SHEA, David. Limerick county 1777 — Haileybury 10.5.1836. British (Irish) Persian Scholar. Professor at Haileybury. Son of Daniel Shea, a farmer. Studied Classics at Dublin from 1793, in 1898 expelled as nationalist, having refused an oath to government, and went to England. He worked as tutor in London, then as…
SHAW, John. Ayrshire 5.9.1827 — Middlesex 8.4.1887. British (Scottish) Lawyer in India. Son of David Shaw of Ayr and Glencairn Dalrymple Armstrong. Registrar of the High Court, Madras (1875). Returned to the U.K. in 1878 and settled in Kensington. Married 1863 Sophia Alicia Byam Gunthorpe (1836–1913), three children, i.al. the…
SETON-KARR, Walter Scott. 23.1.1822 — West Brompton, London 22.11.1910. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Andrew Seton-Karr (d. 1832), of Roxburghshire (Scotland) and formerly of I.C.S., and Alicia Anne Rawlinson. He was a godson of Walter Scott. Educated at Rugby. Served from 1848 in Bengal in judicial and political offices.…
SEBASTIANI, Leopoldo. Rome 1770 — Rome 5.9.1843. Father. Italian Missionary. Son of Vincenzo S. Worked as sub-librarian in Vatican before taking missionary career, working for Propaganda Fide. Before 1821 he had spent ten years in Turkey and, after a brief sejour in Rome, five in Persia and Afghanistan (1803-1808) and…
SCHMID, Ludwig Bernhard Ehregott. Lobeda (now part of Jena) 20.3.1788 — Calicut (Kozhikode) 20.10.1857. Rev. German Missionary in South India. Son of Rev. Rudolf Ludwig Schmid and his wife (d. 1806). After gymnasium in Naumburg studied theology at Jena. Worked as tutor and planned to go to Paris for learning Sanskrit, but instead…
PRÁŠEK, Justin Václav. Brandýs nad Labem 7.8.1853 — Klánovice near Prague 23.12.1923 (Kdo byl kdo, Wikipedia has Brandýs 24.12.1924). Czech Historian of Ancient Iran. Studied history and classics at Prague, Ph.D. 1882. Worked as gymnasium teacher in Pardubice and other towns. From 1885 further studies at Munich and Berlin, then…
POGSON, Wredenhall Robert. Sutton, Surrey 1.7.1787 — Sikraud, Benares 6.8.1843. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Bedingfield Pogson (1756–1799) and Elizabeth Philadelphia Pearce. Cadet 1803, served in Bengal Army from 1805, Lieutenant-Colonel 1824. Married 1815 Anna Cordelia Queiros, 12 children. Publications: History of the Boondelas. 7+174 p. Calcutta 1828 (translation…
NEWBOLD, Thomas John. Macclesfield, Cheshire 8.2.1807 — Mahabaleshwar 29.5.1850. British Colonial Officer In India. Son of surgeon Francis Newbold (1765–1828) and Hannah Stonehewer (1774–1839). From 1827 in Madras Light Infantry, learned soon Persian and Hindustani. In 1832-35 in Malacca, 1834 Lieutenant. In 1840-42 on furlough in Europe, travelled via Palestine…
MORIARTY, Gerald Patrick. Dieppe, France 1.4.1863 — Cambridge 21.6.1924. British (Irish?) Historian. Son of Stephen Stack Moriarty (1805–1869) and Herbert Maria Stack, educated at Brighton College. From 1881 studies at Balliol College, Oxford (B.A. 1885). Worked as tutor in Oxford, then from 1895 I.C.S. teacher and 1897-1924 University Teacher of…
MALET, George Grenville. Newton Tony, Wiltshire 7.3.1804 — Bushire, Iran 9.12.1856.British Colonial Officer in India. Lieutenant-Colonel (1854). Son of —> Ch. W. Malet (1752–1815) and Susanna Wales. Joined E.I.C.’s army in 1822, served in Bombay Presidency. From 1843 resident in Khairpur. Fell commanding his regiment in the capture of Bushire…