HUDSON-WILLIAMS, Thomas. Caernarfon, Gwynedd 4.2.1873 — 12.4.1961. British (Welsh) Celtologist and Comparative Linguist. Professor in Bangor. Son of R. Williams. Educated in Bangor. Studies at University College of North Wales in Bangor and Greifswald (Zimmer). Graduated 1894, D.Litt. 1911 London. From 1896 Assistant Lecturer in French and German at Bangor,…
HOWORTH, Henry Hoyle. Lisbon 1.7.1842 — London 15.7.1923. Sir. British Barrister, Conservative Politician and amateur Historian and Geologist. Son of Henry H. (1817–1850), a British merchant residing in Portugal, and Elizabeth Beswick, educated at Rossall School in Lancashire. Studied law, called to the bar 1867 (Middle Temple), practised as lawyer…
HOUGH, William. 1789 — London 3.1.1865. British Colonial Officer in India. Came there in 1805, participated in Nepal War (1814-16), Third Maratha War (1817-18) and First Afghan War (1839-42), and was an authority on military law. Major (1838/45) and Deputy Judge Advocat General of Bengal Army, retired before 1853 as…
HORNE, Eric Arthur. Clevendon, Somerset 29.11.1883 — Aligarh 7.6.1930. British Teacher in India. Educated at Mill Hill School, studies of history and economics at St.Andrews. After some years’ work in labour department of the Board of Trade in Southampton, from 1911 Professor Economics at, then Principal of Patna College of…
HOPE, Theodore Cracraft. London 9.12.1831 — London 4.7.1915. Sir. British Civil Servant in India. The only child of James Hope (1801–1841), a noted physician, and Anne Fulton (1809–1887), an author (historian). Educated privately and at Rugby and Haileybury. In 1853 joined Bombay Civil Service. Worked in Gujarat, especially in Ahmedabad…
HOOPER, John Stirling Morley. Stirling, Scotland 12.4.1882 — Stratford-upon-Avon 2.5.1974. Rev. British Wesleyan Missionary in India. Son of John Henry Hooper. Studies at Oxford (Corpus Christi College, B.A. & M.A.). Came to India in 1905 and worked as missionary priest in Madras. From 1930 Headmaster of Wesley Higher Secondary School in Madras.…
HOLROYD, William Rice Morland. Wimbledon, London 28.10.1835 — Lyndhurst, Hampshire 3.9.1913. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of lawyer Edward Holroyd (1794–1881) and Caroline Pugsley. From 1854 served in Bengal Army, long time in the Punjab in educational offices. Colonel from 1883. Dr. of Oriental Learning 1890 Lahore. Married 1866…
HOLLINGS, William Charles. Calcutta 27.3.1810 — near Cawnpore (Kanpur) 1857. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of merchant William Charles Hollings (1770–1815), lost early his father and was sent to London for education (his mother Sophia née Gail followed 1817). Cadet of E.I.C. 1826 and left for Calcutta. Learned quickly…
HILL, William Charles Osman. 13.7.1901 — 25.1.1975. British Anatomist, Primatologist and Physical Anthropologist. Son of James Osman Hill and Fanny Martin. Educated in Birmingham, studies at Birmingham University (M.D. 1925). From 1925 Lecturer in Zoology at Birmingham, in 1930-45 Professor of Anatomy at the Ceylon Medical College. In 1945-50 Reader…
HILL, Samuel Alexander. Ballyboley near Belfast 10.10.1851 — Allahabad 23.9.1890. British Teacher and Meteorologist in India. Son of farmer John Beggs Hill (1819–1897) and Elizabeth Clements, an Anglo-Irish family. Educated at Ballyeaston School and from 1868 at Training School in Dublin. From 1869 teacher in Lisbarn. From 1871 studies at…