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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	Oswell
	First Name(s)	William Cotton
	Birth Year	1818
	Death Year	1893
	Entry	I.C.S. : born April 27, 1818 : son of William Oswell : educated at Rugby and Haileybury : went in 1837 to Madras, where, during his 10 years, he made a name as a linguist and an expert catcher of elephants : spent some years in S. Africa in sport and exploration, partly with Livingstone, in the discovery of Lake Ngami, 1849, and the Zambesi, 1851 : did service in the Crimea as a volunteer : wrote on "" South Africa Fifty Years ago,"" in Big Game Shooting : died May 1, 1893.

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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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