HARRIS, E. B. 1??? — 1???. British Railway Engineer in India. During the railway construction in 1862 in Bihar he discovered the Sultanganj bronze Buddha (then in Birmingham Museum). Publications: Description of Buddhist remains Discovered at Sooltangunge, on the River Ganges, 1862–63. L. 1864 (9 photos and 11 p. text…
HARINGTON, John Herbert. Woodford, Witshire 12.3.1765 — London 9.4.1828. British Civil Servant and Oriental Scholar in India. In India 1780-1819 & 1822-28. Son of Rev. John H. and Rachel Hawes (d. 1782). Came to India in 1780 as a Writer of E.I.C. in Calcutta, 1781 Assistant in Revenue Department, from…
HARGREAVES, Harold. 29.5.1876 — 1951. British Archaeologist in India. In 1897 visited Ceylon. For a while served as headmaster of the Government High School in Amritsar. Worked in A.S.I. from at least 1909, Superintendent of Frontier Circle, then of Northern Circle, and again of Frontier Circle. From 1924 Deputy Director…
HANNAY, Simon Fraser. Inverness 12.11.1801 — Dibrugarh, Assam 30.1.1861. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer in India. Son of Henry H. (1766–1822) and Helen Fraser (1777–1815). From 1820 Ensign in Bengal Light Infantry. From 1836 served in Assam, in 1839-61 commander of the 1st Assam Light Infantry. Colonel. Pioneer of Assam tea…
HACKIN, J. Ria (Marie Alice, née Parmentier). Rombas, Moselle (then German) 7.9.1905 — on sea 24.2.1941. Luxemburgian, the wife and Secretary of —> J. G. Hackin. Daughter of Jean Parmentier, of Luxemburg. Studies at École du Louvre, Paris. In 1923 married Hackin, with him in Afghanistan in 1929-40. Like his…
HACKIN, Joseph Gaspard. Boevange-sur-Attert (Luxemburg) 8.11.1885 (or 1886?) — on sea 24.2.1941. French (born Luxemburgian) Officer and Archaeologist of Afghanistan, also interested in Tibet. Son of a coachman, the family moved to Normandy when he was one year old. French citizen 1912. Studies in Paris (including Sanskrit and Tibetan), diplomes…
GUMILËV, Lev Nikolaevič. Carskoe Selo 18.9.(1.10.)1912 — St.Petersburg 15.6.1992. Russian Historian of Central Asia, Archaeologist and geographer, also writer and translator. Son of Nikolaj Stepanovič G. (d. 1921) and Anna Ahmatova (1889–1966), both well-known poets who divorced when he was still a child. Because of his parents he was not…
GRÜNWEDEL, Albert. Munich 31.7.1856 — Lenggries bei Bad Tölz, Bavaria 28.10. (or 7.11.?) 1935. German Indologist, Tibetologist, Archaeologist and Art Historian. Museum Director in Berlin. Son of Karl Gr., a painter and lithograph, and Fanny La Roche, educated at Maximilians-Gymnasium in Munich. In 1876-79 studied at Munich classical philology and…
GROWSE, Frederic Salmon. Bildeston, Suffolk 1836 — Haslemere, Surrey 19.5.1893. British Civil Servant and Indologist (Hindi Scholar) in India. Son of Robert and Mary Gr., educated at Oriel College, studies at Queen’s College, Oxford (M.A.). Joined the I.C.S. in 1860, served in the N.W.P., in Mainpuri, Mathura and Bulandshahr (1876-84)…
GROSLIER, Bernard Philippe. Phnom Penh 10.5.1926 — Paris 29.5.1986. French Archaeologist and Historian of South-East Asia. A specialist of Cambodia, but also wrote on Gandhāra art (1951). Son of Georges Gr. (1887–1945), the founder and first curator of the Museum of Phnom Penh, and Suzanne Cecile Poujade. Born in Cambodia…