CUTTS, Elmer Henry. Silver Cliff, Color. 15.3.1908 — Boston, Mass. 4.4.1960. U.S. Historian of Colonial India. Son of Dr. Elmer Henry Cutts (1866–1917) and Alice Florence Tyler (1871–1969), twin brother of Earl Warren Cutts. Educated at University of Washington (B.A. 1929, M.A. 1932) in Seattle and at Harvard, where Ph.D.…
CUST, Robert Needham. Cockayne Hatley, Bedfordshire 24.2.1821 — Campden Hill, London 28.10.1909. British Indologist. Son of Hon. and Rev. Henry Cckayne Cust (1780–1861), of a noble family (his uncle was Earl Brownlow), and Anna Maria Elizabeth Needham (1790–1866). Educated at Eton College, planned first to become a lawyer and began studies…
CURTIUS, Carl Georg. Lübeck 16.4.1820 — Hermsdorf bei Warmbrunn in Silesia (now Sobieszów, Poland) 12.8.1885. German Indo-Europaean and Classical scholar. Son of Carl Georg Curtius (1771–1857; Syndikus of Lübeck) and Dorothea Catharina Plessing (1783–1851), younger brother the famous classical archaeologist of Ernst Curtius (1814–1896). After Gymnasium in Lübeck studied classical and…
ČUPR, František. Chrast, district Chrudim, region Pardubice 11.4.1821 — Libeň, Prague 28.6.1882. Czech Philosopher and Educator. Son of the elder Fr. Čupr, a smith. Gymnasium in Litomyšl, studies at Prague, Ph.D. 1845. In 1848-53 taught at Altstädter akad. Gymnasium, in 1853 opened a private Czech Gymnasium and became its principal.…
CUNY, Albert-Louis-Marie. Saint-Dié (Vosges) 16.5.1869 — Bordeaux 21.3.1947. French Linguist. Professor in Bordeaux. Son of Charles Joseph Cuny and Marie Euphrasie Petit-demange. After Petit seminaire de Chatel et Autrey and Institut Catholique de Lille, studies at Sorbonne and Collège de France in Paris (under Meillet, also Henry and Lévi). In…
CUNNINGHAM, Joseph Davey. Lambeth, London 9.6.1812 — near Ambala 28.2.1851. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer and Historian in India. The eldest son of poet Allan Cunningham (1784-1842) and Jean Walker (1791–1864), elder brother of —> A. Cunningham (1814–1893). After education at private schools and Addiscombe, got the E.I.C. cadetship through the…
CUNNINGHAM, Alexander. Westminster 23.1.1814 — Cranley Mansions, South Kensington (London) 28.11.1893. Sir. British (Scots) Colonial Officer and Archaeologist in India. The great pioneer of Indian archaeology and the first Director-General of the A.S.I. General-major. Born in England of Scots parents, poet Allan Cunningham (1784–1842) and Jean Walker (1791–1864), brother of…
CUMONT, Franz Valéry Marie. Aalst, East Flanders 3.1.1868 — Woluwe-Saint Pierre near Brussels 20.8.1947. Belgian Scholar of Ancient Religions, History and Archaeology. Son of Florent Cumont (1830–1912), a textile factory owner, and Augustine Faider (1837–1890), educated in Brussels. Studies at Ghent, Ph.D. 1887. Then further studies at Bonn, Berlin, Vienna…
CUMMINGS, Thomas Fulton. New Wilmington, co. Lawrence, PA 3.9.1863 — Albany, NY 6.2.1942. U.S. Presbyterian Missionary in the Puñjab. Son of Professor James Beveridge Cummings (1827–1896) and Mary Ann Reid. After Westminster College studies at Union Theological Seminary 1886-87 and at Allegheny Theological Seminary 1887-89. Ordained priest 1889 and soon…
CUMMING, John Ghest. Houston and Killelan, Renfrewshire 29.12.1868 — London 9.3.1958 (when 89). Sir. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India, Historian of Modern India. Son of Med.Dr. James Simpson Cumming and Alice Designe Ghest, educated at High School and University of Glasgow (M.A. 1888) and at Balliol College in Oxford,…