COSTA DE MACEDO, Joaquim José da. Lisbon 25.4.1777 — Golegã, district Santarém 15.3.1867. Portuguese Historian. Son of Professor Agostinho José da Costa de Macedo (1745–1822). Librarian, then (1814) Academician in Lisbon. In 1834-56 General Secretary of Academia das Ciências. Director of Portuguese Nacional Archives. Counsellor of State. Publications: Wrote on…
COSTA, Baltasar da. Aldeia Nova (Guarda) 1613 — on sea 21.4.1673. S.J. Father. Portuguese Missionary in India. Joined S.J. in 1627 and, despite of his poor health, was sent to India according to his own eager wish in 1635. From 1640 worked 35 years at Madurai Mission and, unlike —>…
COSTA, Baltasar da. 1534? — 1580. S.J. Father. Portuguese Missionary in India and Japan. In the age of 17 joined S.J. 1551 in Goa. In 1563 came to Macao (unclear, Pfister is silent about him) and soon continued to Japan. Somewhat differently in eve.fcsh.uml.pt: born around 1538, joined the S.J.…
CORYAT, Thomas (Tom Coriate). Odcombe (Crewkerne), Somersetshire 1577? — Surat ?.12.1617. British Traveller in India. Son of the Rev. George Coryat (d. 1607), Rector of Odcombe, and his wife Gertrude. Studies at Winchester College and from 1596 at Gloucester Hall, Oxford, learning Greek and logic, but left 1599 without degree…
CORREIA, Gaspar. 1492? — Malacca or Goa 1563?. Portuguese Historian of Colonial India. In the age of 16 he went to India in 1512/14. Served as a soldier and became secretary of Afonso de Albuquerque. Around 1529 back to Lisbon, later again in India (Cochin). Some claim that he was…
CORDIER, Palmyr Uldéric Alexis. Amancey near Besançon (Doubs) 18.2.1871 — Besançon 5.9.1914. French Physician and Indologist, an early specialist of the Āyurveda. Born in a modest family, son of insurance manager Palmyr Uldéric Cordier and Marthe Hermine Maréchal, educated in Besançon. Studied medicine in Toulon and Bordeaux, at Marine medical…
CORDIER, Henri. New Orleans 8.8.1849 — Paris 16.3.1925. French Scholar of Asian History. Son of Ernest-Eugène Cordier (1811?–1880), a Savoyan working in the U.S.A. as businessman and banker, and Amélie-Henriette Oudin. In 1852 he came to France with his mother and was educated in Paris, also while his parents were…
CORBIN, Henry (born Henri Eugène Corbin). Paris 14.4.1903 — Paris 7.10.1978. French Philosopher, Theologian and Scholar of Iranian Religion and Islam. Son of Henri Arthur Corbin, a wealthy businessman, and Eugénie Fournier (d. 1903), grew up with an aunt. Born in a Protestant family, but had catholic education. Studied philosophy…
CORAL-RÉMUSAT, Gilberte, comtesse de (née Gilberte Joanne Marie de Rémusat). Paris 17.12.1903 — Lausanne 18.10.1943. Mme. French Art Historian of South and South-East Asia. The only daughter of Pierre, comte de Rémusat (1864–1946), a politician, and Germaine Stieldorff (1881–1966), grandniece of —> Abel-Rémusat (1788–1832). In 1928-29 visited French South-East Asia, especially Angkor and…
COPLESTON, Reginald Stephen. Barnes, London 26.12.1845 — Wandsworth, London 19.4.1925. Most Rev. British Priest in Sri Lanka and India. Son of Rev. Reginald Edward Copleston (1811–1878), Rector at Barnes, Surrey, and Anne Elizabeth Sharpe (d. 1898). Educated at Merchant Taylor’s school, studies from 1864 at Exeter or Merton College, Oxford…