ELPHINSTONE, Mountstuart. Dumbarton, Scotland 6.10.1779 — Hookwood, Surrey 20.11.1859. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India. Son of John, the 11th Baron E., and Anne Ruthven. Educated in Edinburgh and Kensington. From 1795 writer in E.I.C.’s service, was sent to Benares, where he soon learned Persian and Hindi and barely escaped…
ELLIOT, Henry Miers. Westminster 1.3.1808 — Cape Colony 20.12.1853. Sir. British Civil Servant in India and a Historian of Muhammadan India. Son of John E., an officer, and his wife, née Lettsom. Educated in Winchester College. He intended to go to Oxford, but became interested in India and, as there…
EKELUND, Jakob. Valla, Bohuslän 17.12.1790 — Stockholm 6.12.1840. Swedish Teacher and Historian interested in India. Son of Johannes E., a curate, and Anna Maria Blixt, educated in Göteborg. Studies from 1811 at Lund, where fil.mag. 1814. Then at Uppsala, where theol.kand. 1818 and ordained as priest. From 1821 worked as…
EGGERMONT, Pierre Herman Leonard. Menado, Celebes 4.2.1914 — Linden, Belgium 11.4.1995. Dutch Indologist and Classical Scholar. Son of a government agent in Indonesia, Pierre August Leonard E., and Cornelia Johanna Margaretha van Houten. After school in Surabaya came to the Netherlands in 1931 and began studies of Classics, Sanskrit and…
EDWARDES, Stephen Meredyth. 1873 — Felden, Hertfordshire 1.1.1927. British Civil Servant and Historian in India, from 1923 editor of the Indian Antiquary. Son of the Rev. Stephen E. Educated at Eton, studies at Christ Church, Oxford. Passed the I.C.S. examination in 1894 and was sent to the Bombay Presidency. From…
ECKSTEIN, Ferdinand d’. Copenhagen 1.9.1790 — Paris 22. or 25.11.1862 (when 71). Baron. French Historian of Danish/German Origin. Details of his origin are unclear, the title of nobility probably doubtful. “Je ne desire pas me faire l’écho de rumeurs piquantes sur son origine et sa jeunesse” (Mohl). He is said…
EASTMAN, Alvan Clark. Munich 10.1.1894 — Cambridge, MA 9.9.1959. U.S. Art Historian. Son of Charles Rochester E. (1868–1918), a geologist and palaeontologist, and Caroline Amelia Clark, born in Germany where his father was studying. From 1923 Assistant in Oriental Division in Museum of Fine Art in Boston. In 1925-29 Curator,…
DUNCKER, Max(imilian) Wolfgang. Berlin 15.12.1811 — Ansbach 21.7.1886. German Historian and Politician. Son of Carl Friedrich Wilhelm D., a bookseller and publisher, and Fanny Auguste Wolff. After Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium studies at Berlin under Hegel et al., for a while also at Bonn. Ph.D. 1834 Berlin. After some difficulties PD 1839 and…
DUFF (Mrs. Rickmers), Christian Mabel. Calcutta 7.12.1866 — Munich 24.12.1939. British (Scottish) Traveller and Indologist. Daughter of William Pirie Duff, a merchant in Calcutta, granddaughter of the pioneer of Scottish mission in India, Dr. Alexander Duff (1806–1876). Educated in London and Berlin, she studied Sanskrit at Kiel under Deussen. From…
DODWELL, Henry Herbert. 1879 — Chertsey, Surrey 13.6.1946. British Historian. Educated in Thame, studies at St.John’s (Oxford), graduated 1908 and joined Indian Educational Service, retired 1922. In 1922-46 Professor of History and Culture of the British Dominions in Asia at S.O.A.S. Married 1908 Lily May Mason, four children. Publications: Dupleix…