CODRINGTON, Humphrey William

CODRINGTON, Humphrey William. Hambleden, Buckinghamshire 25.9.1879 — Kensington, London 7.11.1942. British Scholar of Sri Lankan History and Ethnography. Son of the rear-admiral William C. (1832–1888) and Mary Auber Leach, educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford (B.A.). In 1903 joined Ceylon Civil Service. Married 1919 Joyce Bleaden, at least…

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BUSHELL, Stephen Wootton

BUSHELL, Stephen Wootton. Ash-next-Sandwich, Kent 28.7.1844 — Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex 19.9.1908. British Physician in China, a Sinologist and early Specialist of Chinese Art. Son of William B., a wealthy farmer, and Sarah Francis Wootton. Educated in Tunbridge and Chigwell. Studies at Guy’s Hospital and London University, then House…

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BURROW, Reuben

BURROW, Reuben. Hoberley, near Shadwell, Leeds 30.12.1747 — Baxar, Bihar 7.6.1792. British Mathematician in India. “Son of a farmer, educated at Leeds. Became a clerk, usher, schoolmaster, assistant astronomer and schoolmaster at Greenwich, arithmetical teacher at the Tower, edited the Royal Almanack. Went to India in 1782, learnt Sanskrit.” In…

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BURN, Richard

BURN, Richard. L West Derby, Liverpool 1.2.1871 — Oxford 26.7.1947 (when 76). British Civil Servant in India, Historian of Islamic and Colonial India, Numismatist. Son of Richard Burn and Harriet Tinsley. School in Liverpool, studies at Oxford (Christ Church). In 1891 joined the I.C.S., served in U.P. In 1900 Superintendent…

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BROWN, Cecil Jermyn

BROWN, Cecil Jermyn. Ipswich 1886 — 20.10.1945. British Teacher of English Language and Numis­matist in India. Son of Edgar Jermyn Br. and Annie Lovely. Educated in Ipswich, studies at Oxford (Trinity College). M.A. From 1909 teacher at the Canning College, Lucknow. 1919-21 Fellow of the Allahabad University, from 1921 Reader…

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BREEKS, James Wilkinson

BREEKS, James Wilkinson. Warcop, Westmoreland 5.3.1830 — Ootacamund 7.6.1872. British Civil Servant and Ethnologist in India. Son of Richard Breeks and Elizabeth Wilkinson, educated at Haileybury. Arrived at Madras in 1849, served in revenue and financial departments. In 1861-64 Private Secretary to Governor William Denison (whose daughter he married 1863),…

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BLOCHMANN, Henry (Heinrich) Ferdinand

BLOCHMANN, Henry (Heinrich) Ferdinand. Dresden 8.1.1838 — Calcutta 13.7.1878. German Oriental Scholar in India, Specialist of Arabic, Persian, and Urdu. Son of a printer, Ernest Ehrenfried Bl., educated in Dresden, studies at Leipzig (Arabic under Fleischer) and Paris. In order to be able to go to India he joined the…

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BLAU, Otto

BLAU, Ernst Otto Friedrich August. Nordhausen, Thüringen 21.4.1828 — Odessa 26.2.1879. German Diplomat and Oriental Scholar. Son of Christian Friedrich Blau (teacher, later superintendent). After school in Pforta studies of theology at Halle, soon Oriental languages at Leipzig. Ph.D. Leipzig 1855. Entered early diplomatic career: from 1852 in Constantinople (in Prussian…

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BIDDULPH, Charles Hubert

BIDDULPH, Charles Hubert. Abu, Rajasthan 28.7.1898 — 11/16.10.1966. British Engineer and Numismatist in India. Educated at Philander Smith College in Nainital and Crystal Palace School of Engineering in London. In 1924 joined the South Indian Railway as Assistant Engineer, then District Engineer and from 1951 Deputy General Manager of South…

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BERGNY, August Viktor

BERGNY, August Viktor (born A. V. Nyberg). Norrköping 31.3.1868 — 1927. Swedish Teacher interested in Indology. Son of Karl August Nyberg, a carpenter, and Susanna Albertina Karlsson. Matriculated 1887 from Norrköping. Studies of classics and Sanskrit  at Uppsala: Fil.kand. 1889, fil.lic. 1898. Schoolteacher and collector in Västerås. Publications: “Notes on…

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