EDGEWORTH, Michael Pakenham. Edgeworthstown, co. Longford, Ireland 24.5.1812 — Isle of Eigg, Inner Hebrides 30.7.1881. Irish Botanist and Civil Servant in India, a Pioneer of photography (from 1839). Son of Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744–1817), scientist, politician and writer, and Frances Anne Beaufort (1769–1865). Educated at Charterhouse School in Surrey. Studied from…
EARDLEY-WILMOT, Henry. Kenilworth, Warwickshire 3.3.1854 — Richmond (London) 18.2.1933. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Rev. Edward Revell Eardley-Wilmot (1814–1899) and Emma Hutchinson Lambert (1827–1907). Educated at Tonbridge School, matriculated 1874, studied briefly at Cambridge (Clare College) and in 1876 joined army. Served in Madras, participated in the second…
DUNCAN, Marion Herbert. Celina, co. Mercer, Ohio 17.1.1896 — Boonsboro, co. Washington, Maryland ?.1.1977. U.S. Missionary in Khams (Eastern Tibet). Son of John Stephen Duncan (1872–1912) and Sarah Jane Russell (1874–1904), graduated from Hiram College. In 1921-35 served as missionary of the Disciples of Christ in Batang (‘Ba‘-thams) in Khams (Lopez)…
DRUMMOND, Robert. Kelpie, Fife 27.3.1775 — at sea ?.3.1809. Sir, fifth “Laird of Keltie”. British (Scottish) Surgeon in E.I.C.’s Medical Service. Son of John Drummond (1733–1801) and Euphemia Aytoun (1750?–1817). Studies at Edinburgh. M.D. Came to India in 1796, where also his father had served as surgeon, served in Bombay…
DROESE, Ernest (Ernst Dröse). Thorn, West Prussia (now Toruń in Poland) 12.7.1817 — Landour near Mussoorie, Uttarkhand 19.4.1891. Rev. German Protestant Missionary in India. He began as apprentice silversmith, but soon turned to missionary career and entered the seminary of Berlin Mission in 1838 and was sent to India in…
DRIVER, Walter Henry Parker. 1855 — 1908. Civilian, probably Civil Servant, interested in Ethnology (Muṇḍa and Draviḍian) and Archaeology. An emigration agent in Ranchi (1880/91), where he also found prehistoric remains. Married Mary Jane Stanmore, four children. Publications: “Notes on some Kolarian Tribes”, JASB 57:1, 1889, 7-18 & 60:1, 1891,…
DRIBERG, John Gordon. Batticaloa, Sri Lanka 26.3.1816 — on sea 15.11.1854. Rev. Missionary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. Son of Charles van Driberg (1787–1826, of Dutch backgroune) and Gertruida Johanna Elizabeth Mullertsz (1791–1826). Ordained Deacon 1835. In the early 1830s in Tallygunge as catechist, from 1835…
DRAKE, John. 18?? — 19??. Rev. British Baptist Missionary in India. Studies at Regent’s Park College, Oxford. M.A. (Oxford), B.D. Working among Kurkus (around 1900), 1900-10 in Agra. In 1910-26 Vice-Principal and Professor of Theology and Ethics at Serampore College, then at Theological Seminary of Saharanpur, in 1933 retired to…
DODERET, William. Madras 30.9.1862 — London 1931. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Frederick Doderet. Educated in London, from 1880 studied at Balliol College, Oxford. Joined I.C.S. 1880, arrived 1882, served in Gujarat and Maharashtra, retired 1909. In 1910-19 University Teacher of Sanskrit and Marathi at Cambridge (Sr.John’s College,…
DOBBIE, Robert Shedden. Great Saling, Essex 29.1.1821 — Bangalore 2.5.1868. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of navy officer William Hugh Dobbie (1771–1830) and Agatha Shedden Goodrich (1784–1841). Captain in Madras Army in 1848, marrying Isabella Monteith, and still 1856, when he married Mary Elizabeth Groves (1833–1907). One daughter with…