DAPPER, Olfert. Jordaan, Amsterdam, baptized 6.1.1636 — Amsterdam 29.12.1689. Dutch Physician and Geographer. Son of a linen weaver (d. 1644) and his wife Trintje Heeren. From 1658 studies at Utrecht, in 1659 Med.Dr. Then living in Amsterdam, where he became friend with mayor Nicolaas Witsen (1641–1717, known as cartographer) and…
DAMES, Mansel Longworth. Bath 1850 — Guildford, Surrey 8.1.1922. British Civil Servant, Baluchi Scholar and Historian of India. Son of Captain George Longworth Dames (1808–1860, of Irish background) and Caroline Amelia Brunswick. Passed the I.C.S. examination in 1868 and 1870 joined Bengal Civil Service, first posted to the Punjab. Served…
DALTON, Ormonde Maddock. Cardiff 30.1.1866 — Holford, Somerset 2.2.1945. British Art Historian and Classical Scholar, a Specialist of Early Christian Art. Son of Thomas Masters Dalton, a lawyer, and Emily Mansford, educated at Harrow and at New College, Oxford. Travelled in France, Germany, Austria (studied under Strzygowski), and India. Served…
CUTTS, Elmer Henry. Silver Cliff, Color. 15.3.1908 — Boston, Mass. 4.4.1960. U.S. Historian of Colonial India. Son of Dr. Elmer Henry Cutts (1866–1917) and Alice Florence Tyler (1871–1969), twin brother of Earl Warren Cutts. Educated at University of Washington (B.A. 1929, M.A. 1932) in Seattle and at Harvard, where Ph.D.…
CUNNINGHAM, Joseph Davey. Lambeth, London 9.6.1812 — near Ambala 28.2.1851. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer and Historian in India. Son of poet Allan Cunningham (1784-1842) and Jean Walker, elder brother of —> A. Cunningham (1814–1893). After education at private schools and Addiscombe “he went to Chatham and to India in the…
COUTO, Diogo do. Lisbon 1542 — Goa 10.12.1616. Portuguese Historian of Colonial India. Son of Gaspar do Couto and Isabel Serrão del Castro. Educated by Jesuits, then 1559-69 and, after brief visit to Portugal again from 1571 in military service in India and the East, remaining the rest of his…
COSTA DE MACEDO, Joaquim José da. Lisbon 25.4.1777 — Golegã 15.3.1867. Portuguese Historian. Son of Professor Agostinho José da Costa de M. Librarian, then Academician in Lisbon. In 1834-56 General Secretary of Academia das Ciências. Also other important public offices. Publications: Wrote on Portuguese and early colonial history. Sources: Several…
CORREIA, Gaspar. 1492? — Malacca or Goa 1563?. Portuguese Historian of Colonial India. In the age of 16 he went to India in 1512/14. Served as a soldier and became secretary of Afonso de Albuquerque. Around 1529 back to Lisbon, later again in India (Cochin). Some claim that he was…
CŒDÈS, George (Georges). Paris 10.8.1886 — Neuilly-sur-Seine 2.10.1969. French South-East Asian Scholar (Historian and Epigraphist). Son of bank director Hippolyte Cœdès and Marie Carette. The family is sometimes claimed to have Hungarian Jewish origin, but according to Wikipedia his ancestors were already living in Strasbourg before 1740. Educated at Lycée…
CODRINGTON, Kenneth de Burgh. Murree, Punjab 5.6.1899 — Appledore, Devon 1.1.1986. British Archaeologist and Art Historian of India. Son of Lieutenant (then Major-General) Harry de Burgh Codrington of Indian army and Helen Maud Vaughan, grew up in the North-West Frontier. Educated at Sherborne School and Cadet College, Wellington, South India. Studies…