O’BRIEN, Paul Wilfred. 23.5.1908 — 9.2.2001. S.J. U.S. Missionary and Buddhist Scholar. Catholic Priest. From California, joined S.J. in 1925, ordained 1938. First went to China as missionary in 1932, then returned for studies. Ph.D. 1941 University of California, Berkeley. From 1945 Superior of California Jesuits in China. In 1953…
KONRAD, Paul. 1890 — 1963. S.V.D. Father. German or Austrian (?) Catholic Missionary in India. In the late 1930s worked in Central India. At some time also in China. Publications: Ein Volk zwischen Gestern und Morgen Meine Fahrt zu den Bhagoria-Bhils in Zentralindien; Ein Tatsachenbericht. 363 p. Peiskretscham 1939. –…
CAMPBELL, William. 1799 — 1878. Rev. British Missionary in India. From c. 1823-35 twelve years in India (Bangalore), working for London Missionary Society, then returned to the U.K. In ancestry.co.uk there is one W.C., born in Edinburgh 1799, death unknown, son of the elder William C. and Prudence Mackay, married…
WOODBURNE, Angus Stewart. London, Ontario 1.9.1881 — 13.2.1938. Rev. Canadian Missionary. Son of Thomas W. and Annie Cathro. Studies at McMaster in Toronto (B.A. 1906, M.A. 1910) and University of Chicago (B.D. 1917, Ph.D. 1918). Ordained Baptist minister in 1906. In 1906-14 missionary in India. In 1920-30 Professor philosophy at…
WESTCOTT, George Herbert. Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex 18.4.1862 — Allahabad 16.1.1928. Rev. British Missionary in India. Son of Rev. Brooke Foss W., then Bishop of Durham, and Sarah Whithard. Educated at Marlborough College, studies from 1882 at Peterhouse, Cambridge (B.A. 1885, M.A. 1899). Ordained 1886, after a brief period…
TOSCANO, Giuseppe. Parma 19.9.1911 — Parma 6.7.2003. Italian Historian of Tibet Mission. In 1924 entered Missionari Saveriani, studied in Vicenza and Parma. Fully ordained 1932, worked in Ravenna and from 1936, as teacher of Latin, Greek and Italian, in Parma. From 1938 studies at Catholic University of Milano. Back in…
STEGMILLER, Frumentius. Bavaria 16.6.1880 — 2.2.1929. S.D.S. Father. German Catholic Missionary in India. Ordained priest in 1903. Worked in Assam (now Meghalaya). Publications: “Aus dem religiösen Leben der Khasi”, Anthropos 16-17, 1921-22, 407-441. – “Opfer und Opferbräuche der Khasi”, Mitt. Anthr. Ges. Wien 54, 1924, 211-231. – “Pfeilschießen und Jagdgebräuche der…
ROSSILLON, Pierre. La Brolle (Savoie) 22.9.1874 — Visakhapatnam 22.3.1947. S.F.S. Catholic Missionary in India. In 1898 ordained priest of Missionariesof St. Francis de Sales d’Annecy and sent to India. Worked in Visakhapatnam (Vizagapatam). From 1919 Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Cilicia, 1926-47 Bishop of Visakhapatnam. Publications: “Moeurs et Coutumes du peuple Kui,…
ROSNER, Victor. 1911 — 1985. S.J. Father. Catholic Missionary in India. Son of Charles Alexander Rosner and Muriel Kate Ballantine. Worked in Jashpur, M.Pr., in 1964 had been 20 years in India. Publications: “Venom Sweeping as Practised in the ‘Upar Ghat’ of Jasper”, Anthropos 53, 1958, 484-496; “Dolmens in the Anamalai Hills, South…
ROEPSTORFF, Frederik Adolph de. on sea 25.3.1842 — Kamorte, Nicobars 24.10.1883.Danish Scholar and Missionary. Son of sea captain Adolph de Roepstorff and Charlotte Georgiana Holmes (née Farley), baptized in Cape Town, which gave him English citizenship. Studied at Copenhagen (cand.phil.) and at Horsens Statsskole, graduated 1863. In 1867 went to…