MCCULLOCH, William. Edinburgh 1856 — 7.6.1928. Rev. British (Scottish) Presbyterian Missionary in India. Principal of theological college in Chinsurah (1886). Retired in 1911 and returned to the U.K. in the 1920s. Married Helen Mabel Paterson, two daughters and two sons. Publications: Bengali Household Tales. L. Collected and Translated. 11+320 p. 1912.…
MCCAWLEY, James David (born James Quillan McCawley, Jr.). Glasgow 30.3.1938 — Chicago 10.4.1999. U.S. (Scottish-born) Linguist. Professor in Chicago. Son of James Quillan McCawley, a businessman, and Monica Bateman, a physician, a Roman Catholic family. In 1939 the father moved to Toronto, but the family only followed after the war.…
MACALISTER, George. 1843 — Edinburgh 28.8.1920. Rev. British (Scottish) Presbyterian Missionary in India. M.A. Ordained 1871, arrrived in India 1872. First worked in Beawar (Rajasthan), from 1876 in Jaipur, where he was in charge of education. D.D. Married with Selina Paulin (d. 1875), one daughter, and with Mary Murray Procter…
LYALL, Alfred Comyn. Coulsdon, Surrey 4.1.1835 — Freshwater, Isle of Wight 11.4.1911. Sir. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Rev. Alfred Lyall (1796–1865) and Mary Drummond Broadwood, educated at Eton College, then at Haileybury. Arrived at Calcutta 1856 and was sent to Bulandshahr, where he narrowly escaped death during…
LUMSDEN, Harry Burnett. On board of the Rose in the Bay of Bengal 12.11.1821 — Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire 12.8.1896. Sir. British (Scottish) Colonial Offcer in India. Lieutenant-General. Son of Colonel Thomas Lumsden (1789–1874) and Hay Burnett, cousin of —> Matthew Lumsden (1777–1839). After early years in Bengal, when he was six…
LUARASI, Skënder Petro. Luaras, Kolonjë 19.1.1900 — Tirana 27.1.1982. Albanian Historian, Author and Translator. Son of Petro Nini Luarasi (1865–1911), a priest, teacher and national activist, and Lino Sevo, a Protestant Christian family. Educated at Negovan and Korçë, then at Robert College in Istanbul and in 1914-18 in the U.S.A. (Easton Academy…
LOWSLEY, Barzillai (until 1863 Lousley). Berkshire 19.9.1840 — 25.7.1905. British Colonial Officer. From Hampstead Norreys, near Newbury (probably born there), son of Job and Ruth Lousley, a farmer family. After Royal Military Academy he joined Royal Engineers as Lieutenant. Served in Barbados, 1862-72, then in Ceylon. Retired 1882 as Lieutenant-Colonel, in 1895…
LOWE, John Robert Alexander Shakespear. Calcutta 19.2.1825 — Middlesex 15.1.1906. British Colonial Officer in India. Lieutenant-Colonel (1872). Son of John Lowe and Harriet Shakespear. In 1865 he was Deputy Assistant Commissary in Benares, but no further details about his career are found. Married 1848 Eliza Price Hobday (d. 1855), two daughters and one…
LOW, James. Causland, Midlothian (Wikipedia: Kingskettle, Fife) 4.4.1791 — Edinburgh 1852. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer. Son of Alexander Low and Anne Thompson, educated at Edinburgh College. Cadet in E.I.C.’s army 1812. In 1819-40 served in Penang (learned Malay and Thai), 1840-45 Assistant Resident in Singapore, 1824 led the second official…
LOVENTHAL (Løventhal), Carl Eduard. Aalborg 18.7.1841 — Fredriksberg near Copenhagen 14.7.1917. Rev. Danish Missionary in India. Son of Eduard August Sanner Løventhal (1812–1866) and Margit Allen, grew up in Copenhagen. Dr.phil. Worked as a teacher, but after religious awakening in 1867 turned to mission. Left for India in 1872 and…