FIELD, Henry. Chicago 15.12.1902 — Coral Gables, Florida 4.1.1986.U.S. Anthropologist and Archaeologist. Son of William Preston Johnson Gibbon (1879–1937). His parents divorced soon and his mother, Minna Field (1882–1952), married an Englishman, Algernon Burnaby, and they moved to Leicestershire. Educated at Sunningdale and Eton. Studies at Oxford: B.A. 1925, M.A.…
FARMER, Bertram Hughes. Malmesbury, Wiltshire 18.3.1916 — Cambridge 6.2.1996. British Geographer. Son of Seymour Farmer (d. 1932) and Martha Mary Hughes. Educated at Malmesbury. From 1934 studies at Cambridge (St.John’s College), graduated 1937. Lecturer in Geography, then Professor at Cambridge. Married Anne Allison Stewart (d. 1995), three sons, one daughter.…
FARIA E SOUSA, Manuel de. Pombeiro de Ribavizela 18.3.1590 — Madrid 3.6.1649. Portuguese Historian and Poet. Born of an ancient noble family, son of Amador Pires and Luisa de Faria e Sousa. Educated in Braga, from c. 1604 in the service of the Bishop of Porto. In 1631-34 member of…
FALCONER, Forbes. Aberdeen 10.9.1805 — London 7.11.1853. British (Scottish) Oriental Scholar. Son of Gilbert Forbes, a teacher, educated in Aberdeen, studies of Classics at Marischal College, Aberdeen. Studied nearly five years in Paris Arabic and Persian under Silvestre de Sacy and Hindustani under Garcin de Tassy, in 1834 Sanskrit at…
EXEM, Albert van. Beveren 19.9.1918 — Ranchi 7.11.1994. S.J. Father. Belgian Missionary and Anthropologist in India. Joined S.J. in 1936, ordained priest 1949 in Kurseong. From 1946 worked 17 years among Muṇḍas. Fluent in Muṇḍari. Publications: Basic socio-economic attitudes of Chotanagpur Tribals. 55 p. Ranchi 1973. – “Haram and Singbonga.…
ETHÉ, Carl Hermann. Stralsund 13.2.1844 — Bristol 7.6.1917. German Oriental Scholar in the U.K. Son of a government surveyor, Franz Ethé (a Huguenot) and Mathilde Lappe. From 1862 studied classics and Oriental languages at Greifswald, 1863 moved to Leipzig (Fleischer). Ph.D. 1865 Leipzig. PD 1868 Munich. From 1872 in Oxford cataloguing…
DUNBAR, George (George Duff-Sutherland Dunbar of Hemprigg). Wick, Caithness-srire 29.5.1878 — Winchester, Hampshire 8.4.1962. Sir, 6th Bart. (1898). British (Scottish) Colonial Officer. Major (1940). Son of Garden Duff-Dunbar of Hempriggs and Ackergill (1837–1889) and Jane Louisa Duff (1856–1949). Educated at Harrow. After Sandhurst served in India from 1898. Commander of the…
DROWER, Ethel May Stefana (née E. St. Stevens). London 1.12.1879 — 27.1.1972.Lady. British Autodidact Oriental Scholar and Anthropologist in Iraq. Daughter of a clergyman, S. V. Stevens. Married 1911 with Sir Edwin Drower, a diplomat, who was judicial adviser in Iraq in 1921-46. They had one daughter, Margaret Stefana Drower (1911–2012, historian…
D’OYLY, John. 6.6.1774 — Kandy 25.5.1824. Sir, first Bart. of Kandy. British Civil Servant in Sri Lanka. Son of Matthias D’Oyly (1743–1815), Archdeacon of Hastings, and his wife Mary, educated at Westminster School. Studies at Cambridge (Corpus Christi), graduated B.A. 1796, M.A. 1799. In 1801 joined C.C.S. as writer, during…
D’OYLY, Charles. Murshidabad, India 18.9.1781 — Leghorn, Italy 24.9.1845.Sir, 7th Bart. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Sir John Hadley D’Oyly (1754–1818), 6th Bart. and Collector of Calcutta, and Diana Rochfort. In 1785 the family returned to England and the boy was educated there. Entered E.I.C.’s service c. 1796.…