BURGHART, Richard. U.S.A. 1944 — Heidelberg 1.1.1994, when 49. U.S. Anthropologist in Germany. B.A. 1966 Williams College, Mass., M.A., in political science, also studied nine months in Ibadan, Nigeria. From 1966 studies at S.O.A.S., M.Phil. 1969 in Social Anthropology. Now became interested in South Asia and did fieldwork in Janakpur,…
BURGESS, Ebenezer. Grafton, Vermont 26.6.1805 — Newton Centre, Mass. 1.1.1870. Rev. U.S. Missionary in India, a Scholar of Marathi, Sanskrit and Indian Astronomy. Son of elder E.B. and Mercy Hall. Educated at Amherst College and Andover Theological Seminary, ordained priest in 1839. Missionary in Western India in 1839-54 for American Board…
BURCH, George Bosworth. Hartford, Conn. 12.7.1902 — 4.6.1973. U.S. Philosopher interested in Indian Thought. Son of George Washington B. and Mary Bosworth, educated at Harvard (A.B. 1923, A.M. 1927, Ph.D. 1939). Graduate studies at universities of Geneva (1933-34) and Paris (1935-36). In 1942-46 Professor of philosophy and psychology at the…
BUCK, Carl Darling. Orland/Bucksport, Me. 2.10.1866 — Chicago, Ill. 8.2.1955. U.S. Linguist (IE and Classical Scholar). Professor in Chicago. The only child of Edward Buck and Emeline Darling, both of old New England families. Educated at Eastern Maine Conference Seminary in Bucksport, studies at Yale: A.B. 1886, Ph.D. 1889. At…
BROWN, Truesdell Sparhawk. Philadelphia, PA 21.3.1906 — Houston, TX 13.1.1992. U.S. Classical Philologist and Historian, wrote studies on the historians of Alexander and Megasthenes. Professor in Los Angeles. Son of Carleton Fairchild Brown and Emily Truesdell. Studies at Haverford 1922-23 and Harvard (A.B. 1928, A.M. 1929), in 1932-33 further studies…
BROWN, George William. Hartford co., Maryland 25.10.1870 — Hartford, CT (?) 4.12.1932. U.S. Missionary and Indologist. Son of a farmer in Hartford co., Maryland. Studies at Hiram College in Ohio, A.B. 1897, M.A. 1898. Missionary in Central India in 1900–1917, with intervals at home (1908-10), where he presented his Ph.D.…
BRONSON, Miles. Norway, N.Y. 20.7.1812 — Eaton Rapids, Mich. 9.11.1883. U.S. Baptist Missionary in India. Son of Deacon Bronson and Rebekah Hall. Educated at Hamilton Literary and Theological Institution (future Colgate University) and Hamilton Theological Seminary, ordained priest 1836. Together with Nathan Brown and O. C. Cutter founded the Baptist…
BRIGGS, George Weston. North Branch, Michigan 21.9.1874 — Madison, NJ 18.4.1966. U.S. Missionary and Indologist. Son of David C. Briggs and Emily E. Weston. Educated at Northwestern University (B.S. 1902, M.S. 1905). Ordained as priest in 1904. Methodist missionary in India 1903-08, 1909-12, and 1915-25. Professor of English Literature at…
BREWSTER, Earl Henry. Chagris Falls, Ohio 21.9.1878 — Almora 19.9.1957. U.S. Artist (Painter) and Author. Educated in Cleveland and N.Y. Schools of Art. Worked as painter in New York, had exhibitions. In 1910 married Achsah Barlow (an artist, d. 1945, one daughter), now began long time nomadic life mostly in…
BOLLING, George Melville. Baltimore 13.4.1871 — Princeton, NJ 1.6.1963. U.S. Greek Scholar and Indologist. Professor of Classical Philology in Columbus. Son of William Nicholls B. and Hannah Lamb Bonham. Educated at Loyola College in Baltimore (A.B. 1891), and at Johns Hopkins (now also Sanskrit under Bloomfield), where Ph.D. 1896. In…