ALLARD, Jean François. St.Tropez 8.3.1785 — Peshawar 23.1.1839. French General in North-West India. Son of Jean François Philippe Allard (1758–1828) and Marie Claire Vicard (1758–1785). From 1803 in cavalry, served in Italy and was the aide-de-camp of marshal Brune. Legion d’honneur. Like some other officers he turned after Waterloo to the…
ABBOTT, Justin Edwards. Portsmouth, NH 25.12.1853 — Summit, NJ 19.6. or 16.9.1932. Rev. U.S. Presbyterian Missionary and Indologist (Marathi Scholar). B.A. Son of missionary parents, Rev. Amos Abbott and Anstice Wilson, he came with them in 1857 to Rahuri (Ahmednagar dt.) and grew up in Maharashtra. Studies in the U.S.A.,…
ABBOTT, James. Calcutta 12.3.1807 — Ellerslie, Ryde, Isle of Wight 6.10.1896. British Colonial Officer, Poet and Indologist. General. In India 1823-67. Son of merchant Henry Alexius Abbott and Margaret Welsh, brother of Major-General Augustus Abbott (1804–1867, 1819-59 in India) and Major-General Sir Frederick Abbott (1805–1892, 1823-47 in India). Educated at…