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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Payne    
First Name(s)  Arthur James    
Birth Year  1826    
Entry  Born Oct. 21, 1826 : son of Captain John Payne : educated at King's College, London : graduated in London, A.B., M.D. : went out to India in the I. M.S., 1849 : after early service with troops, held Civil appointments in the N.W.P., and went to Bengal, 1856, where for 28 years he rendered public services of the most exceptional and distinguished character : nearly every Department of the Administration in which medical officers are employed having the advantage of his sound judgment and rare capacity for organization and control : as Superintendent of Lunatic Asylums, 1860-82, he introduced reforms making for economy and efficiency : for 10 years superintended the Lock Hospitals of Calcutta : twice officiated as Inspr- General of Jails: acted as Sanitary Commissioner, Bengal, 1871 : organized a system of State Emigration : as Health Officer of Calcutta, from 1876, was the first to propose and take real steps towards the improvement of the sanitary condition of the town : was a member of every important Medical Committee at Calcutta for 20 years : Surgeon-General of Bengal, 1879-84 : acting Surgeon-General with the Government of India, 1883 : retired, 1885, the Bengal Government recording their recognition of his vigorous administration and hostility to inefficiency and extravagance : in 1888 he rendered great assistance to the Secretary of State for India in connexion with a scheme of Army Nursing proposed by the Government of India.     
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