MINORSKY, Vladimir (Vladimir Fëdorovič Minorskij). Korčeva, obl. Tver 6.12.1877 — Cambridge 25.3.1966. Russian Persian Scholar in the U.K. Professor in London. Son of Fëdor Minorskij and Olga Golabickaja. Educated in Moscow and in 1896-1900 studied law at Moscow (graduated), then three years at Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages preparing for…
MILLER, Boris Vsevolodovič. Moscow 31.10.(12.11.)1877 — Moscow 6.8.1956. Russian Scholar of Iranian History. Son of —> Vsevolod F. Miller (1848–1913) and Evgenija Viktorovna Nasonova. After gymnasium in Moscow studied from 1895 and graduated 1899 from Juridical Faculty, Moscow, and 1903 from Lazarevskij Institut. In 1903-17 in diplomatic service in Iran,…
MILL, William Hodge. Hackney, Middlesex 18.7.1792 — Brasted, Kent 25.12.1853. Rev. British Teacher and Indologist in India. Son of John Mill, of Dundee, and Martha Hodge. Privately educated by Dr. Belsham, a Unitarian preacher, studies at Trinity College, Cambridge: B.A. 1813, Fellow of Trinity College 1814, M.A. 1816. In 1818…
MILL, James (born J. Milne). Northwater Bridge, Logie Pert, Angus 6.4.1773 — Kensington (London) 23.6.1836. British (Scottish) Politician, Economist, Philosopher, and Historian of Colonial India. Son of James Milne, a shoemaker and small farmer, and Isabel Fenton. “Educated at Montrose Academy and Edinburgh University, studied philosophy. Was licensed as a…
MARX, Karl Rudolf. Niesky, Eastern Saxony 1857 — Leh 29.5.1891. German Missionary Physician, Tibetologist and Historian in Ladakh. Born in a devout Moravian family. Dr.med., specialising on ophthalmology. Missionary of the Moravian Mission in Ladakh (Leh) from 1887 leading the mission’s hospital and clinic. An early scholar of the history…
MARTIN, Robert Montgomery. Dublin 1801? (or 1803) — Sutton, Surrey 6.9.1868. British (Anglo-Irish) Civil Servant, Physician, Botanist, Statistician and Historian in India and Asia. Born in a Protestant family in Ireland, son of John Martin and Mary Hawkins. Studied medicine. He came to Ceylon about 1820 and travelled around Indian…
MARSHMAN, John Clark. Bristol 18.8.1794 — Kensington, London 8.7.1877. British Lay Missionary in India, then Politician in England. The first child of —> Joshua Marshman (1768–1834) and Hannah Shepherd (1768–1847), came to India with them in 1799. Educated at the Baptist Missionary station in Serampore, formally joined the brotherhood in…
MARSDEN, William. Verval, county Wicklow, Ireland 16.11.1754 — Aldenham, Herefordshire 6.10.1836. British Pioneer of South-East Asian Studies and Numismatician. Son of John Marsden (d. 1801), an English merchant in Dublin, and Eleanor Bagnall (Bagenal). Educated at Dublin schools, studied at Trinity College, Dublin. “Went out as a writer in the…
MARKWART, Josef (until 1922 Marquart). Reichenbach am Heuberg, Württemberg 9.12.1864 — Berlin 4/5.2.1930. German German Oriental Scholar. Professor in Berlin. Born in a Catholic peasant family, son of Anton M. (1834–1909) and Maria Magdalena Moser (1845–1909). Gymnasium in Rottenburg am Neckar and Rottweil. Studies of Catholic theology at Tübingen, but…
MARKHAM, Clements Robert. Stillingfleet, Yorkshire 20.7.1830 — London 30.1.1916. Sir. British Traveller and Geographer. Son of Rev. David Frederick Markham (1800–1853) and Catherine Milner. “Educated at Cheam and Westminster, entered the Navy in 1844. Served in the Arctic expedition, 1850-1, retired from the Navy, 1852. Travelled in Peru, 1852-5, introduced…