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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	Noble
	First Name(s)	Robert Turlington
	Titles, Honours, etc.	Rev.
	Birth Year	1809
	Death Year	1865
	Entry	Son of Rev. John Noble : born Jan. or Feb. 1809 : educated (Scholar) at Oakham, Sidney Sussex (Scholar) and Christ's Colleges, Cambridge : tutor to Sir T. Blomefield, 1833-8 : curate of Old Dalby, 1839-41 : ordained, 1839 : went out, as a Missionary of the Church Missionary Society, in 1841, to the Telugu Mission at Masulipatam, and worked there continuously for 24 years, preaching and teaching : took up Ellore, 1854, and Bezwada, 1858, as Missionary stations : refused a Chaplaincy : succumbed to exposure to the cyclone of Nov. 1, 1864, and illness : died Oct. 17, 1865.

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