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…
WEBER, Friedrich Albrecht. Breslau 17.2.1825 — Berlin 30.11.1901. German Indologist. Professor in Berlin. Son of Friedrich Benedikt Weber (1774–1848), a Professor of Economics (Cameralist). Educated at monastery school in Rossleben, learned there Greek and Hebrew. In 1842-45 studied classical and Oriental philology at Breslau (Sanskrit under Stenzler), for a while…
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…
WATTERS, Thomas. Newtownards, County Down, Ireland 9.2.1840 — Ealing (London) 10.1.1901. British (of Northern Ireland) Diplomat and Sinologist. Son of a Presbyterian minister, Rev. Thomas Watters, a Presbyterian minister, and Elizabeth Marshall Clendinning, educated at home. From 1857 studies at Queen’s College, Belfast, B.A. 1861 and M.A. 1862 Queen’s University.…
WATT, George. Old Meldrum, Aberdeenshire 24.4.1851 — Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire 2.4.1930. Sir. British (Scottish) Physician and Botanist in India. Son of John Watt, educated at King’s College and Marischal College in Aberdeen, from 1871 studies at Glasgow University (M.B. & D.M. 1873). From 1873 Professor of Botany at Calcutta University (Presidency…
WATSON, John Whaley. India 25.12.1837 — Rajkot, Gujarat 24.3.1889. British Colonial Officer in India, interested in Archaeology and History. Son of Colonel John Willis Watson of Bombay Artillery and Emma Armitage. Served in Bombay Staff Corps. In the end of the 1870s President of Rājasthānik Court in Kathiawar, in 1881-89 political…
WATHEN, William Henry. Gloucestershire 31.12.1794 — Cape Town 28.6.1866, when 71. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Samuel Wathen (d. 1818) and Elizabeth Sheppard. In Bombay as early as 1810. In the 1820s and early 1830s Persian secretary to Bombay Government, in 1837/38 Chief Secretary to it. Introduced to…
WATERHOUSE, James John. London 24.7.1842 — Eltham, London 28.9.1922. British Colonial Officer and Photographer in India. Son of James William Waterhouse, a solicitor, and his wife Mary. Educated at King’s College and University College School, then at Addiscombe. From 1859 Lieutenant in Royal Bengal Artillery. From 1866 served in various…
WARREN, Sybrandus (Sieb) Johannes. Dokkum, Friesland 19.8.1847 — Rotterdam 3.1.1910. Dutch Indologist and Classical Philologist. Son of school director Johannes Henricus Warren (1809–1853) and Wytske Sjoerdina Fockema (1814–1896). In 1864-71 studied at Leiden Classics and Sanskrit, then teacher in Zwolle. Ph.D. 1875 Leiden (under Kern). Worked as schoolteacher of classical…
WARD, William. Derby 20.10.1769 — Serampur 7.3.1823. Rev. British Baptist Missionary in India, Printer and Precursor of Indology. Son of John Ward, carpenter and builder. Apprenticed to a printer, worked as printer and editor (of the Derby Mercury, Stafford Advertiser, and Hull Advertiser). Baptized in 1796, preached in villages and…