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…
LOHUIZEN-DE LEEUW, Johanna (Hanne) Engelberta van (née Joan de Leeuw). Amsterdam 25.10.1919 — Amsterdam 8.12.1983. Dutch Indologist and Art Historian. Professor in Amsterdam. Daughter of botanist Willem Carel de Leeuw (1881–1964) and Margareta Lievina Muller, spent part of her childhood in the U.S.A. and came back to the Netherlands to school,…
LOGAN, William. Ferney Castle near Reston, Berwickshire 17.5.1841 — 1914. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India. Son of a farmer, educated at Musselburgh Academy. Studies at Edinburgh. In 1862 joined Madras Civil Service and served first in Arcot. In 1867 he was posted in Malabar. From 1876 Collector and Magistrate…
LINOSSIER, Raymonde. Lyon 25.3.1897 — Neuilly-sur-Seine 30./31.1./1.2.1930. French Art Historian and Indologist. Lawyer at Paris Cour d’appel. Daughter of Georges L. (1857–1923), Professor of Medicine. In WW I served as nurse, after war began law studies, graduated 1926. Also studied Indology under Lévi. Worked from 1925 as unsalaried attachée in…
L’HERNAULT, Françoise. Rouen 17.3.1937 — Chennai 30.1.1999. French Scholar of South Indian Art and Archaeology. Studied history, art and archaeology in Paris, also Tamil at É.L.O.V., then two years at Annamalai. From 1971 at É.F.E.O. in Pondichéry in charge of photographic collections. Ph.D. 1984 Paris III (Sorbonne-Nouvelle). She was in…