ZEJMAL’, Evgenij Vladislavovič. Moscow 3.10.1932 — St.Petersburg 6.5.1998. Russian Scholar of Kushan History and Archaeology. Son of an official, Vladislav Janovič Zejmal’ and Nehama Iosifovna Ioffe. Graduated 1955 from Leningrad in history. Kand. ist. nauk 1965, dr. ist. n. 1985. In 1956-59 Head of Historical Section in Tadzhik Historical Museum.…
TADDEI, Maurizio. Rome 3.3.1936 — Rome 5.2.2000. Italian Art Historian and Archaeologist of South Asia. Professor in Naples. Studies at La Sapienza in Rome, graduated 1961 (under Bussagli). In 1964-74 worked in Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale (Rome). From 1967 Professor incaricato of Indian Art and Archaeology at I.U.O.N. in Naples,…
SWYNNERTON, Charles. Douglas, Middle, Isle of Man 27.11.1843 — Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire 16.11.1928. Rev. British Priest and Folklorist in India. Son of Charles Swynnerton and Mary Callister. Government Chaplain, long time stationed on the North-West Frontier. Married Maud Massy (849–1882), one son. Publications: “On a Celt of the Palaeolithic Type, found at…
STUTTERHEIM, Willem Frederik. Rotterdam 27.9.1892 — Japanese camp in Indonesia 10.9.1942. Dutch Scholar of Indonesian Philology and Archaeology. Son of Christiaan Lodewijk Willem St. and Jacoba Sack. After school in Rotterdam studied 1911-14 Dutch at Utrecht. In 1914-18 military service. Now studies at Leiden. Ph.D. there 1924 under Krom. In…
STEPHENSON, John. 1??? — 1???. British (?) Civilian (“Mr.”) in India. There are several contradictory accounts. Possibly he was that J.St. of Tyneside who went to India in 1829 with his wife Elizabeth Brumwell and remained 12 years in E.I.C.’s service before returning to the U.K. They had four children.…
SMITHER, James George. 1833 — Camberwell, London 1910. British (Irish) Architect in Sri Lanka. Worked as architect in London and in 1865-83 as the first Government Architect of Ceylon, then retired to England. In 1899 he finally retired from architectural practice. As architect his work included the National Museum of…
SINCLAIR, William Frederick. 1849? — 15.5.1900, when 51. British Civil Servant in India. Son of William Sinclair, D.L. Joined I.C.S. in 1866, arrived at Bombay 1868. Served in various administrative positions in Bombay Presidency, in the 1880s Collector in Kolaba, finally 1890-94 Senior Collector in Thana, then retired. Publications: Archaeological and…
SHUTTLEWORTH, Henry Lee Hawden. Scorforth, Lancashire 14.5.1882 — New Delhi 28.2.1960. British Civil Servant in India. The only son of George Edward Sh., a physician, and Edith Mary Hadwen. Educated in Shrewsbury, from 1901 studies at Oxford (Pembroke College), then joined I.C.S. After further studies M.A. 1910 Cambridge, then went to India.…
SALT, Henry. Lichfield, Staffordshire 14.6.1780 — Desouk 80 km east of Alexandria, Egypt 30.10.1827. British Diplomat, Traveller, Collector of Antiquities and Pioneer of Egyptology. Son of physician Thomas Salt and Alice Butt, educated in Lichfield, Market Bosworth and Birmingham. Trained as portrait-painter and went to London in 1797, but soon…
RYDH, Hanna Albertina. Stockholm 12.2.1891 — Solna 29.6.1964. Swedish Archaeologist. Daughter of engineer and director Johan Albert Rydh (1852–1931) and Matilda Josefina Westlund, teacher at elementary school. School and studies in Stockholm, graduated 1915 in archaeology and art history. Ph.D. 1919 Uppsala (diss. on Viking Age archaeology). Conducted excavations at various…