BYROM, Thomas Billy. England 1941 — Kashi Ashram, Sebastian, Florida 1991. British Translator. Studied at Oxford (Balliol College, M.A. in English Literature). Ph.D. Harvard. Taught at Harvard, Bennington, and as J.R.R Tolkien Professor in English Language and Literature at Oxford. In 1974 met Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati and as her pupil…
BUCKLAND, Charles Edward. Chittagong 19.9.1847 — Kensington, London 1.10.1941. British Civil Servant in India. Son of of Charles Thomas Buckland (1824–1894) of I.C.S. and Mary Ann Letitia Ricketts. Educated at Laleham and Eton College, studies rom 1866 at Balliol College, Oxford (B.A. 1866). Joined I.C.S. in 1870. Called to the…
BRIGHT, William Oliver (Bill). Oxnard, Calif. 13.8.1928 — Louisville, Color. 15.10.2006. U.S. Linguist and Indologist. Professor in Los Angeles. Son of a butcher. Graduated 1945 from Oxnard High School, where he showed an early interest in languages. Studies of medicine, soon of Spanish and linguistics at University of California in…
BOYCE, Nora Elizabeth Mary. Darjeeling, India 2.8.1920 — London 4.4.2006. British (with Irish background) Iranian Scholar. Professor in London. Daughter of William H. Boyce, judge at Calcutta High Court, and Nora Gardiner. Family returned soon to the U.K. Educated at Wimbledon High School and Cheltenham Ladies College, then studies from 1940…
BOULTON, John Victor. 1934 — 2006. British Indologist (NIA). Ph.D. 1967 S.O.A.S. From 1962 Lecturer in Bengali and Oriya at S.O.A.S., retired 1988. Publications: Diss. on Oriya. Manuscript S.O.A.S. 1967. – Phakirmohana Senapati: His life and prose-fiction. 537 p. Bhubaneshwar 1993 (rev. diss. on Oḍiyā author). – With G. Mishra:…
BEXELL, David Enoch Fridolf Samuel. Barnarp, Jönköpings län 24.8.1861 — Tirupattur 5.7.1938. Swedish Missionary in South India. Son of Rev. Josef Bexell (1815–1897) and Maria Hansson. Studied at Lund and Leipzig. Ordained 1887 and left for India. Worked in different mission stations, in 1893-99 in Coimbatore and 1900-09 in Pudukkottai. In…
AUROUSSEAU, Léonard Eugène. Cannes 12.7.1888 — Yerres, Île-de-France 24.1.1929. French Sinologist. Son of Paul Jules Aurousseau and Anaïs Stéphanie Forestier. Educated at colleges of Montluçon (Allier) and Montbéliard (Doubs), then at Lycée Henri-IV in Paris. Studied Chinese at É.P.H.É. (Chavannes) and É.L.O.V. In 1909 to Indochina as soldier, also allowed…
AMES, Michael McClean. Vancouver 19.6.1933 — Vancouver 20.2.2006. Canadian Anthropologist of South Asia. Professor in Vancouver. Son of Ernest Ames and Elsie McClean, both of British origin. B.A. 1956 University of British Columbia, Ph.D. 1961 Harvard in Social Anthropology (under C. DuBois). In 1962–64 Assistant Professor at McMaster University. From…
ZEBROWSKI, Mark Kandel. Springfield, Mass. 11.12.1944 — London 22.8.1999. U.S. Architect and Art Historian in the U.K., Specialist of Mughal Period. Born in a Polish-Italian family, grew up in Enfield, Conn., educated at Dartmouth College. Studied at Harvard. In 1967 served in Peace Corps in India and became interested in Mughal…
ZAFIROPULO, Ghiorghio. Marseille 7.6.1909 — Pâlis (Aube) 18.8.1993. Greek Sculptor in France. Born of Greek parents in France, son of Polybe Zafiropulo (1868–1951) and Sophia Economo von San Serff (1869–1939), grew up in Marseille. In the 1930s living in Paris and Vienna, now began his artistic career. During WW II…