BESSE, Léon (Leo). 27.3.1853 — 19??. Father. S.J. French Jesuit Missionary and Historian in India. Joined the S.J. in 1881. Teacher and in 1903-09 Rector of St.Joseph’s College in Tiruchirappalli. Not to be confused with Jean Martial Léon Besse (1861–1920), a benedictine monk, who wrote much about French church history and cults of…
BADLEY, Brenton Hamline. Monmouth, Indiana 27.4.1849 — Lucknow 20.11.1891. U.S. Missionary in India. Son of Arthur B. and Nancy Jane Houser. Educated at Simpson College and Garrett Biblical Institute. Came to India as Methodist missionary in 1872 and worked there until his death. In 1876 one of the founders and…
ALLEN, David Olivier. Barre, MA 14.9.1799 — Lowell, MA 19.7.1863. Rev. U.S. Missionary in India. After Amherst College studied at Andover Theological Seminary, ordained 1827. In 1827-53 worked in Bombay for American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Editorial superintendent of American Mission Press. Back in the U.S.A. in 1857-60…
BEISENHERZ, Heinrich. Waldeck Sachsenberg 1.2.1844 — Dobia, Reuss 18.1.1922. German Missionary in India. After school in Leipzig and military service studies of theology at Leipzig. Ordained 1870, arrived at Madras in 1871. Worked briefly in Negapatam, Cuddalore, Porayar and from 1874 in Trankebar. Retired in 1912, lived in Kodaikanal until 1920…
BATSCH, Friedrich. 182? — 1907. Rev. German Lutheran Missionary in India. Ordained 1844 in Berlin and left for India. Worked long for Gossnermission in Purulia, in Chota Nagpur. Retired in 1886. Married, at least one son. Publications: “Language of Dravidian Aborigines. Notes on the Oraon Language”, JASB 35:2 Extra No.,…
WHITEHEAD, Henry Alfred. Brighton, Sussex 19.12.1853 — Reading, Berkshire 14.4.1947. British Missionary Scholar in India. Sin of Rev. Alfred Wh. and Maria Sarah Buckmaster, brother of philosopher A. N. Wh. (1861–1947). Educated at Sherborne and Trinity College, Oxford. Ordained 1879, left in 1884 to India. Worked as principal of Bishop’s College…
WENDEL, François-Xavier. 1732? — Lakhnau 20.3.1803. Father. German Jesuit Missionary in India. Very little is known of his life. He arrived in India in 1751. First in Goa and Diu, from 1763 in Lakhnau, later also in Agra, but often ill. For a while he served the Rāja of Bhāratpur.…
TILIANDER, Bror Fredrik. Karlshamn, Blekinge 17.4.1896 — Lund 9.10.1990. Swedish Missionary and Scholar of Indian Religion. Son of painter Gustaf T. and Rosalie Tingström, school and studies in Lund. Fil. kand. 1922, teol. kand. and ordination 1925, fil. lic. 1949. Missionary in South India in 1925-60 working in Paramakudi, Madurai,…
TESSIER DE QUÉRALAY, Jean-Jacques. Chantenay (Sarthe) c. 1668 — Ayuthia 27.9.1736. French Capuchin Missionary in India. From 1699 missionary (procureur of Société des Missions Etrangères) in Pondichéry. From 1717 Coadjutor to Vicar Apostolic of Siam (Thailand) and titular Bishop of Rosalia, in 1723-36 Vicar Apostolic of Thailand. Publications: G. Dharampal: La religion…
STOTHERT, Richard. 10.12.1833 — Bombay 11.10.1898. Rev. British Missionary in India. Studies at Glasgow and Edinburgh Universities (M.A.). After brief service as chaplain in Bermuda ordained priest in 1860 and left for Bombay. First missionary of Free Church of Scotland in Nagpur, then in 1876-84 Principal of Wilson College in…