DANN, George James. Oxford 1.7.1857 — 11.7.1941 (ancestry.com London 12.7.1942). British Baptist Missionary in India. Son of Rev. James Dann (1837–1924), a Baptist minister, and Mary Anne Ruffell. Went to India in 1884 as missionary. In 1911 in Bankipore (Bihar). Retired 1922 or 1923, taught then Greek and Hebrew at…
DANDOY, Georges. Hemptinne, Namur 5.2.1882 — Calcutta 11.6.1962. Father. S.J. Belgian Missionary, Indologist and Theologist in India. Son of Hector Dandoy (1849–1934) and Adèle Joseph Debouche. Studied philosophy at Namur (1904-05) and at Stonehurst Jesuit College, England (1905-07), then 1907-09 Sanskrit at Oxford. Taught at St.Xavier’s College in Calcutta in…
CUTLER, Harriet B. L. 1??? — 1???. U.S. Missionary in India. Wife of Rev. Oliver Cutler, arrived at Assam in 1836, conducted a school for girls while her husband taught boys. They were still working in Sibsagar in 1847. Publications: Vocabulary and Phrases in English and Assamese. 251 p. Sibsagar,…
CROFTON, Henry Thomas. Preston, Lancashire 23.7.1848 — Berkshire 17.4.1928. British Gypsy Scholar. Born of an Anglo-Irish family, son of General John Ffolliott Crofton (1800–1885) and Anne Agnes Addison. Educated at Cheltenham College. Solicitor in Manchester. President of Gypsy Lore Society in 1908-09. Married 1871 Martha Pilling McKeand (d. 1931), one son…
CRAVEN, Thomas. Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales 28.3.1844 — Evanston, Illinois 22.12.1919. Rev. U.S. (born Welsh) Methodist Missionary in India. Son of Henry Craven (1806–1881) and Eliza Poval, grew up in Evanston, Ill. Educated at Northwestern University (M.A.) and Garrett Bible Seminary. B.D. From 1870 in India, worked in Lucknow. Returned in…
CRAIG, James Alexander. Fitzroy Harbour, Ontario 5.3.1855 — Toronto 16.5.1932. Canadian Linguist. Son of farmer James Craig and Rachel Cughan. Studies of philosophy at McGill (B.A. 1880 and M.A. 1883) and theology at Yale (B.D. 1883). Ordained priest 1883. Then three years further studies at Leipzig (Ph.D. 1886 under Delitzsch).…
COURT, Major Henry. 1??? — 18??. British Colonial Officer in India. Major. There were at least three Major Henry Courts. First, the father (1783–1874), Major of Madras Artillery, married 1819 Frances Susan Tayler. Major Henry Court, the son (Ripley, Surrey 18.5.1822 – Eton, Berkshire 30.5.1891), in 1861 Commissioner in Meerut,…
COX, Edward Thomas. London 9.7.1807 — Chicacole (Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh) 28.8.1854. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of John Lewis Cox of Hamcommon, a printer, Surrey, and Jane Caroline Axtell. Educated at St. Paul’s School. Cadet 1827, then Captain in Madras Army (1847) and Major.Married 1834 Sophia Gordon Hands (1815–1885),…
COTTON, Arthur Thomas. Combermere, Cheshire 15.5.1803 — Dorking, Surrey 24.7.1899. Sir. British Colonial Officer and Irrigation Engineer in India. General. Son of Captain Henry Calvely Cotton (1755–1837) and Matilda Lockwood. After Addiscombe joined Madras Engineer Group in 1819, served first in the U.K., arrived at Madras in 1821. Conducted various…
COSTA, Traian. 1926 — 1995. Romanian Linguist and Classical Scholar. Student of Bănăţeanu, taught Sanskrit at the Bucharest University after his death (1963). Professor. Married Emilia, Ioana Costa (b. 1959), Professor of Classical Philology at Bucharest, is their daughter. Publications: Wrote on Greek and Latin literature, translated classics. – Review…