in Kodaikanal. In 1933-50 worked…
GRAFFUNDER, Alfred. 1801 — 5.7.1875. German Teacher. From 1827 in Erfurt. Educational Inspector (Regierungs-Schulrat, 1835). The Romani book was based on a paper read in 1835 before the Kgl. Akademie gemeinnütziger Wissenschaften in Erfurt. Perhaps by the same: A.G. (Alumnen-Inspektor am Königlichen Joachimsthalischen Gymnasium): Ueber Offenbarung: Eine Untersuchung. Berlin 1827.…
GOLDSMID, Frederic John. Milano 19.5.1818 — Brook Green, Hammersmith (London) 12.1.1908. Sir. British Colonial Officer in India. Major-General. Son of Lionel Prager G., an officer, and Eliza Frances Campbell. Educated in Paris, at King’s College School and King’s College in London, entered Madras army in 1839. Military service in China (1840),…