CAMPBELL, Alexander Duncan

CAMPBELL, Alexander Duncan. 6.1.1786 (hardly 1789) — 4.4.1857. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India, interested in Telugu. Served in Madras Civil Service, in 1806 Collector and Magistrate in Bellary (1821 still there), 1816 Member of the Board of Superintendence for College of Fort St. George, 1827 in Tanjore, remained in…

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CAMPBELL, Andrew

CAMPBELL, Andrew. Boltan, Lancashire 1845 — Pokharia 8.7.1919. Rev. British (Scottish) Missionary in Chota Nagpur, a Santali Scholar. Dr.div. Served the Santal Mission of Free Church of Scotland, from 1872, first at Giridh in Hazaribagh dt., from 1879 at Pokharia in Manbhoom. Also an Honorary Magistrate, and Member of the…

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CAMPBELL, Archibald (elder)

CAMPBELL, Archibald. Port Ellen, Islay, Hebrides 20.4.1805 (not 1804) — Slough, Berkshire 5.11.1874. British (Scottish) Physician in India. His first name was Archibald, but he usually signed just A. Campbell, which led some to assume Andrew or Arthur. Son of the elder Archibald C. and his wife Helen. Studies at…

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CALDWELL, Robert

CALDWELL, Robert. Clady, county Antrim, Northern Ireland 7.5.1814 — Kodaikanal, India 28.8.1891. Rev. British (Scottish) Missionary and Indologist. Born in Ireland of poor Presbyterian Scottish parents, the family moved to Glasgow, where he had to work from the age of nine. When fifteen he moved to Dublin and began studies…

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CAIN, John

CAIN, John. 184? — 17.3.1917. Rev. British Missionary in India. Arrived in India in 1869, from 1874 in Dummagudem in Godavari dt. working there until his death. Married 1880 Sarah Davies (d. 1934), the first Australian missionary in India. He collected notes about Dravidian tribal languages and customs and participated…

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CADELL, Patrick

CADELL, Patrick Robert. Bhurtpore (Bharatpur), Bengal 6.5.1871 — Frilford Heath, Abingdon 22.11.1961 (when 90). Sir. British Civil Servant in India and Historian of Colonial India. Son of colonel Thomas C. and Anna Dalmahoy (d. 1876). Educated at Haileybury, studies at Oxford (Balliol College). Joined I.C.S. in 1891, served mainly in Bombay…

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BUTTERWORTH, Allan

BUTTERWORTH, Alan (or Allan). Southport, Lancashire 25.7.1864 — London 25.5.1937. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Henry B. and Mary Jane Schofield. Educated at Elizabeth College in Guernsey and studied from 1883 at Balliol College in Oxford. In 1886 joined I.C.S. in Madras. From 1897 Deputy and Sessions Judge…

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BUSHELL, Stephen Wootton

BUSHELL, Stephen Wootton. Ash-next-Sandwich, Kent 28.7.1844 — Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex 19.9.1908. British Physician in China, a Sinologist and early Specialist of Chinese Art. Son of William B., a wealthy farmer, and Sarah Francis Wootton. Educated in Tunbridge and Chigwell. Studies at Guy’s Hospital and London University, then House…

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BURY, John B.

BURY, John Bagnell. Clontibret, co. Monaghan 16.10.1861 — Rome 1.6.1927. British (Irish) Classical Scholar and Historian. Professor in Cambridge. Son of Rev. Edward John Bury and Anna Rogers, Anglican canon of Clogher. Educated in Londonderry, studies at Trinity College in Dublin. In 1893-1902 Professor of Modern History at Trinity College, from 1898…

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BURTON, Richard

BURTON, Richard Francis. Barnham House, Hertfordshire 19.3.1821 — Trieste 20.10.1890 (Dingle & Garrett: born in Torquay, Devon, Penzer explains: born in Toquay, baptised in Elstree, Herts). Sir. British (partly of Irish origin) Oriental Scholar, Pioneer of Anthropology, Traveller and Diplomat. Son of colonel Joseph Netterville B. (1782–1857) and Martha Beckwith…

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