David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer

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Lieutenant-Colonel David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer (born December 24, 1876 in Dundee , † 1962 ) was a member of the British Army in British India , civil servant in India and a linguist .

Life

Lorimer was born near Dundee to Presbyterian clergyman Robert Lorimer and his wife Isabella Lockhart Robertson. He received his education at the High School of Dundee . His mother's family had lived in India for a long time, so after finishing school in 1896, David Lorimer enlisted in the British Indian Army and moved there after military training at Sandhurst . His brothers Gordon and Bert also worked in the civil administration in India (Indian Political Service).

Through his sister Hilda, Lorimer met Emily Overend (1881–1949), a journalist, writer and lecturer in German philosophy at Somerville College, Oxford, and married her in 1910.

Military and political career

Lorimer served from 1898 to 1903 with the QVO Corps of Guides , where he was seconded to the Khaibar Rifles from 1901 to 1903 before being recommended for service with the Indian Political Service in 1903. During his career he held various offices, including vice-consul in Arabistan (1903-1909) and consul in Kerman and Balochistan (1912-1914 and 1916-1917). In 1924 he left political service.

Scientific contributions

In addition to his military and political activities, Lorimer got to know the life of the population and made trips to the Hunza and Gilgit . He worked as a linguist with the languages ​​of Persia (now Iran ) and Pakistan , such as Khowar , Shina , Bakhtiari , Wakhi and the Persian languages Karmani and Gabri . He wrote a standard work on Burushaski , a language only spoken in Pakistan in the Karakoram .

Lorimer was awarded the Leverhulme Research Fellowship 1933-1935, and in 1953 was made an honorary member of the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London . His notes and correspondence are now kept in the library of the School of Oriental and African Studies at London University and in the collections of the British Library .

Works

  • Pashtu, Part I: Syntax of Colonial Pashtu with chapters on the Persian and Indian elements in the modern language. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1915
  • Persian Tales. Together with Hilda Roberts (illustrations) and Emily Overend Lorimer (translations), Macmillan & Co. 1919
  • The Phonology of the Bakhtiari, Badakshani, and Madaglashti Dialects of Modern Persian 1922
  • The Burushaski Language, Vol. I: Introduction and Grammar. Aschehoug, Oslo 1935
  • The Burushaski Language, Vol.II: Histories. Aschehoug, Oslo 1935
  • The Burushaski Language, Vol.II: Dictionary. 1938.
  • The Dumki Language. 1939
  • The Wakhi Language. 1958

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lorimer, Lieutenant-Colonel David Lockhart Robertson , School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Archive Catalog  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / squirrel.soas.ac.uk  
  2. ↑ Penelope Tuson: Playing the Game: Western Women in Arabia . IBTauris, 2003, ISBN 0-85771-570-4 , pp. 2 (English, books.google.de [accessed December 23, 2016]).
  3. ^ India Office Records: Private Papers [Mss Eur F175 - Mss Eur F199]. British Library
  4. ↑ Person details: Lorimer, David Lockhart Robertson (1876-1962) Lieutenant Colonel Indian Army Linguist. The National Archives, Richmond, Surrey
personal data
SURNAME Lorimer, David Lockhart Robertson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British military, administrator and linguist
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Dundee
DATE OF DEATH 1962