MARTIN, W. B. 18?? — 1???. British Civil Servant in India. Deputy Collector and Magistrate, Madhipárah, Bhagalpur (1875), later of Begusarai (1892), in Bihar. Sometimes given three initials as J. W. B. Martin. Publications: “On the Archaeological Remains of Barantpur in Zila’ Bhágalpúr”, ProcASB 1872, 175-177. – Letter forwarding an Inscription found at Srinagar…
MAISEY, Frederick Charles. Neuchâtel, Switzerland 27.8.1825 — Eastbourne, Sussex 2.9.1892. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of painter and lithographer Thomas Maisey (1787–1840) and Sophia Berthoud. Ensign 1842, then Lieutenant of Bengal Native Infantry 1846, Major 1858, Colonel 1869, finally from 1888 General. He had lively interest in archaeology and…
MACNEILL, Hector. Rosebank House near Roslin, Midlothian 22.10.1746 — Edinburgh 15.3.1818. British (Scottish) Poet. Son of James Macneill, a poor army captain turned farmer, and Jean Gillanders, educated at Stirling. When 14 he was sent as clerk to Caribian by a Bristol merchant and a relative to him. After a…
MACALISTER, Robert Alexander Stewart. Rathmines, Dublin 8.7.1870 — Cambridge 26.4.1950. Irish Archeologist. Professor in Dublin. Son of Alexander Macalister (1844–1919), anatomist and Egyptologist, and Elizabeth Stewart. His mother and paternal grandfather came from Scotland. Father was Professor at Trinity College and from 1883 at Cambridge, thus he grew up in Cambridge, educated…
LONGPÉRIER, Henri Adrien Prévost de. Paris 21.9.1816 — Paris 14.1.1882. French Numismatist and Archaeologist. Son of Henri Simon Prévost Longpérier, a commander of National Guard, and Adrienne Lhoste de Moras. Grew up in Meaux. From 1836 Assistant at Cabinet de Médailles, 1847-70 Curator of Antiquities in Louvre. Member of A.I.B.L. 1854. Beside numismatics,…
LOEWENTHAL, Isidor. Posen, Prussia (now Poznań in Poland) 1826 — Peshawar 27.4.1864. Rev. U.S. (German-born) Presbyterian Missionary in India. Born in a Jewish family, after Jewish school and gymnasium in Posen worked as clerk in mercantile firm. In 1846 escaped political pressure to the U.S.A. and taught Hebrew and German…
LITTMANN, Ludwig Richard Enno. Oldenburg 16.9.1875 — Tübingen 4.5.1958. German Semitic and Ethiopian scholar. Professor in Tübingen. Son of Gustav Adolph Littmann (1829–1893), owner of a printing house, and Sophie Jacoby (1843–1924). After gymnasium in Oldenburg from 1894 studies of theology and languages at Berlin (A. Dillmann), Greifswald and Halle. Ph.D.…
LISTON, D. 1??? — 1???. Civilian, in Gorakhpur. He cannot be the same who gave the name to the mosquito Anopheles stephensi as that was only in 1901. One David Liston is mentioned as returning from India to the U.K. in 1844. Perhaps he is D.L. (1799–1881), a former missionary in…
LERH, Pëtr Ivanovič (Peter von Lerch). St.Petersburg 1828 — Hamburg 16.9.1884. Russian (with German background) Archaeologist and Scholar of Comparative Iranian. Born in a German family living in Russia. Studied Oriental languages at St.Petersburg, graduated in 1850. Worked then in minor office for the Academy. In 1856 fieldwork among Persian…
LAYARD, Frederic Peter. Bath 6.5.1818 — Westminster 21.5.1891. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Peter Henry John Layard (1789–1834) and Marianne Austen. His elder brother, Sir Henry Austen Layard (1817–1894) was famous in Assyrian archaeology. Entered E.I.C.’s army in 1838, served in many places in northern India. Colonel 1864,…