STRACHAN, John. Brae near Keith, Banffshire 31.1.1862 — Manchester 25.9.1907. British (Scottish) Classical and Celtic Linguist. Son of a farmer. After school in Keith, studies of Classics at Aberdeen and Cambridge (Pembroke College), then IE and Indology (Sanskrit under Delbrück) at Jena. From 1885 Professor of Greek and from 1889…
RHYS DAVIDS, Thomas William. Colchester, Essex 12.5.1843 — Chipstead, Surrey 27.12.1922. British Indologist, Pāli and Buddhist Scholar. Professor in Manchester, Founder and President of the Pāli Text Society. Married with —> C. A. F. Rhys D. Son of Rev. Thomas William Davids, a minister of Welsh origin, lost early his mother, Louisa Winter (d. 1854).…
MOULTON, James Hope. Surrey 11.10.1863 — on sea off Corsica 7.4.1917. Rev. British Iranian Scholar. Professor in Manchester. Son of Rev. William Fiddian M., a minister and teacher, and Hannah Hope, educated at Leys School. Studies at King’s College, Cambridge, fellow 1888-94. Ordained 1886 as Methodist priest, then assisted his…
LING, Trevor Oswald. London 17.2.1920 — Long Eaton, Derbyshire 24.3.1995. British Scholar of Comparative Religion and Buddhism. Son of Albert Oswald Ling and Emma Meachen. Started to study for Baptist ministry, but in war service went to India. In Calcutta he met Hindu thought and started to learn Sanskrit and…