David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer

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

Life

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

About his sister Hilda Emily Overend Lorimer learned (1881-1949) know, a journalist, writer and lecturer in German philosophy at Somerville College, Oxford, and married 1910.

Military and political career

Lorimer served from 1898 to 1903 when Q.V.O. Corps of Guides, where he was from 1901 to 1903 seconded to the Khaibar Rifles, before in 1903 he was recommended for service during the Indian Political Service. During his career, he held various positions, including serving as Vice Consul in Arabi Stan (1903-1909) and Consul at Kerman and Baluchistan (1912-1914 and 1916-1917 ). In 1924 he left the political service.

Scientific Contributions

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

Lorimer was awarded the Leverhulme Research Fellowship 1933-1935, and was appointed honorary member of the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London in 1953. His notes and correspondence are now preserved in the library of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 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. Along with Hilda Roberts (Illustrator) 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, Oslo1935
  • The Burushaski Language, Vol.II: Histories. Aschehoug, Oslo 1935
  • The Burushaski Language, Vol.II: Dictionary. In 1938.
  • The Dumki Language. 1939
  • The Wakhi Language. 1958
British Raj Linguistics Sandhurst, Berkshire Gilgit (disambiguation) Khowar language Shina language
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