STEPHENSON, John. Padiham, Lancashire 6.2.1871 — London 2.2.1933. British Physician and Zoologist in India. Also a scholar of Urdu, Arabic and Persian, later also of Pashtu and Pañjabi. Educated at Burnley Grammar School, studies of medicine and zoology at Owen’s College, Manchester (B.Sc. 1890, B.Chir. 1893). Worked as physician in…
SCHLAGINTWEIT, Robert von. Munich 27.10.1833 — Giessen 6.6.1885. German Traveller in India and Central Asia. Son of oculist physician Joseph Schlagintweit (1792–1854) and Rosalia Seidl (1805–1839), brother of —> Adolf, Emil and Hermann Schlagintweit. A fifth brother was Eduard Schlagintweit (1831–1866), an officer and explorer of Morocco. After the early…
SCHLAGINTWEIT-SAKÜNLÜNSKI, Hermann von. Munich 13.5.1826 — Munich 19.1.1882. German Traveller in India and Central Asia. Son of oculist physician Joseph Schlagintweit (1792–1854) and Rosalia Seidl (1805–1839), brother of —> Adolf, Emil and Robert Schlagintweit. A fifth brother was Eduard Schlagintweit (1831–1866), an officer and explorer of Morocco. After the early…
SCHLAGINTWEIT, Adolf. Munich 9.1.1829 — Kashgar 27.8.1857. German Natural Scientist and Traveller in India and Central Asia. Son of oculist physician Joseph Schlagintweit (1792–1854) and Rosalia Seidl (1805–1839), brother of —> Emil, Hermann and Robert Schlagintweit. A fifth brother was Eduard Schlagintweit (1831–1866), an officer and explorer of Morocco. After the…
WAYLAND, Edward James. London 23.1.1888 — Ramsgate, Kent 11.7.1966. British Geologist and Civil Servant in Sri Lanka and Africa. Son of Edward Wayland and Emily Street, educated at the City of London College, the Royal College of Science, and the Royal School of Mines. Conducted geological fieldwork in Egypt 1909…
WATT, George. Old Meldrum, Aberdeenshire 24.4.1851 — Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire 2.4.1930. Sir. British (Scottish) Physician and Botanist in India. Son of John Watt, educated at King’s College and Marischal College in Aberdeen, from 1871 studies at Glasgow University (M.B. & D.M. 1873). From 1873 Professor of Botany at Calcutta University (Presidency…
WALLICH, Nathanael Wolff (born as Nathan ben Wulff W.). Copenhagen 28.1.1786 (1785?) — London 28.4.1854. Danish Physician and Botanist in India. Son of Wulff ben Wallich (Wolff Lazarus Walllich, 1756–1843), a Sephardic Jewish merchant with German background (from Altona), and Hanne Jacobson (1757–1839). After surgeon’s examination in 1816 in Copenhagen…
ROYLE, John Forbes. Cawnpore (Kanpur) 10.5.1799 — Acton near London 2.1.1858. British (Scottish) Physician, Botanist and Scientist in India. Son of Captain William Henry Royle of E.I.C. and Isabella Forbes, lost early his father. Educated at Edinburgh and Addiscombe, but soon left the military career and became Assistant Surgeon in…
ROXBURGH, William. Underwood estate near Craigie, Ayrshire 29.6.1751 (or 3.6.) — Edinburgh 18.2.1815. British (Scottish) Physician and Scientist in India, Pioneer of Indian Botany. Early years unclear (parents unknown), studied medicine and botany at Edinburgh. He joined the E.I.C.’s navy as surgeon’s mate in 1772. M.D. 1776 Edinburgh. From 1776…
THEOBALD, William. Marylebone, London 1829 — Ilfracombe, Devon 31.3.1908. British Naturalist in India. Son of the elder William Theobald and Anna Bishop, early years unclear. He arrived at Calcutta in 1847, worked in coal exploration and became acquainted with Joseph Hooker. He joined the Geological Survey of India and participated…