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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	Maurice
	First Name(s)	Thomas
	Titles, Honours, etc.	Rev.
	Birth Year	1784
	Death Year	1824
	Entry	Son of Thomas Maurice : born 1754 : educated at Christ's Hospital, Ealing and Bath, and at St. John's and University Colleges, Oxford, 1774-8 : ordained : held several curacies and a vicarage, 1798 : assistant-keeper of MSS. in the British Museum, where he died March 30, 1824 : one of the first to make the history and religions of India generally known : also wrote poems : published The History of Hindustan, 1795 ; A Dissertation on the Oriental Trinities, 1800 ; Indian Antiquities, 1806 ; Modern History of Hindustan, 1802-10.

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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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