WALKER, George David. 23.9.1884 — 19??. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer in India. Deputy Commissioner of Garo Hills in 1923-29. In 1938 apparently still in Assam. Publications: A dictionary of the Mikir language. 462 p. Shillong 1925. – “The Garo Manufacture of Bark Cloth”, Man 27, 1927, 15f. Sources: Scanty stray notes in…
MCCALL, Anthony Gilchrist. Conisbrough, Yorkshire 7.1.1895 — Poole, Dorset 8.5.1978. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India. Son of Anthony McCall and Mary Greer Gilchrist, educated at Cheltenham College. In 1914-21 served in Royal Artillery. Major. In 1921 joined I.C.S. In 1927-30 in Manipur, 1931-43 Superintendent of Lushai Hills district. Then…
HAMILTON, Robert Clifton. 18?? — 19??. British Civil Servant in India. Educated at Christ’s Hospital in Sussex. Served in India from 1893-1920. In 1900 he had been seven years Assistant Commissioner in Assam. Still living in 1932. He could well be the R. Cl. Hamilton of en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Oxford_men_and_their_colleges.djvu/667, born in Bath…
COSTA, Giulio. Imola 11.11.1901 — Mendal, Tura, Meghalaya 16/17.4.1970. S.D.B. Father. Italian Catholic Missionary in Assam. First a school teacher, but in 1924 decided to become missionary, After one year at missionary college in Ivrea came to Assam in 1925. Noviciate in Shillong, first vows in 1927, ordained priest 1931.…
WILLIAMSON, W. J. 18?? — 19??. British Colonial Officer in India. Apparently served in India in 1854-95. Lieutenant, soon (1872) Captain. From 1866 the first Deputy Commissioner of Garo Hills, in 1879-80 Major and Chief Political Officer on Naga Hills Expedition. C.I.E. Publications: “A Vocabulary of the Garo and Koch Dialects”, JASB 38,…
STEWART, Robert. Ardvorlich, Perthshire 15.9.1829 — 6.6.1882. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer in India. Colonel. Son of Major William Murray Stewart and Charlotte Debnam. Lieutenant, then Captain of Bengal Army. From 1856 Assistant Superintendent, then Deputy Commissioner of Cachar in Assam (1867). Married 1860 Charlotte Joanna Murray, one daughter. Publications: “Notes on…
LEWIN, Thomas Herbert. Lewisham, London 1.4.1839 — Abinger, Surrey 11.2.1916. British Colonial Officer in India, Linguist and Ethnologist. Lieutenant-Colonel. Son of George Herbert Lewin (1808–1856), a law clerk, and Mary Friend (1811–1890). Educated at Littlehampton, Eltham and Addiscombe. In 1857 came to India and immediately had to participate in campaigns…
BROWN, Nathan. New Ipswich, NH 22.6.1807 — Yokohama 1.1.1885. Rev. U.S. Baptist Missionary in India and Japan. Son of Nathan Brown and Elizabeth Goldsmith. Educated at Williams College and Newton Theological Institution. Worked two years as teacher in Vermont and from 1832 as missionary, first in Burma and from 1836…
BOR, Norman Loftus. Tramore, County Waterford 2.5.1893 — London 22.12.1972. Irish Botanist. Son of Edward Bor and Mabel Thornton. Educated in Kilkenny and Dublin, studied medicine at Trinity College, but in 1914 joined the army. War service in Greece and Palestine, wounded 1916. B.A. 1921, M.A. 1927, Trinity College. B.Sc.…
SAVIDGE, Frederick William (“Sap Upa”). Stretham near Ely, Cambridgeshire 3.5.1862 — London 26/28.9.1936. Rev. British Baptist Missionary in North-East India. Son of Briggs Savidge, a grocer and draper. B.A., Ph.D. Worked as schoolteacher in London. Arrived in India in 1891. Together with his friend J. H. Lorrain he became the…