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 the elder Ebenezer Burgess (1768–1834) and Mercy Hall (1771–1815). Educated at Amherst College and Andover Theological Seminary, ordained priest in 1839. Missionary in Western India…
BURCH, George Bosworth. Hartford, Conn. 12.7.1902 — 4.6.1973. U.S. Philosopher interested in Indian Thought. Son of George Washington Burch (1858–1919) and Mary Jane Bosworth (1863–1946), educated at Harvard (A.B. 1923, A.M. 1927, Ph.D. 1939). Graduate studies also at the universities of Geneva (1933-34) and Paris (1935-36). In 1942-46 Professor of…
BUCK, Carl Darling. Orland/Bucksport, Me. 2.10.1866 — Chicago, Ill. 8.2.1955 (or Bucksport?). U.S. Linguist (IE and Classical Scholar). Professor in Chicago. The only child of Edward Buck (1832–1917) and Emeline Billings Darling, both of old New England families. Educated at Eastern Maine Conference Seminary in Bucksport, studies at Yale: A.B.…
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 (1869–1941), Professor of English, and Emily Truesdell (d. 1917). After Haverford College (1922-23) studied at Harvard (A.B.…
BROWN, George William. Hartford co., Maryland 25.10.1870 — West 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. In 1897-98 taught at Central Christian College in Albany, Missouri, 1898-1900 Superintendent od Public Schools…
BRONSON, Miles. Norway, Maine (Chr. Biogr. & findagrave) or co. Herkimer, N.Y. (Wikipedia) 20.7.1812 — Eaton Rapids, Mich. 9.11.1883. U.S. Baptist Missionary in India. Son of Deacon Osee Bronson (1769–1850) and Rebekah Hall. Educated at Hamilton Literary and Theological Institution (future Colgate University) and Hamilton Theological Seminary, ordained priest 1836.…
BRIGGS, George Weston. North Branch, co. Lapeer, Michigan 21.9.1874 — Madison, NJ 18.4.1966. U.S. Missionary and Indologist. Son of David C. Briggs (1841–1917) and Emily Electa 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…
BREWSTER, Earl Henry. Chagris Falls, Ohio 21.9.1878 — Almora, Uttarkhand 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 Leona Barlow (an artist, 1879–1945, one daughter), now began long time of nomadic life…
BOLLING, George Melville. Baltimore 13.4.1871 — Princeton, NJ 1.6.1963 (when 92). U.S. Greek Scholar and Indologist. Professor of Classical Philology in Columbus. Son of William Nicholls Bolling (1830–1898) and Hannah Lamb Bonham (1840–1888). Educated at Loyola College in Baltimore (A.B. 1891), and at Johns Hopkins (now also took Sanskrit under…
BLOOMFIELD, Maurice (born Moritz Blumenfeld). Bielitz, Austrian Silesia (now Bielsko-Biała in Poland) 23.2.1855 — San Francisco, CA 13.6.1928. U.S. (of German Jewish Origin) Indologist. Professor in Baltimore. Born in the then Austrian Silesia as the son of Solomon Blumenfeld (then Bloomfield) and Beatha Jaeger he moved in the age of…