HILL, Samuel Alexander. Ballyboley near Belfast 10.10.1851 — Allahabad 23.9.1890. British Teacher and Meteorologist in India. Son of farmer John Beggs Hill (1819–1897) and Elizabeth Clements, an Anglo-Irish family. Educated at Ballyeaston School and from 1868 at Training School in Dublin. From 1869 teacher in Lisbarn. From 1871 studies at…
HAWKES, Henry Philip. 1834 — St.Ives, Cornwall 1900. British Colonial Officer in India. From 1850 Cadet in Madras Army, 1855 Lieutenant. Colonel (1886) and finally 1894 Lieutenant-General. Married 1855 Louisa Mary Shepherd (1836–1895), two daughters and two sons, and 1897 Sarah Anne Dewrance (1856–1932). Publications: Brief Sketch of the Gold,…
WILMOT, Claude Rupert Trench. Stoke Newington, London 10.11.1897 — Cirencester, Gloucestershire 27.7.1961. British Colonial Officer in North-West India. Son of Claude Ernest Willington Wilmot and Gertrude Isabelle Bate. Served in the WW I in Sherwood Foresters, then served in Egypt, Turkey and India, in the Punjab and Karachi. Served in…
SILVERSTONE, Marilyn Rita (Bhikshuni Ngawang Chödrön). London 9.3.1929 — near Kathmandu 28.9.1999. U.S. Photojournalist and Buddhist Nun. Daughter of Murray Silverstone (1895–1965), a film director and the son of a Polish immigrant to the U.S.A., for a while working in London, and his wife Dorothy. Grew up in Scarsdale, NY,…
SCHMIDT, Erich Friedrich. Baden-Baden 13.9.1897 — Santa Barbara Calif. 3.10.1964. German Archaeologist in the U.S.A., U.S. citizen 1938. Son of Erhard Friedrich Schmidt (d. c. 1907), clergyman and professor, and Frida Loeffler (d. before 1920). Lost early his father, had military education and served in WW I. Wounded in Galicia…
NEWTON, Henry. Shrewsbury 17.6.1822 — London 20.3.1900. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Henry Newton, a wharfinger, and his wife Catherine. Educated in Shrewsbury and at Haileybury. In Bombay Civil Service 1844-71. Judge at Bombay High Court 1862-71. President of the Bombay Branch of R.A.S. 1864-68. Amateur photographer. Married…
SMITH, Edmund William. 25.3.1858 — Oudh 21.11.1901. British Archaelogical Photographer in India. In 1886 joined A.S.I. as Assistant Archaeological Surveyor for North-West Provinces and Oudh. Surveyor 1891, Surveyor and Curator of the Lucknow Museum 1898. Worked as Führer’s Assistant. Died of cholera. Publications: With A.. Führer: The Sharqi-Architecture of Jaunpur;…
SCHERMAN, Christine (née Reindl). Munich (?) 2.12.1865 — Hanson, Mass. 17.3.1940. German Anthropologist, specialist of Burma. Daughter of Josef Reindl, an engine driver, and his wife Kunigunde. From 1889 wife of —> Lucian Scherman (1864–1946), often participated in his work, especially as professional photographer. In 1910-11 they travelled together in…
WATERHOUSE, James. London 24.7.1842 — Eltham, London 28.9.1922. British Colonial Officer and Photographer in India. Son of James William W., a solicitor, and his wife Mary. Educated at King’s College and University College School, then at Addiscombe. From 1859 Lieutenant in Royal Bengal Artillery. From 1866 served in various positions…
ROCK, Joseph Francis Charles (Josef Franz Karl Rock). Vienna 13.1.1884 — Honolulu 5.12.1962. Austrian-born U.S. Botanist, Geographer and Central Asian Scholar. Son of the steward of a Polish count. Not accepting his father’s wish to become a priest he began early travelling around Europe and in 1905 emigrated to the…