BAZIN-FOUCHER, Émile Eugénie Marguerite Virginie (“Éna”). Chesnay (Yvelines) 7.10.1889 — 30.1.1952. French Art Historian. Originally studied English at Sorbonne, then 1915-18 Indology at E.P.H.E. under S. Lévi. She married —> A. Foucher (1865–1952) in 1919 in Colombo, on way to India. Some say that she had apparently met him at…
BAYLEY, Edward Clive. St.Petersburg 17.10.1821 — Keymer, Sussex 30.4.1884. Sir. British Civil Servant in India, interested in Antiquarian Studies. Son of Edward Clive Bayley (1776–1841) of Manchester, merchant in St.Petersburg, and Margaret Fenton, educated at Haileybury. Served in India in 1842-54 and 1857-78. In 1842 he came to India, spent…
BAYER, Theophilus (Gottlieb) Siegfried. Königsberg 5/6.1.1694 — St.Petersburg 10.2.1738. German Orientalist and Historian, from Königsberg, was elected to the Imperial Russian Academy of Sciences and moved to St.Petersburg. In Russian his name is variously spelled as Beer, Beèr, and Bajer’. Son of painter Johann Friedrich Bayer and Anna Katharina Porath,…
BASHAM, Arthur Llewellyn (“Bash”). Loughton, Essex 24.5.1914 — Calcutta 27.1.1986. British Indologist in Australia. Professor in London and Canberra. Son of a journalist, Abraham Arthur Edward B., who had also served in Indian army, and Maria Jane Thompson, also a journalist and writer, educated at Gorleston School. Began his career…
BARTOL’D, Vasilij Vladimirovič (Wilhelm Barthold). St.Petersburg 3(15).11.1869 — Leningrad 19.8.1930. Russian Scholar of Central Asian History and Geography, one of the most famous of his time. Born of a Russianized German family. School and from 1891 studies at St.Petersburg, first of Oriental languages, from 1892 also of Asian history. Magistr…
BALLHATCHET, Kenneth Arthur. Bristol 29.11.1922 — 13.3.1995. British Historian of South Asia. Professor in London. Educated at Clifton College in Bristol. From 1941 studies at Peterhouse College in Cambridge. The studies were interrupted by service in RAF in 1942-46, two years of which were spent in India. Back in Cambridge…
BAILLY, Jean-Sylvain. Paris 15.9.1736 — Paris 10.11.1793. French Mathematician, Astronomist and Historian of Astronomy. Son of Jacques Bailly, an artist, and Cécile Guichon. Attracted early attention with his scientific skill. From 1763 member of French Academy. Also a politician, participated in early revolution, but was then executed. In 1789-91 Mayor…
BACHHOFER, Ludwig. Munich 30.6.1894 — Carmel, CA ?.3.1976. German Art Historian in the U.S.A. Professor in Chicago. From 1916 studies at Munich, soon interrupted by war service and continued in 1918. Ph.D. 1921, then further studies of ethnography under Scherman. In 1927-35 PD at Munich. The nomination as ao. Professor…
AUDOUIN, Édouard-M. Candé (Maine-et-Loire) 1864 — 1933. French Classical Philologist, Linguist and Historian. Agrégé 1887, Ph.D. 1898 Paris. From the 1890s Professor of Greek and Roman antiquities at Faculté des lettres, Université de Poitiers, still there in the 1920s. Publications: Diss. I. De la déclinaison dans les langues indo-européennes et…
ARCHER, William George (“Bill”). 11.2.1907 — Islington, London 6.3.1979. British Ethnologist and Art Historian of India. In India 1931-48, then in Victoria and Albert Museum. Son of William Archer, educated at Strand School. Studied history at Cambridge (Emmanuel College) and aspired for a good position in Whitehall, but poor success…