NOBILE, Riccardo. 1886 — 1930. Italian Interested in Sanskrit. Student of Kerbaker at Naples. Ph.D. Publications: “Notizie sulle sotto-caste nell’India, estratte, pubblicate e tradotte dai codici inediti del Jātiviveka”, Atti Della Reale Accademia di Archeologica, Lettere et Belle Arti, Napoli N.S. 1, 1910, 65-94. – Translated from Sanskrit: Calidasa: Sacuntala.…
NEWTON, Henry. Shrewsbury 17.6.1822 — London 20.3.1900. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Henry Newton, a wharfinger, and his wife Catherine. Educated in Shrewsbury and at Haileybury. In Bombay Civil Service 1844-71. Judge at Bombay High Court 1862-71. President of the Bombay Branch of R.A.S. 1864-68. Amateur photographer. Married…
NEILL, John William. 184? — 19??. British Civil Servant in India. Studies at King’s College, London, and Edinburgh. From 1864 served in Central India (1872 in Chhindwara). In 1887 and 1890-91 acting Commissioner in Nagpur. Retired 1894. In 1896-1917 Professor of Indian Law and Lecturer in Marathi at University College…
MŽIK, Hans von. Rzeszów, Galicia (now in Poland) 24.7.1876 — Vienna 4.3.1961. Austrian Historian of Geography. Son of an officer, gymnasium in Troppau (now Czech Opava) Studied at Vienna law, soon Oriental languages, history and geography. Ph.D. 1904. From 1903 worked in Vienna Hofbibliothek (then National Library). PD 1917 Vienna…
MOSAC (Mozac), Antoine. Clermont 17.12.1704 — Pondichéry 4.12.1779 (or 1794?). S.J. French Missionary in India. Entered S.J. in 1720, came to India 1735. First in south, from 1742 and still 1764 Superior of Bengal Mission in Chandernagor, then in 1775-77 Superior of Pondichéry Mission. In 1756 met Anquetil-Duperron. Besse (referring…
MORRO, Felice. 18?? — 1???. Italian. interested in Sanskrit, fl. in the 1870s. Publications: Vālmīki. Tre capitoli dell’ Araṇyakāṇḍa o e 3° libro del Rāmāyaṇa, tradotti. 30 p. Schenone (Genoa) 1874. Sources: Title only in Gli studi orientali in Italia 1861–1911; nothing in Internet.
MORRIS, Richard. Bermondsey, London 8.9.1833 — Harold Wood, Essex 12.5.1894. British Philologist, Scholar of Early English and Pāli. Born in a family of Welsh origin, trained as elementary schoolmaster at Battersea Training College. He never studied in a university and was mainly self-taught. In 1871 ordained and obtained a curacy…
MORRIS, Henry. 22.4.1829 — 1912. British Civil Servant and Historian in India. Son of —> John Carnac Morris (1798–1858) and Rosanna Curtis Cherry. “Educated at Rugby and Haileybury, 1846-48. In India, 1848-75, in the Madras C.S., rose to be Judge of Godavery. Was for years Inspector of Schools.” Retired in…
MORLEY, William Hook. 1815 — London 21.5.1860. British Oriental Scholar. Son of George Morley, a lawyer. “Educated for the legal profession, called to the bar [from Middle Temple] in 1840. A notable Oriental scholar, well versed in Arabic and Persian literature. Member of the R.A.S. from 1847, Librarian to the…
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,…