MILNE, William Stanley. 1875 — 1917. British Civil Servant in India, where he stayed c. 1900-1917, in Bengal. Assistant Magistrate and Collector. Letters and papers in British Library. Married Jessie Elizabeth, at least one son. Possibly the same W.S.M. who came to Brasenose College, Oxford, in 1895 from Manchester. Publications:…
MILMAN, Henry Hart. London 10.2.1791 — Sunning Hill, Berkshire 24.9.1868. Rev. British Priest and Theologian interested in Sanskrit. Son of Sir Francis Milman, Bart. (1746–1821), a physician, and Frances Hart. Educated at Eton and from 1810 at Brasenose College, Oxford. B.A. 1814, M.A. 1816. In 1816 ordained as priest. In…
MILLS, James Philip. Cheshire 18.2.1890 — Dorchester, Dorset 12.5.1960. British Civil Servant and Anthropologist in India. Son of James Edward Mills and Ada Smith, educated at Winchester College and 1909-12 Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Entered I.C.S. 1913, served in Assam. During WW I served in Jumna Light Horse, from 1916…
MILLOÜÉ, Léon-Joseph de. Colmar, Alsace 30.6.1842 — Mantes-la-Jolie (Yvelines) 29.1.1925 (or 1917?). French Indologist and Scholar of Religion. From 1879-99 Director, 1885-1913 Conservator and librarian of Musée Guimet in Lyon and, after the move in 1888, in Paris. Publications: Catalogue du Musée Guimet. Pt. 1. Inde, Chine et Japon, 1917…
MILL, William Hodge. Hackney, Middlesex 18.7.1792 — Brasted, Kent 25.12.1853. Rev. British Teacher and Indologist in India. Son of John Mill, of Dundee, and Martha Hodge. Privately educated by Dr. Belsham, a Unitarian preacher, studies at Trinity College, Cambridge: B.A. 1813, Fellow of Trinity College 1814, M.A. 1816. In 1818…
MILL, James (born J. Milne). Northwater Bridge, Logie Pert, Angus 6.4.1773 — Kensington (London) 23.6.1836. British (Scottish) Politician, Economist, Philosopher, and Historian of Colonial India. Son of James Milne, a shoemaker and small farmer, and Isabel Fenton. “Educated at Montrose Academy and Edinburgh University, studied philosophy. Was licensed as a…
MILEWSKI, Tadeusz. Kołomyja (Kolomija, Ukraine) 17.5.1906 — Cracow 5.3.1966. Polish IE, Slavic, Amerindian and General Linguist. Professor in Cracow. Son of Feliks Milewski, a physician, and Justyna Wojakowska. In 1925-29 studies of Slavic at Lwów (L’viv), Ph.D. 1929 there (diss. on Polabian). In 1929-31 further studies of IE and Sanskrit…
MILES, William. 1780 — London 21.5.1860. British Colonial Officer in India. Major-General (1854). Cadet 1799, in 1800 joined the Bombay Native Infantry, served in operations against Baroda and in 1804 at Bhurtpore (Bharatpur). “Made a treaty in 1820 with the Raja of Rodanpur, commanded a regiment in the first Burmese…
MILDENHALL (Midnall), John. Little Bedwell, Wiltshire 1560 (?) — Ajmer June 1614. British Traveller in India, self-styled envoy of the E.I.C. to Mughal Court in 1603. Son of Sir John Mildenhall (?). Being a London merchant, he travelled on his own account, without any official position, although he often pretended…
MIKLOSICH, Franz Xaver, Ritter von (Franc Miklošić). Pichelberg(Untersteiermark, now Radomerščak near Ljutomer in Slovenia) 20.11.1813 — Vienna 7.3.1891. Austrian (Slovenian) Linguist, Slavic and Gipsy Scholar. Son of a viticulturist, Georg Miklosich, went to school with the help of his uncle Rev. Thomas Miklosich. After gymnasium in Warasdin and Marburg/Drau (Maribor)…