GERMANN, Wilhelm Ferdinand. Gardelegen, Pomerania 3.4.1840 — Meiningen 7.2.1902. German Missionary in India. Worked briefly in Tamilnadu, but got a lasting interest in the history of mission. Studied theology at Erlangen, in 1864 joined the Lutheran Leipzig Mission. Ordained priest in 1865 and left for Madras. Returning in 1867 he…
GELL, Alfred Antony Francis (born Antony Francis Gell). 12.6.1945 — 28.1.1997. British Social Anthropologist. Son of Professor Philip Gell (1914–2001), an Immunologist, and his wife Susan. Studies at Trinity College, Cambridge (M.Phil. under E. Leach) and London School of Economics (Ph.D. 1973 under R. Firth). From 1972 taught as lecturer at…
GEHRICH, Heinrich Georg. Northeim, Niedersachsen 30.10.1867 — Goslar 29.6.1920. German Protestant Priest interested in Oriental Religions. Pastor in Stellichte (Hannover), later (1914) in Goslar. Married Marie Knoke (1870–1947), at least two sons. Publications: Translated Cumont’s (Die Mysterien des Mitra. Lp. 1903), Pettazzoni’s and Tiele’s works into German (1895/1909). – “Zur Frage…
GASKOIN, Charles Jacinth Bellairs. Ealing, Middlesex 30.7.1873 — Kensington, Middlesex 24.3.1955. British Historian. Son of son of Herman John Richard Gaskoin (1828–1907) and Catherine Anna Maclear, educated at Fitzwilliam Hall. Studies at Cambridge (Jesus College), B.A. 1898, M.A. 1902. In 1901-06 private tutor in Cambridge, 1907-16 Lecturer in History at Wren’s. War…
GANKOVSKIJ, Jurij Vladimirovič. Harkiv 6.4.1921 — Moscow 7.9.2001. Russian Historian. Son of an official, born in Ukraine. Graduated 1942 from Moscow. In 1941-45 in army. After war persecuted (arrest 1947), rehabilitated 1956. Kand. ist. nauk 1958. Dr. ist. nauk 1966. In 1945-54 taught at Voennyj institut inostrannyh jazykov in Moscow,…
GALLOWAY, Archibald. Perth 12.2.1779 — London 6.4.1850. Sir. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer in India. Major-General. Son of James Galloway (1750–1838) and Margaret Forester (1749–1781). Cadet 1799, joined Bengal Native Infantry in 1800, participated in the defence of Delhi 1804 and the siege of Bharatpur 1805. Colonel 1836, Major-General 1841. From…
GALLAUD DE LA PÉROUSE, Marie. 19.3.1867 — Neuilly 22.12.1945. French Sculptress, Author and Traveller. Daughter of railway engineer Charles G. and his wife Julie. First exhibition as sculptress in 1890. Visited South and East Asia, even Tibet in disguise, and took many photographs. Her 1931 book is a popular book, compiled from…
FURNESS, William Henry, III. Wallingford, PA 10.8.1866 — Philadelphia (?) 11.8.1920. U.S. Physician, Traveller and Ethnographer. Son of the Shakespearean scholar Horace Howard Furness (1833–1912) and Helen Kate Rogers (1837–1883). Educated at St.Paul’s School in Concord, NH. Studies at Harvard (B.A. 1988) and University of Pennsylvania (M.D. 1891). Together with…
FÜRER-HAIMENDORF, Elizabeth (Betty) von (née Barnardo). Darbhanga 1902 — Hyderabad 11.1.1987. British Anthropologist, wife of —> Chr. von Fürer-Haimendorf (1909–1995). Daughter of Colonel Frederick “Barnie” Barnardo, a physician, and his wife Violet. Originally a nurse, then close collaborator of her husband. Participated in fieldwork and was coauthor in many books. Married 1938, one…
FROST, Andrew Hollingworth. Sculcoates, Hull 26.4.1819 — Chesterton, Cambridgeshire 24.2.1907. Rev. British Missionary and Mathematician. Son of Charles Frost (1781/82–1862), a solicitor and antiquary, and Jane Hollingworth. From 1838 studies at Cambridge (St. John’s College), B.A. 1842, M.A. 1846. Teacher of mathematics in Manchester. Ordained deacon 1848, then curate in…