EXEM, Albert van. Beveren 19.9.1918 — Ranchi 7.11.1994. S.J. Father. Belgian Missionary and Anthropologist in India. Joined S.J. in 1936, ordained priest 1949 in Kurseong. From 1946 worked 17 years among Muṇḍas. Fluent in Muṇḍari. Publications: Basic socio-economic attitudes of Chotanagpur Tribals. 55 p. Ranchi 1973. – “Haram and Singbonga.…
ETHÉ, Carl Hermann. Stralsund 13.2.1844 — Bristol 7.6.1917. German Oriental Scholar in the U.K. Son of a government surveyor, Franz Ethé (a Huguenot) and Mathilde Lappe. From 1862 studied classics and Oriental languages at Greifswald, 1863 moved to Leipzig (Fleischer). Ph.D. 1865 Leipzig. PD 1868 Munich. From 1872 in Oxford cataloguing…
DUNBAR, George (George Duff-Sutherland Dunbar of Hemprigg). Wick, Caithness-srire 29.5.1878 — Winchester, Hampshire 8.4.1962. Sir, 6th Bart. (1898). British (Scottish) Colonial Officer. Major (1940). Son of Garden Duff-Dunbar of Hempriggs and Ackergill (1837–1889) and Jane Louisa Duff (1856–1949). Educated at Harrow. After Sandhurst served in India from 1898. Commander of the…
DROWER, Ethel May Stefana (née E. St. Stevens). London 1.12.1879 — 27.1.1972.Lady. British Autodidact Oriental Scholar and Anthropologist in Iraq. Daughter of a clergyman, S. V. Stevens. Married 1911 with Sir Edwin Drower, a diplomat, who was judicial adviser in Iraq in 1921-46. They had one daughter, Margaret Stefana Drower (1911–2012, historian…
D’OYLY, John. 6.6.1774 — Kandy 25.5.1824. Sir, first Bart. of Kandy. British Civil Servant in Sri Lanka. Son of Matthias D’Oyly (1743–1815), Archdeacon of Hastings, and his wife Mary, educated at Westminster School. Studies at Cambridge (Corpus Christi), graduated B.A. 1796, M.A. 1799. In 1801 joined C.C.S. as writer, during…
D’OYLY, Charles. Murshidabad, India 18.9.1781 — Leghorn, Italy 24.9.1845.Sir, 7th Bart. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Sir John Hadley D’Oyly (1754–1818), 6th Bart. and Collector of Calcutta, and Diana Rochfort. In 1785 the family returned to England and the boy was educated there. Entered E.I.C.’s service c. 1796.…
COSTA, Giulio. Imola 11.11.1901 — Mendal, Tura, Meghalaya 16/17.4.1970. S.D.B. Father. Italian Catholic Missionary in Assam. First a school teacher, but in 1924 decided to become missionary, After one year at missionary college in Ivrea came to Assam in 1925. Noviciate in Shillong, first vows in 1927, ordained priest 1931.…
COSERIU, Eugenio (Eugeniu Coşeriu). Mihăileni, Bălţi (now in Moldova) 27.7.1921 — Tübingen 7.9.2002. Romanian Comparative Linguist in Uruguay and Germany. High school in Bălti. Studies at Iaşi and from 1940 in Rome. Ph.D. 1944 Rome. In 1944-45 taught at Padova, 1945-49 at Milano (second Ph.D. there in philosophy). In 1950-58…
COOPER, Roland Edgar. Kingston-on-Thames, London 16.6.1890 — Southend-on-Sea, Essex 31.1.1962. British Botanist. Lost his parents in the age of four and was raised by his aunt Emma Smith (b. 1878) and her husband, botanist William Wright Smith (1875–1958) – but not immediately, they were too young for that. In 1907-10…
CONRAD, Dieter. 1932 — 2001. German Scholar of Indian Law. Dr.iur. 1963 Heidelberg (diss. not on South Asia). Senior Research Fellow at South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg, was in Charge of its Department of Law from 1963 until his retirement in 1997. Publications: Diss. publ. Freiheitsrechte und Arbeitsverfassung. 184 p.…