MODE, Heinz Adolf. Berlin 15.8.1913 — Halle 6.6.1992. German (East) Indologist and Art Historian. Professor in Halle. Son of pharmacist Hugo Mode and Erna Kassel. Gymnasium in 1919-31 in Berlin, then studies of art history, archaeology, ethnology, prehistory and Indology at Berlin. As Jew forced to emigrate. From 1933 studies…
MODDER, Frank (Francis Hudson Lowe Modder). Colombo 4.6.1861 — 5.6.1916. British Colonial Officer in Sri Lanka. Major. Son of John William Modder (1831–1863) and Caroline Frances Anjou. Member of the Ceylon Branch of Royal Ceylon Asiatic Society from 1890. Chief Justice. Married Edith Blanche Joseph (1866–1924), father of Montagu Frank…
MASSON, Mihail Evgen’evič. St.Petersburg 21.11.(3.12.)1897 — Tashkent 2.11.1986. Russian Central Asian Archaeologist and Historian. Born in a family of remote French origin, son of Evgenij Ljudvigovič Masson and Antonina Nikolaevna Šlakovskaja. He spent his childhood in Samarkand, where his father worked as topographical engineer, and himself studied engineering from 1916…
MARX, Karl Rudolf. Niesky, Eastern Saxony 1857 — Leh 29.5.1891. German Missionary Physician, Tibetologist and Historian in Ladakh. Born in a devout Moravian family. Dr.med., specialising on ophthalmology. Missionary of the Moravian Mission in Ladakh (Leh) from 1887 leading the mission’s hospital and clinic. An early scholar of the history…
MARSHALL, John Hubert. Chester 19.3.1876 — Guilford, Surrey 17.8.1958. Sir. British Archaeologist in India. Son of Frederic Marshal, a lawyer,l and Annie Evans. Educated at Dulwich College, studies at King’s College, Cambridge (B.A. 1898, M.A. 1903), and at British School of Athens. Studied classical archaeology and participated in 1898-1901 in…
MARICQ, André. Genial (Brabant) 29.11.1925 — Paris 22.6.1960 (when 34). Belgian Archaeologist, Art Historian, Epigraphist and Historian, specially interested in Byzantium, the Near East and Afghanistan. School at Athenée d’Ixelles (Brussels), studies at Université libre de Bruxelles (cand.phil). Served as voluntary in British troops in the liberation of Belgium and…
MACKENZIE, Colin. Stornoway, Lewis, Outer Hebrides 1753/54? — Calcutta 8.5.1821. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer and Pioneer of Indology. In India 1782-1821. Son of Murdoch Mackenzie, a merchant, and his wife Barbara. Through a clan connection he obtained the cadetship and left for Madras in 1782. Served first in infantry, 1786…
MACKAY, Ernest John Henry. Bristol 5.7.1880 — London 2.10.1943. British Archaeologist. Son of Richard Cockrill Mackay (1839–1906) and Mary Dermott Thomas, educated at Bristol Grammar School and Bristol University. B.A. 1918, M.A. 1922, D.Litt. 1933. Assisted excavations in Egypt in 1907-12, trained by Petrie. In 1913-16 conducted excavations and photographic…
MCCUTCHION, David John. Coventry 12.8.1930 — Calcutta 12.1.1972. British Scholar of Indian Art. Educated in Coventry. After the war served one year in R.A.F. in Singapore, then from 1950 studied French and German at Jesus College, Cambridge. In 1953-55 teacher in southern France. Interested in India he went to Bengal…
LONGHURST, Albert Henry. Great Bookham, Surrey 2.11.1876 — 1955. British Architect, Archaeologist and Art Historian in India and Sri Lanka. Son of David Longhurst and Mary Ranger. Employed in A.S.I., in 1910-11 Superintendent of Western Circle, then of Southern Circle, in 1927-31 conducted excavations at Nagarjunakonda. In 1935-40 Archaeological Commissioner…