PLÜTSCHAU (Plütschow, Plütscho), Heinrich. Wesenberg bei Neustrelitz 1676 — Beidenfleth, Kr. Steinburg, Holstein 4.1.1752 (Hantzsch 1747). German Pietist Missionary in India. Educated in Berlin, then studied theology at Halle. Prompted by Francke to enter missionary career he was ordained in Copenhagen in 1705 andarrived at Trankebar (Tamilnadu) in 1706 together…
PIMENTA, Nicolaus. Santarém 6.12.1548 (1546?) — Goa 1614. S.J. Portuguese Missionary in India. Joined Jesuits 1562. As Jesuit Visitor in India in December 1597 left Goa for Cochin, St. Thome and Bengal. His letters contain some interesting information about the princes of Kerala and Tamilnadu. Publications: A few letters sent…
PIKE, John Gregory. Wisbeth, Cambridgeshire 1845 — 24.6.1905, when 60. Rev. British Baptist Missionary in India. Son of Rev. James Carey Pike and Lucy Wherry (1812–1850). Arrived in India in 1874 with his wife. Worked in Sambalpur, later in Cuttack. Married, children, one daughter married —> G. S. Wilkins. The elder Rev.…
PHILLIPS, Maurice. Llanboidy, Carmarthenshire 11.4.1839 — Southport, Merseyside 27.8.1910. Rev. British (Welsh) Missionary in India. Studies at Bedford College, in 1861 left for Madras. From 1862 worked for London Missionary Society in Salem, Coimbatore and from 1891 in Madras, retired 1908 and returned to the U.K. Fellow of Madras University…
PEET, Joseph. Spitalfields, London 1.2.1801 — Mavelikara 11.8.1865. Rev. British Missionary in Kerala. Son of Benjamin Peet, a silk dyer, and Elizabeth Lafond. Apparently worked himself as dyer. From 1829 studies at Church Missionary College in Islington (London), ordained deacon 1831 and priest 1832 in London. Joined the Church Missionary…
PAULINUS A SANCTO BARTHOLOMAEO (Fra. Paolino da S. Bartolomeo, lay Ivan/Johann Filip Vezdin [or Vesdin, not Verdin or Werdin]). Hof am Leithaberge (Cimov) 25.4.1748 — Rome 7.2.1806. Austrian (Croatian) Missionary and Pioneer of Indology. Carmelite missionary in Kerala 1776-89, then in Rome. Born in Niederösterreich as son of Jurje Vezdin and…
PAGE, Walter Sutton. Andover, Hampshire 2.12.1873 — Chingford, Essex 19.2.1938. Rev. British Missionary and Indologist. Son of Walter Page and Phyllis Marian Cooper. B.A. and B.D. London. Worked 20 years in India as a Baptist missionary in 1896-1916, mainly in Serampur and Dacca (Dhaka). In WW I served as army…
VÄTH, Alfons. Werbachhausen, Kr. Main-Tauber 15.3.1874 — Bonn 12.5.1937. Father. S.J. German Missionary and Indian Historian. Working in Bombay in 1899-1903 and 1910-16. He founded in 1913 St. Xavier’s College as a historical institute and worked there teaching English and Indian history until the WW I interrupted the work of…
UNKRIG, Wilhelm Alexander. Köslin, Pomerania (now Koszalin in Poland) 1883 — Traisa near Darmstadt 24.6.1956. German Mongolian and Lamaist Scholar. Son of a crofter. From 1908 he was trained for missionary work among the Mongols at Religious Academy in Kazan and in 1912 became Russian Orthodox priest. The World War…
ZIMMERMANN, Robert. S.J. Döttingen, Aargau 24.10.1874 — Feldkirch, Austria 8.2.1931. S.J. Swiss Indologist, Missionary and Catholic Priest in India. Son of Josef Z., a barber, and Regina Weber, brother of Otto Z. (1873–1932), a Jesuit and religious author. School in Schwyz. Himself joined S.J. in 1894. in 1900-03 studied philosophy…