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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 | Mccrindle | | | First Name(s) | John Watson | | | Birth Year | 1825 | | | Entry | Son of John McCrindle : born Feb. 16, 1825, near Maybole, Ayrshire : educated at Maybole, and Edinburgh University : Stratton Gold Medal, 1853 : B.A., 1854 : M.A., 1855 : was Classical Master in 3 Edinburgh schools, 1854-9 : to India, 1859, as Principal of the Doveton College, Calcutta : entered Government service, 1866: Professor, Patna College: Professor of Logic and Philosophy at Krishnagar College : first Principal of the Patna College, 1867 till 1880, when he retired : Fellow, Calcutta University, 1860 : Examiner in History, Logic and Political Economy at the University : LL.D. at Edinburgh, 1898. At Patna, with his wife's help, founded a school for native girls : his contributions to the knowledge of Indian history comprise the following works : Ancient India as described by Megasthenes and Arrian, 1877 ; The Commerce and Navigation of the Erythraean Sea, 1879 : Ancient India as described by Ktesias the Knidian, 1822 ; Ancient India as described by Ptolemy, 1885 ; Invasion of India by Alexander the Great, 1893, and 1896 : Ancient India as described in Classical Literature, 1901 : these six books give a nearly complete collection of all works and incidental notices relating to India contained in Greek and Roman literature : another of his works, The Christian Topography of Cosmas, an Egyptian Monk, which he translated and edited for the Hakluyt Society in 1897, contains some valuable notices of Sokotra, Ceylon and India : Member of Council of the R.A.S., 1801 : also of R. Scot. G.S. : and contributed largely to its Journal. Mcculloch, william (lsie-isss) Lt-Colonel: son of John Ramsay McCulloch : born Feb. 28, 1816 : educated at Addiscombe : went to Calcutta in the Army, 1835 : joined the N.I. : Assistant to'the Political Agent at Manipur, 1840 : Political Agent there, 1845-63. and 1864-7 : retired as Lt-Colonel from the Army in 1867 : died in 1885 : wrote an Account of the Valley of' Manipur and the Hill Tribes, 1859. |
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