INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.
Joly de Lotbinière.
Electric Transmission Power Scheme i.e. the Cauvery Falls Transmission of Power to the Kolar Gold Fields, Mysore, India; constructed a large Hydro-Electric Power Installation on the river Jhelum to be used for the Abbotabad-Srinagar Railway and for industrial purposes in Kashmir and the Punjab; Chief Engineer, Bengal; reverted to Military duty, 1914. Address: Srinagar, Kashmir, India.
Jolly, Juliuse E. Ph.D., b. at Heidelberg, 1849; s. of Philip von Joily, Professor of Physics at the University of Munich; educ; at Munich, Berlin and Leipzig in comparative Philology, Oriental Languages and Jurisprudence; became private descent at the University of Wiirzburg, Bavaria, 1872; Professor Extraordinary, 1877; Professor Ordinary (Sanskrit Comparative Philology,) 1836; visited England frequently to study Sanskrit Mss. in London; to India, 1882-3; was Tagore Law Professor, Calcuta; studied the ancient legal literature of India and is now recognized as the leading authority on native Indian Law. Publications. The Institutes of Narada (translated from the Sanskrit), The Institutes of Vishnu (in the “Sacred Books of the East”) Vishnusmriti; History of the Hindu Law, (Tagore Law Lectures); Naradasmriti Manutikasaingraha; Manava Dharmasastra; Minor Law Books; Rechun Sitte (in Buhler’s Encyclopaedia of Indo Aryan Research) 1890; Medicine (ibid), 1901, numerous articles on Indian Philology in English and German periodicals, besides other philological works; assisted Sir R. West in the preparation of a new edition of West and Buhler’s Digest of the Hindu Law; belongs to several learned Societies; Corresponding Member; Bavarian Academy of Science, 1886, and of the R. Society of Science at Gottingen, 1904: Honorary Member of the R. Asiatic Society, 1904. etc.
Jones, Lt. Col. Richard Godfrey, I.S.O. (1886); b. 1855; joined Army as Sub-Lieutenant, 8th Foot, 1874; arrived in Madras, 1876; services lent to the Mysore Government, 1883, served with 2nd L.C., Southern Afghanistan, 1879-1880; with 1st M.L. in Upper Burma, 1886-1889; commanded Flying column of cavalry and Mounted Infantry in the Mon and Mon River Valleys; received thanks of Sir G. White, Commanding Burma Field Force; Chin Expedition, 1888-1890, wounded near Minbu, 1886; owns Medals for service in Afghanistan, Burma and Chin Lushi; is considered as an expert in Military Law, and field fortification; Inspecting Officer, Mysore Imperial Service Troops, 1890; Military Assistant to Mysore Government, 1897. Address: Mysore, India.
Jones, Richard Llewelyn, M.A., F.R.A.S., Deputy Director, Government Observatory, Madras; b. 1865; joined service as Professor of Physics, Presidency College, Madras, 1889; acting Government Astronomer, in addition to his duties, 1895; Government Meteorologist, Madras, 1899; ag. Deputy Director of Observatory, Madras, 1902; reverted to Presidency College, 1908; Professor of Physics, Presidency College, and Deputy Director, Madras Observatory, since 1910. Address: “The Observatory”, College Road, Nungambakam, Madras, India.
Jones, T, Editor, “Times of Ceylon”. Address: Colombo, Ceylon.
