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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography M to R

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Date transcribed	2011-08-00
Transcribed by	Peter Bailey
Comment	Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

	Surname	Mason
	First Name(s)	Francis
	Titles, Honours, etc.	Rev. D.D.
	Birth Year	1799
	Death Year	1874
	Entry	Born at York, 1799 : where his grandfather had founded a Baptist Society : in 1818 joined an uncle in the United States and went thence as a Missionary to India, to Burma : for years laboured among the Karens : translated the Bible into Karen : author of a Pali grammar, and a Karen grammar of both dialects : The Story of a Working Man's Life, Burma, 1860 ; Fauna, Flora and Minerals of Burma : Profesor of Pali in the Government High School, Rangoon : died after a journey to Bhamo in 1874.

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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each

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