WHEELER, James Talboys. Oxford 22.12.1824 — Ramsgate, Kent 13.1.1897. British Civil Servant and Historian in India. Son of James Luft Wheeler, a bookseller, and Anna Ophelia Talboys, privately educated. “Began as a publisher and book-seller. [During Crimean War] War Office extra clerk. Went to Madras to edit the Madras Spectator,…
WHATMOUGH, Joshua. Rochdale, Lancashire 30.6.1897 — Winchester, MA 25.4.1964. British IE Linguist in the U.S.A. (citizen 1942). Professor in Cambridge, Mass. Son of Walter Whatmough, an iron-molder and woolweaver, and Elizabeth Hollows. Studied at Manchester (B.A. 1916, and, after war service, M.A. 1921) and Cambridge (Emmanuel College, B.A. 1921, M.A.…
WESTMACOTT, George Edward. London 23.2.1807 — near Kabul 23.11.1841, when 35. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of George Westmacott (1783–1868) and Ann Knightley Seller (1781–1855), cousin of —> E. V. Westmacott’s father. Arrived in India in 1823 as Ensign. Captain 1833, then Assistant to the Government General’s Agent in…
WESTMACOTT, Edward Vesey. Chastleton, Oxfordshire 1839 (or 1840?) — 1911. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Rev. Horatio Westmacott (1806–1862, cousin of —> G. R. Westmacott) and Penelope Spencer Ruscombe (1813–1894). Educated at Rugby. From 1857 studied at Oxford, B.A. 1862. Joined I.C.S. 1861. Served in Bengal. Married 1874 Annie…
WEST, Raymond. Ballyloughrane, co. Kerry 18.9.1832 — Upper Norwood, London 8.9.1912. Sir. Irish (of English background) Civil Servant in India. Son of Frederick Henry West,a journalist, and Frances Raymond. Grew up in Kensington, Dublin, etc., the family moved often, matriculated from Queen’s College, Galway. Studies of law atat Queen’s University,…
WEST, Edward William. London 2.5.1824 — Watford, Hertfordshire 4.5.1905. British Indologist and Iranian Scholar in India. Born in a family of architects and engineers, both parents had been in India (father William West in Bombay, mother Margaret Anderson in Calcutta), elder brother of —> A. A. West (1827–1913). In 1839-42…
WEST, Arthur Anderson. London 23.8.1827 — Theydon Bois, Essex 1913. British Engineer in India. Son of William West and Margaret Anderson, younger brother of —> E. W. West (1824–1905), whom he assisted in his epigraphical studies. Educated at King’s College in London. Went to India in 1847. Engineer, like his…
WELLSTED, Thomas Arthur. London 3.4.1904 — Cheltenham, Gloucestershire ?.10.1989 (or 1990?). British Mining Engineer in India. Son of Thomas Wilhelm Wellsted (1865–1919) and Lucy Kayser (1882–1950). B.Sc. 1926 London, in mining. Manager of mine in Central India (Madhya Pradesh). In 1933 surveyed the remains of Ramtek. In 1938 living in…
WEBSTER, William Frederick. London 15.7.1855 — London 10.3.1929. British Lawyer and Indologist. Son of William Thomas Webster. Attended the City School in London, from 1874 studies at Trinity College, Cambridge (i.al. under Cowell). B.A. 1878, Indian Language Trip., 1st class 1879, M.A. 1881. From 1879 law studies, Lincoln’s Inn, in…
WAYLAND, Edward James. London 23.1.1888 — Ramsgate, Kent 11.7.1966. British Geologist and Civil Servant in Sri Lanka and Africa. Son of Edward Wayland and Emily Street, educated at the City of London College, the Royal College of Science, and the Royal School of Mines. Conducted geological fieldwork in Egypt 1909…