MURDOCH, John. Glasgow 22.7.1819 — Madras 10.8.1904. British (Scottish) Missionary in Sri Lanka and India. Son of John and Margret Murdoch, educated at Glasgow High School. After an unsuccesful attempt as a painter in Amsterdam studies at Glasgow. Worked as teacher, in 1844 left for Ceylon. Headmaster of schools in…
MAHONY, Daniel. Dunloe Castle, Kerry, Ireland 1758 — Ibid. 29.10.1832. British (Irish) Colonial Officer in India. Son of John Mahony (1715–1780) and Honora Haly. Joined army in 1782, Captain 1793. In 1796 visited Kandy as Lieutenant, then served in India. Captain (1801), later Brigade Major (1810) and 1812 Lieutenant-Colonel. Retired…
LAMBRICK, Samuel. 1768 — 1854. Rev. British Missionary in Sri Lanka. In 1817 left for Ceylon with his wife in company of Joseph Knight, Robert Major and Benjamin Ward. After a time in Kandy in 1822 founded Kotta as the centre of the Church Missionary Society near Colombo and opened…
JOSEPH, Gerard Abraham. Colombo 6.4.1870 — 14.3.1922 (when 52). Sri Lankan Burgher Civil Servant. Member of Ceylon Civil Service. Son of Abraham Orlando Joseph (1812–1897) and Louisa van Langenberg (1842–1886), From 1893 to his death Secretary and Librarian of Colombo Museum, in the late 1910s also its acting director. Married…
GRAY, Albert. Kinnoull, Perth, Scotland 10.10.1850 — Chelsea, London 27.2.1928. Sir. British (Scottish) Lawyer interested in Sri Lanka and in Travel Literature. Son of George Gray (1798–1877), a lawyer and businessman, and Sophia Margaret Jameson. Member of Ceylon Civil Service in 1871-74. Resigned, back in the U.K. studied law and…
FORBES (FORBES-LESLIE), Jonathan. 21.2.1798 — 23.12.1877. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer. Son of John F. and Anne Margaret Gregory. Arrived at Ceylon as a young officer of 78th Highlanders in 1826, remained until 1837 advancing to Major. Then Lieutenant-Colonel, some years served in India 1842–4?, retired before 1850. Later on lived…
CHOUNAVEL, Constant. Socourt, Saint-Dié (Vosges) 9.4.1825 — Borella, Sri Lanka 23.8.1923. O.M.I. French Catholic Missionary in Sri Lanka. Son of Joseph Chounavel and Christine Pierron. Studied theology at seminary of Saint-Dié and took the habit in 1849. Ordained priest in 1852 in Marseille and left for Ceylon. In 1852-83 served…
CALLAWAY, John. 1793? — 23.11.1846, when 48. Rev. British Wesleyan Missionary in Sri Lanka. Arrived in 1815 and worked there about ten years (1816 in Matara, 1817 and 1821-24 Principal of Galle School). In 1826 retired to England, apparently lived in London. Publications: A Vocabulary, with Useful Phrases and Familiar…
NOVOSAD, Martin (Nyānasatta/Ñānasatta Mahāthera). Vizovice, Moravia 25.1.1908 — Sri Lanka 1984. Czechoslovakian Buddha in Sri Lanka. Born in Southern Moravia. In 1935 heard of Buddhism through his wife and in 1938 arrived in Sri Lanka. Now became Nyānatiloka’s disciple and soon ordained as a monk. From 1940 leader of Verdant…
MOORE, Osbert John Salvin (Ñānamoli Thera). Cambridge (Wikipedia) or London (WikiTree) 25.6.1905 — Veheragama near Mahawa, North-Western Sri Lanka 8.3.1960. British Bauddha and Buddhist Scholar. Lived in Sri Lanka 1949–60. The only child of John Edmund Sharrock Moore (1870–1947), a biologist, and Heloise Salvin (1875–1927). Studied modern languages at Exeter College,…