BAKE, Arnold Adriaan

BAKE, Arnold Adriaan. Hilversum 19.5.1899 — London 8.10.1963. Dutch Indologist in India and in the U.K. Born in a well-to-do family, son of William Herman Bake (1854–1916) and Johanna Bartha van den Burg (1857?–1932). School at Hilversum and in 1912-18 in Haarlem. He planned to go to Indonesia, and therefore…

Continue reading

BAILEY, Thomas Grahame

BAILEY, Thomas Grahame. Ambala 8.9.1872 — Edinburgh 5.4.1942. Rev. British (Scottish) Priest and Indologist, a Specialist of Urdu and North-West Indian Languages. Son of Wellesley Cosby Bailey, a medical missionary, and Alice Hargraves. After early years in India sent to school in Edinburgh. M.A. and B.D., ordained. In 1895-1920 missionary…

Continue reading