DANN, George James. Oxford 1.7.1857 — 11.7.1941 (ancestry.com London 12.7.1942). British Baptist Missionary in India. Son of Rev. James Dann (1837–1924), a Baptist minister, and Mary Anne Ruffell. Went to India in 1884 as missionary. In 1911 in Bankipore (Bihar). Retired 1922 or 1923, taught then Greek and Hebrew at…
DANIBEGAŠVILI, Rap‘iel (Russian Rafail Danibegov). 1775? — 18??. Georgian Nobleman, Merchant and Traveller. Son of Osefa (Joseph) Danibegašvili. A wealthy merchant in Tbilisi, he made two journeys to India, in 1795–98 and 1799–1813, in the first time carrying the presents of King Heraclius II of Georgia to Iakov Shahamirian of…
DANGERFIELD, Frederick. 25.8.1789 — Indore 6.12.1828. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Thomas Dangerfield and Mary Anne Laridge. Entered Bombay Army in 1804. Captain 1820. Until 1823 carried geological survey of the Himalaya, then until death Deputy Opium Agent in Malwa, where he apparently also had been earlier. Married 1823…
DANDOY, Georges. Hemptinne, Namur 5.2.1882 — Calcutta 11.6.1962. Father. S.J. Belgian Missionary, Indologist and Theologist in India. Son of Hector Dandoy (1849–1934) and Adèle Joseph Debouche. Studied philosophy at Namur (1904-05) and at Stonehurst Jesuit College, England (1905-07), then 1907-09 Sanskrit at Oxford. Taught at St.Xavier’s College in Calcutta in…
CUTTAT, Jacques-Albert (pseudonym Jean Thamar). Delémont, canton Jura 13.5.1909 — Bern 5.6.1989. Swiss Diplomat, Lawyer and Esotericist. Son of a wealthy banker. School in Basel. Studies at Bern, London and Paris. Dr. (of Law?). From 1935 worked as diplomat, also PD of Commercial Law at Bern. For a while taught…
CUTLER, Harriet B. L. 1??? — 1???. U.S. Missionary in India. Wife of Rev. Oliver Cutler, arrived at Assam in 1836, conducted a school for girls while her husband taught boys. They were still working in Sibsagar in 1847. Publications: Vocabulary and Phrases in English and Assamese. 251 p. Sibsagar,…
CURIEL, Raoul. Cairo, Egypt 23.6.1913 — Paris 23.2.2000. French (citizen 1947) Indologist, Iranian Scholar, Numismatist and Archaeologist. Son of Daniel Nessim Curiel (d. 1948), and his wife Zephira, a wealthy banker, of a Francophone Sephardic Jewish family with Italian background. His brother was the Egyptian communist active Henri Curiel (1914–1978).…
CROFTON, Henry Thomas. Preston, Lancashire 23.7.1848 — Berkshire 17.4.1928. British Gypsy Scholar. Born of an Anglo-Irish family, son of General John Ffolliott Crofton (1800–1885) and Anne Agnes Addison. Educated at Cheltenham College. Solicitor in Manchester. President of Gypsy Lore Society in 1908-09. Married 1871 Martha Pilling McKeand (d. 1931), one son…
CROMPTON, Charles Arthur. Cork, Munster 21.10.1848 — Cherat near Peshawar 6.7.1875. British (Irish) Colonial Officer in India. Son of Colonel William Joshua Crompton (1806–1896) and Isabella Frances Lindsey. Educated in England, entered army in 1869. Noted as a rugby player. Now soon to India, joined Royal Engineers. As Lieutenant served…
CRAVEN, Thomas. Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales 28.3.1844 — Evanston, Illinois 22.12.1919. Rev. U.S. (born Welsh) Methodist Missionary in India. Son of Henry Craven (1806–1881) and Eliza Poval, grew up in Evanston, Ill. Educated at Northwestern University (M.A.) and Garrett Bible Seminary. B.D. From 1870 in India, worked in Lucknow. Returned in…