THOMSON, Henry Byerley (until 1846 Henry William Th.). ?.5.1822 — Colombo 6.1.1867. British Lawyer in Sri Lanka. Son of the well known physician, Anthony Todd Th. (1778–1849) and Katherine Byerley (1797–1862), an authoress, brotherof —> J. C. Th. Studies at London University College and Cambridge (Jesus College, B.A. 1846). Called…
VINCENZI, Carlo. 18?? — 19??. Italian interested in Sanskrit. Publications: Manava-Dharma-Sastra. Le leggi di Manu. Istituzioni religiose e civili dell’ India primitiva. Traduzione con note. 243 p. Biblioteca Universale 322-323. Milano n.d. (1904). Sources: Title only in Gli studi orientali in Italia 1861–1911 and in Internet.
VALLAURI, Mario. Viareggio (Lucca) 31.7.1887 — Dronero (Cuneo) 19.9.1964. Italian Indologist. Professor in Turin. Born in an old Piemontese family, studied Indology at Naples under Kerbaker(degree 1911). Further studies in 1912 at Florence under Pavolini and 1913-14 at Würzburg under Jolly, concentrating on Dharma- and Arthaśāstra and Āyurveda. In 1915-19…
ORIANNE, Georges-Barthélemy. London 9.3.1802 — Pondichéry 22.4.1854. French Colonial Servant and Indologist interested in Indian law. Son of Claude Charles O. and Mary Keech. Served in Chandernagore, from 1841 conseilleur à la Cour royale de Pondichéry. Translated Indian legal works from English. Married 1838 Julie Josephine Baron, three daughters and…
MODDER, Frank (Francis Huson Lowe). Colombo 4.6.1861 — 5.6.1916. British Colonial Officer in Sri Lanka. Major. Member of the Ceylon Branch of Royal Ceylon Asiatic Society from 1890. Chief Justice. Married Edith Blanche Joseph, father of Montagu Frank Modder (1891–1958), Professor of English. Publications: Articles on geology and antiquities of…
MAYR, Aurel. Budapest 10.3.1845 — 9.4.1914. Hungarian Indologist. Professor in Budapest. Son of Thomas Aloysius Mayr (d. 1847), a pharmacist moved to Hungary from Kärnten, educated at Piarist gymnasium in Budapest. After law studies at Budapest turned to philology (Sanskrit) and continued his studies at Berlin (Weber) 1868-70, Tübingen (Roth)…
MAYNE, John Dawson. Dublin 31.12.1828 — Berkshire 1917. British (Irish) Lawyer in India. “Son of John M., Barrister-at-law in Dublin, [and Anna née Graves,] educated at Trinity College, Dublin, called to the bar, 1854. Practised at the English bar, 1854-56, at the Madras bar, 1857-72, and at the Privy Council,…
MARSHMAN, John Clark. Bristol 18.8.1794 — London 8.7.1877. British Lay Missionary in India, then Politician in England. Son of —> Joshua M., educated at the Baptist Missionary station in Serampore, formally joined the brotherhood in 1819 and directed, as layman, its affairs during 20 years. He set up the first…
MACNAGHTEN, William Hay. Antrim, North Ireland ?.8.1793 — Kabul 23.12.1841. Sir, first Bart. British Civil Servant, Diplomat, and Orientalist in India. Second son of the lawyer Sir Francis Workman M. (1763–1843, served in India 1809–25, Sir 1809, chief of the clan 1832, Bart. 1836, publ. Considerations on the Hindu Law,…
MACLEOD, Roderick Henry. Kensington, London 1854 — Cambridge 22.12.1928. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Henry Dunning M. and Elizabeth Mackenzie Cameron. In I.C.S. 1877-1904, in North India. M.A. 1915. From 1913 Lecturer in Indian Law at Cambridge (Caius College) (in 1924 there). Married 1890 Emily Stevenson, two daughters…