MARKGRAF, Walter (Samaṇero Dhammānusari). 1865 — Flanders 1915. Swiss Bauddha. In 1907 went to Burma. Ordained samaṇera 1908 in Rangoon by Nyāyatiloka, but returned soon to lay life and returned to Europe. From 1909 ran his own publishing house in Breslau, publishing Buddhist books by himself and by other writers (but…
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. Lieutenant of Bengal Native Infantry (1848), finally from 1888 General. He had lively interest in archaeology and also could illustrate his report with skilled…
MAHONY, Daniel. Dunloe Castle, Kerry, Ireland 1758 — Ibid. 29.10.1832. British (Irish) Colonial Officer in India. Son of John Mahony and Honora Haly. Joined army in 1782, Captain 1793. In 1796 visited Kandy as Lieutenant, then Captain (1801), later Brigade Major (1810) and 1812 Lieutenant-Colonel. Retired and lived in his…
LUDOWYK-GYOMROI, Edith (born E. Gelb, 1899 E. Győmröi). Budapest 8.9.1896 — London 11.2.1987. Hungarian Psychoterapist, Communist and Pāli Scholar in Sri Lanka. Born in a Jewish family, daughter of Mark Gelb (from 1899 András Győmröi), a furniture manufacturer, and Ilona Pfeifer. In 1914 married Erwin Renyi, a chemical engineer, had one…
LOW, James. Causland, Midlothian (Wikipedia: Kingskettle, Fife) 4.4.1791 — Edinburgh 1852. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer. Son of Alexander Low and Anne Thompson, educated at Edinburgh College. Cadet in E.I.C.’s army 1812. In 1819-40 served in Penang (learned Malay and Thai), 1840-45 Assistant Resident in Singapore, 1824 led the second official…
LATTER, Thomas. India 1816 — Prome, Burma 8.12.1853. British Colonial Officer in Burma. Captain. Son of Major Barré Latter (1777–1822) and Juliana Anne Jeffreys (1793–1871). In 1836 joined Bengal Native Infantry, stationed in Arakan. Assistant Commissioner in Arakan, then Regional Superintendent of Forests in Burma, finally Deputy Commissioner in the…
LA FUENTE, Marguerite. 18?? — 1958?. Mme. French Bauddha. Founding-member of Les amis de bouddhisme in Paris from 1927. Visited Ceylon and other Buddhist countries and learned much from bhikkhus. In 1960 Lu K’uan Yu dedicated his Ch’an and Zen Teaching to the memory of Upāsikā MLF who had encouraged him…
KISTNER, Otto August Heinrich. 11.11.1841 — 1903. German?. Living in Leipzig (1856/69). Publications: Buddha and his doctrines. A bibliographical essay. 4+32 p. L. 1869. – A book catalogue and commercial dictionaries. Sources: Scanty stray notes in Internet.
JOINVILLE, Joseph Endelin de (rarely as de Jonville). 17?? — 18??. French Naturalist. Came to Ceylon in 1798 with Governor North, worked as surveyor-general, left the island in 1805 and disappears. A linguist, cartographer, botanist and artist. One Joseph de Joinville lived in 1753–1821, but no details about him are…
HOFFMANN, Paul Theodor. Putlitz, Kr. Prignitz, Brandenburg 26.1.1891 — Hamburg 5.7.1952. German Student of Indology, then Publisher, Archivist and Theatre Scholar. Studies at Munich, Grenoble, Berlin and Tübingen (Garbe). Ph.D. 1915 Tübingen. In 1918-21 worked as editor and theatre critic for Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten, 1921-26 for Hamburger Anzeiger. In 1926-33…