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Dictionary of Indian Biography M to R
| 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 | Munro | | | First Name(s) | William | | | Birth Year | 1818 | | | Death Year | 1880 | | | Entry | Son of William Munro : born 1818 : entered the 39th foot, 1834: with his regt. in India for many years : at Maharajpur, Dec. 29, 1843, severely wounded : in the Crimea, Canada, Bermuda : General, 1878: died Jan. 29, 1880: a learned botanist, was an authority on grasses : wrote papers in Journals of learned Societies, on bamboos, antidotes to snake-bites, timber trees of Bengal, grasses, etc. |
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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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