ERNOUT, Alfred Georges. Lille 30.10.1879 — Paris 16.6.1973. French IE and Classical Linguist, mainly Latin Scholar. Son of Léon Ernout, tradesman in Lille, and Célina Louisa Venelle. Educated at Lycée de Lille, studied at Faculté des lettres de Lille (lic.ès lettres 1900) and at Sorbonne (dr.ès lettres 1908) and É.P.H.É.…
ERDMANN, Friedrich Franz Ludwig von (Russian Fëdor Ivanovič Èrdman, born Friedrich Franz Ludwig Erdmann). Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg 15.3.1793 (or 1795?) — Kazan 2/14.2.1862. German Historian of Asia in Russia. Son of Johann Ernst Friedrich Erdmann (1759–1814), a vicar, and Luise Adel. Educated in Lübeck, studies at Rostock (O. G. Tychsen) and Göttingen.…
ENTWISTLE, Alan William. Weymouth, Dorsett 10.3.1949 — Seattle 28.3.1996. British Indologist in the U.S.A. Professor in Seattle. Son of W. D. Entwistle and Neta D. Whiles. Studies at University of Southampton (B.A. 1971 in French) and S.O.A.S. (M.A. 1975 in Area Studies). In 1976-78 field-work in Vrindaban, India. Ph.D. 1982…
ENTHOVEN, Reginald Edward. Hastings, Sussex 23.11.1869 — Boars Hill near Oxford 21.5.1952 (when 82). British Civil Servant and Anthropologist in India. Son of James Henry Enthoven (1823–1913) and Miriam Josephine Mozley. Educated at Wellington College, from 1887 studies at New College, Oxford, in preparation to Indian service. Joined I.C.S. in…
ENDLE, Sidney. Totnes, Devon 1840? — Dibrugarh ?.7.1907. Rev. British Missionary in India. Son of a vicar, educated at Totnes Grammar School and at St. Augustine’s College in Canterbury. First arrived at Tezpur in Assam in 1864 and worked 43 years as Anglican missionary and chaplain among Kachari Baras (Bodos).…
EMINESCU, Mihai (born Mihail Eminovici). Botoşani, Moldavia 15.1.1850 — Bucharest 15.6.1889. Romanian Poet interested in India. One of Romania’s most notable poets. Of somewhat unclear origin, son of a Moldavian potentate, Gheorghe Eminovici and Raluca Iuraşcu. School in Cernăuţi 1858-66, first poem published in 1866.. Studied in Vienna 1869-72 and…
EMELEN, Arthur Marie Joseph van. Leuven 2.3.1874 — Ranchi 17.8.1936. S.J. Father. Belgian Missionary in India. Son of Léon van Emelen (1829–1900) and Catharina Sofia Casteleyn. Worked in Chota Nagpur and collaborated with —> J. B. Hoffmann (1857–1928) completing the great dictionary after his death. He was also interested in botany…
ELWIN, Harry Verrier Holman. Dover 29.8.1902 — Delhi 22.2.1964. British Anthropologist in India, Indian Citizen. Son of the Right Rev. Bishop Edmund Henry Elwin (1871–1909) of Sierra Leone and Minnie Holman, lost his father when seven. Educated in Cheltenham, studies of English literature and theology from 1921 at Merton College,…
ELPHINSTONE, Mountstuart. Dumbarton, Scotland 6.10.1779 — Hookwood, Surrey 20.11.1859. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India. The youngest son of John, the 11th Baron Elphinstone (1737–1794), and Anne Ruthven (1737–1801). Educated in Edinburgh and Kensington. From 1795 writer in E.I.C.’s service, was sent to Benares, where he soon learned Persian and…
ELLIS, Francis Whyte. 1777? — Ramnad (Ramanathapuram), Tamil Nadu 10.3.1819. British Civil Servant and Pioneer of Indology in India. From 1796 in Madras Civil Service, 1898 Deputy Secretary and 1802 Secretary to the Board of Revenue, 1810 Collector of Madras. Died of cholera (?). He was a pioneer of Dravidian…