LEONARD, G. S. 1??? — 1???. Probably British Civil servant in India. In 1878 in Saidpur. Connected with Leonard Theological College, a Methodist Institution in Jabalpur? But our man is styled Mr., not Rev., and there were other people of the name Leonard in India. In 1888 he withdraw from…
KLIMKEIT, Hans-Joachim. Ranchi, India 22.7.1939 — 7.2.1999. German scholar of Comparative, Indian and Central Asian Religions. Professor in Bonn. Son of a missionary, Johannes Klimkeit (1908–1977) of Gossner Mission and his wife Renate. Grew up in India, after internment camp during war school in Kodaikanal and Darjeeling. Came to Germany…
JONES, Kenneth William. Oakland, Calif. 21.12.1934 — Manhattan, Kansas 22.9.1996. U.S. Historian of India. Educated at Stockton College, then at University of California in Berkeley (B.A. 1958, M.A. 1959, Ph.D, 1966, under Thomas Metcalf). From 1965 taught many years at History Faculty of Kansas State University, from 1989 as Distinguished…