SHARP, Ralph Norman. Bushey Heath, Hertfordshire 23.6.1896 — Chippenham, Wiltshire 11.9.1995. Rev. British Missionary and Iranian Scholar. Son of John Emilius Ernest Steigenberger Sharp (1847–1951), Keeper of the Public Records, and Mary Elizabeth Ballance. After school in Westminster studied Theology and Classics at Cambridge (Queen’s College), M.A. Worked 40 years…
SCHMID, Deocar. Lobeda (now part of Jena) 14.11.1791 — Calcutta 3.12.1828. Rev. German Missionary in India. Son of Rev. Rudolf Ludwig Schmid and his wife (d. 1806), brother of —> Bernhard Schmid (1788–1857), also a missionary. After gymnasium in Naumburg studied 1808-13 theology at Jena. Worked as tutor, decided to…
SCHARBAU, Carl Anders (soon C. A. Skriver-Scharbau). Garstedt 8.12.1903 — 24.3.1983. German Priest and former Student of Indology/Religion. Became interested in Buddhism in 1920. A heart defect slowered his career, but later also saved him from war service in the army. Ph.D. 1932 Tübingen. Ordained 1933 in Hamburg. In 1934-58…
PONETTE, Pierre August Maria Jozef. Ronse, East Flanders 6.3.1910 — Ranchi 3.2.2000. Father. S.J. Belgian Catholic Missionary in India. Son of René Ponette (1874–1918), textile manufacturer and advocate, and Margareta Van Coppenolle (1882–1969). Joined S.J. in 1927 and 1931 its Indian mission. In 1932-35 studies of language and theology in Shembaganur,…
PELLY, Richard Lawrence. Coldharbour, Surrey 18.7.1886 — Salisbury, Wiltshire 7.4.1976. Rev. British. Son of Rev. Canon Richard Arnold Pelly (1856–1949) and Margaret Jane Buxton (1859–1903). Educated at Marlborough College. Studies at Cambridge (Clare College), B.A. 1910, M.A. 1912. In 1915-18 served as army chaplain. In 1918-26 Vice-Principal of Bishop’s College…
PARRINDER, Edward Geoffrey Simons. New Barnet, Hertfordshire 10.4.1910 — 16.6.2005. British Scholar of Comparative Religion. Methodist minister. Son of a glove dealer, of a practising Wesleyan Methodist family. Educated in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, when 16 began working as a railway booking clerk. Interested in religion and mission studied 1929-32 at Richmond…
PAREJA Casañas, Félix Maria. Barcelona 15.12.1890 — Alcalá de Henares 26.8.1983. S.J. Padre. Spanish Islamic Scholar. Joined S.J. in 1915. Noviciate in Valenci. Studied in Zaragoza, Barcelona and Cambridge. Ph.D. 1935 Madrid (diss. on al-Andalus). In 1935-39 taught Arabic, Islamology and Latin at Bombay University. In 1939-54 taught Missiology and Islamology at…
MULLENS, Joseph. London 2.9.1820 — Chakombe (in Tanzania) 10.7.1879. Rev. British Missionary in India. Son of Richard Mullens. From 1837 studied at Coward College, a dissenting academy training people for nonconformist ministry, affiliated to University of London, graduating B.A. 1941. Further studies in Edinburgh. Ordained Congregational minister in 1843 and…
MOBERGER, Peter Otto Olofsson. Kalmar 26.7.1787 — Klinte, Gotland 26.7.1854. Swedish Clergyman. Son of Olof Moberger (1755–1800) and Emerentia Wejdling (1760–1794). From 1806 studies at Lund, ordained priest 1810. From 1820 Vicar of Klinte. Married 1814 Barbara Catharina Salomon, five daughters and two sons. Publications: Dissertatio historica, de Zoroastre et codice, …
MILBURN, Robert Gordon. 30.5.1870 — 1968. Rev. British Missionary in India. After ordination worked as priest in London. Went to India as missionary, but lost his faith and turned to teaching. Vice-Principal of Bishop’s College, Calcutta, 1906-14. Also Lecturer in Logic and Philosophy at Calcutta University. Married Mary. Publications: England and…