Nicobar Islands – Persons of Indian Studies by Prof. Dr. Klaus Karttunen

ROEPSTORFF, Frederik Adolph de

ROEPSTORFF, Frederik Adolph de. on sea 25.3.1842 — Kamorte, Nicobars 24.10.1883.Danish Scholar and Missionary. Son of sea captain Adolph de Roepstorff and Charlotte Georgiana Holmes, baptized in Cape Town, which gave him English citizenship. Studied at Copenhagen and at Horsens Statsskole, graduated 1863. In 1867 went to India and became…

WHITEHEAD, George

WHITEHEAD, George. 1862 — Halton West, North Yorkshire 3.4.1935. Rev. British Anglican Missionary. From Yorkshire. B.A. 1884 University of London. Ordained deacon 1886 and priest 1887 in Mandalay. From 1886 worked in various positions in Burma, then in the Nicobars in 1912-14 and 1916-21. Constructed Latin alphabet for the Car…