KÓS, Péter (born Leó Raab, from 1939 Lev Konduktorov). Moscow 15.8.1921 — Budapest 1994. Hungarian Chemist, Diplomat and Communist Activist. Graduated as chemical engineer. From 1949 in Hungarian Foreign Ministry, 1954-56 Ambassador in New Delhi, then in Washington. In October 1956 dismissed as Soviet citizen and agent, but reinstated in…
KOLLÁR, Ján (Czech Jan K.). Mosóc (now Mošovce) 29.7.1793 — Vienna 24.1.1852. Slovakian Philologist, Poet and Translator. Son of the local mayor Matej Kollár and Katarina Frndová. After gymnasium in Pressburg (Bratislava) worked as teacher. In 1817-19 studied Lutheran theology at Jena. From 1819 priest in Slovakian church in Pest. In…
KÖLVER, Bernhard. Ründeroth near Köln 2.4.1938 — Leipzig 27.11.2001. German Indologist. Professor in Köln, Kiel and Leipzig. Son of a gymnasium teacher, who participated in WW II and died soon after his return from captivity. Educated in Wertheim, Gummersbach und Fort Myers (Florida). From 1956 studies linguistics, Anglistics, Germanistics and…
KNOX, George. Inismagrath, co. Leitrim, Ireland 15.12.1793 — Coimbatore 2.9.1847, when 53. British (Irish) Physician in India. M.D. 1816. From 1817 in E.I.C.’s medical service, Madras, Surgeon 1829, Superintending Surgeon 1843. Participated in Burmese was 1824-25. Married Mary Griffith (1809–1841), one son. Publications: Wrote on Burmese Buddhism in MJLS 1, 1834, 25-39 and in TrRAS 3,…
KIPLING, John Lockwood. Kirbymoorside near Pickering, Yorkshire 6.7.1837 — Tisbury, Wiltshire 26.1.1911. British Art Teacher, Illustrator and Museum Curator in India. Son of Rev. Joseph Kipling, a Methodist minister, and Frances Lockwood. Educated at Wesleyan Woodhouse Grove school near Bradford, then learned ceramic art. From 1859 worked on exterior terracotta…
KING, Cuthbert. Madingley, Cambridgeshire 1889 — 19??. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Rev. Dr. Edward George King and Mary Westcott. Educated at Sherborne school. M.A. Served in the North-West. Deputy Commissioner (1930/35), then Commissioner of Lahore (1943) and Rawalpindi Division (1946). C.I.E. 1946. Mentioned as living 1958. Married…
KINCAID, William. 30.10.1831 — Bournemouth 11.2.1909. British Colonial Officer in India. From 1849 Ensign in Madras Army. Appointed to adjust boundary disputes in Bhopal agency, 1864. From 1866 Assistant Political Agent in Bundelkhand, 1876 Political Agent in Bhopal and 1879 in Bhopawar, now also commandant of Malwa Bhil Corps. From…
KINCAID, Dennis Charles Alexander. 16.10.1905 — 10.6.1937. British Civil Servant in India. Son of —> Ch. A. Kincaid (1870–1954) and Katherine Mary Seddon. From 1924-27 studied at Oxford (Balliol College), then joined I.C.S. Arrived at Bombay in 1928. Drowned. Publications: Shivaji: The Grand Rebel. 346 p. 1937. – British social life in India,…
KENNEDY, James. 1815 — 1899. Rev. British (Scottish) Missionary in India. M.A. In 1839-77 worked for London Missionary Society in Benares and from 1867 Kumaon. Then minister of Portobello in Scotland. Married 1840 Margaret Stephen Walker (1814–1891, known as one of the first zenana missionaries), at least six children, i.al.…
KEBLE, William Thomas. Dunstall, Burton On Trent, Staffordshire 4.8.1901 — Victoria, British Columbia 19.10.1965. British Teacher in Sri Lanka. Son of Rev. Thomas Charles Keble (1864–1932) and Hilda Mary Jeffcock. Studies at Oxford, B.A. and M.A. In 1923 to Ceylon, worked as teacher. In 1942 founded an up-country school (St.Thomas…