WICKI, Josef. Zürich 30.6.1904 — Feldkirch, Vorarlberg 17.2.1993. Fr. S.J. Swiss Historian of Missions. Son of Franz Wicki and Rosa Witprächtiger. Joined S.J. in 1922 in Tisis near Feldkirch. Studied philosophy at Berchmanskolleg in Pullach, Bavaria, and theology at Barcelona and Innsbruck. Dr. Theol. Rome. In 1935-88 worked in the…
WESTCOTT, Roger Williams. Philadelphia 28.4.1925 — Southbury, Conn. 21.11.2000. U.S. Linguist. From 1942 studies at Princeton, Ph.D. 1948 in Oriental Languages. Taught at M.I.T., Boston University, University of Michigan, Southern Connecticut State University, Wilson College, finally Professor of Anthropology and Linguistics at Drew University, emeritus. Publications: “Toward a more concise inventory…
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 Westcott (1825–1901), then Bishop of Durham, and Sarah Louisa Mary Whithard. Educated at Marlborough College, studies from 1882 at Peterhouse, Cambridge (B.A. 1885, M.A. 1899). Ordained 1886, after…
WERTZ, Dorothy Corbett (née D. Corbett). Buffalo, NY 18.5.1937 — Cancun, Benito Juarez, Mexico 29.4.2003. U.S. Scholar of Religion. Daughter of William Joseph Corbett (1893–1942) and Helen Leggett Kirk (1899–1982). B.A. Radcliffe College, then studied Social Anthropology at the London School of Economics. M.A. Radcliffe. Ph.D. Harvard, in Religion. She…
WEINREICH, Uriel. Wilno, Poland (now Vilnius. Lithuania) 23.5.1926 — New York City 30.3.1967. U.S. (born Polish Jew) Linguist. Son of linguist Max Weinreich (1894–1969), a specialist of sociolonguistics and Yiddish, originally from Courland, and Regina Szabad (1898–1974), a teacher. Came via Denmark to New York with his father in 1940,…
WAUCHOPE, Robert Stuart (until 1920 R. S. Wahab). Bengal 20.3.1887 — 1943. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of a Colonel Robert Alexander Wahab (1855–1921) of Indian army and Catherine Mary Ward (d. 1896). Joined army in 1906, 1910 appointed to Survey of India. After military duties in 1914-21 its…
WARDEN, John. 1805? — after 1853. British Civil Servant in India. Worked as police in Bombay Presidency, later (1845) judge in Bombay and Poona (Pune). Married Ella Maria Smith (1804–1829) and then 1831 in Bombay Harriet Lodwick (1812–1853), four sons and two daughters. Publications: “On the Customs of Gosawees or Gosaeens”,…
WARD, Charles Henry Spurgeon. Halton by Leeds, Yorkshire 21.7.1876 — Wells, Somerset 17.3.1957. Rev. British Missionary in Sri Lanka. Son of Amos Ward (1848–1930) and Zilpah Whitaker. Worked in Ceylon in 1902-35. then returned to the U.K. Married 1906 in Sri Lanka Mabel Jane Straughan Lawrence (1876–1937), children, and as…
WARD, Benjamin Swain. 1786 — Cape Town 19.6.1835. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Francis Swain Ward (1736–1794). Lieutenant of Madras infantry. In 1799-1810 worked under C. Mackenzie in Mysore survey. Together with Ltn. —> P. E. Conner conducted the survey of Travancore and Cochin 1810-21. He was also…
WALKER, George David. 23.9.1884 (1894?) — 1971. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer in India. Deputy Commissioner of Garo Hills in 1923-29. In 1938 apparently still in Assam, in 1949 living in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. Publications: A dictionary of the Mikir language. 462 p. Shillong 1925. – “The Garo Manufacture of…