SCHWARTZ,  Wilhelm

SCHWARTZ,  Friedrich Leberecht Wilhelm. Berlin 4.9.1821 — Berlin 16.5.1899. German Philologist, Folklorist and Scholar of Religion. Son of the director of a orphanage, matriculated 1838 from Berlin. Studied philology at Berlin and Leipzig. Ph.D. 1843. Then gymnasium teacher (1862 professor) in Berlin. Gymnasium Director in Neuruppin 1864-72, in Posen (Poznań) 1872-82…

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JELLINGHAUS, Theodor

JELLINGHAUS, Theodor. Šlissel’burg (Schlüsselburg) near St.Petersburg 21.6.1841 — Berlin 4.10.1913. German Missionary in India. Born in Russia, son of a Pietist Minister. After theology studies missionary of Gossner Mission in Chota Nagpur, India 1866-70. Then minister in Rädnitz and from 1881 in Gütergotz near Potsdam. He was one of the…

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JAMES, Walter Knight

JAMES, Walter Knight. Radford, Nottinghamshire ?.10.1853 — 1???. British Teacher in Sri Lanka. Son of Walter Redhead James and Clara Ann Fisher. In Sri Lanka. Principal of the Normal College, Colombo (1881). Married 1881 Julia Ann Robottom (d. 1889), two sons and one daughter. Publications: A First Book of Botany for…

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HONKO, Lauri

HONKO, Lauri Olavi. Hanko 6.3.1932 — Turku 15.7.2002. Finnish Folklorists. Professor in Turku. Son of Svante Honko and Helmi Sofia Starck. Studies at Helsinki, Ph.D. 1959 under M. Haavio. In 1971-97 Professor of Folklore and Religious Studies at Turku, then emeritus. Married 1958 Märta Sjögren (divorce 1988), one son, and Raili…

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BREWSTER, Paul G.

BREWSTER, Paul G. Stendal, Ind. 5.11.1898 — 19??. U.S. Folklorist, Specialist of Games. B.S. 1920 Oakland City College. M.A. 1925 University of Oklahoma (but never Ph.D.). In 1926-29 taught at University of Tennessee, 1929-30 at University of North Carolina, 1948-49 at Surfleff College, 1949-52 at Henderson State Teachers’ College and…

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WILSON, James

WILSON, James. Dunning, Pertshire 27.2.1853 — Crieff, Pertshire 22.9.1926. Sir. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India. Son of Rev. John W., educated at Perth Academy. Studies at Edinburgh and Oxford (Balliol College). Entered I.C.S. 1873, in India from 1875. Served in the Punjab, then in government Department of Revenue and Agriculture.…

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SWYNNERTON, Charles

SWYNNERTON, Charles. Douglas, Middle, Isle of Man 27.11.1843 — Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire 16.11.1928. Rev. British Missionary and Folklorist in India. Son of Charles Swynnerton and Mary Callister. Government Chaplain, long time stationed on the North-West Frontier. Married Maud Massy, one son. Publications: “On a Celt of the Palaeolithic Type, found at Thandiani,…

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PAWSEY, Charles R.

PAWSEY, Charles Ridley. Surbiton, Surrey 14.7.1894 — Badingham, Woodbridge, Suffolk 21.7.1972. Sir. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Charles James P., a paymaster of Royal Navy, and Ellen Edith Offord. After Berkhamsted School studies at Wadham College, Oxford (B.A.). Served as officer in WW I and joined I.C.S. 1919. From…

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OAKLEY, E. Sherman

OAKLEY, Edward (or Ebenezer?)  Sherman. Richmond, Yorkshire 24.12.1863/64/65? — Ranikhet near Almora 7.8.1934/35? (when 70). Rev. British Missionary in India. M.A. Son of Rev. Henry O. and his wife Mary. Studies at Glasgow, then theology at Airedale College, Bradford. Served London Missionary Society in Almora from 1888. Principal of Ramsay College…

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MCCULLOCH, William (younger)

MCCULLOCH, William. 18?? — 19??. Rev. British (Scottish) Presbyterian Missionary in India. Principal of theological college in Chinsurah (1886). Returned to the U.K. in the 1920s. Married Helen Paterson, two daughters and two sons. Publications: Bengali Gousehold Tales. 11+320 p. L. Collected and Translated. 1912. – Translated parts od the Bible…

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