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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	Peterson
	First Name(s)	Peter
	Birth Year	1847
	Death Year	1899
	Entry	Son of John Peterson : born Jan. 12, 1847 : educated at Edinburgh University, Lincoln and Balliol Colleges, Oxford : Boden Sanskrit scholar, 1870 : went to Bombay in the Education Department, 1873 : Professor of Sanskrit at Elphinstone College : Registrar of the University : found many valuable Sanskrit MSS. : edited Sanskrit works, and studied Jain literature : D.Sc. of Edinburgh, 1883 : Secretary and President of the R.A.S., Bombay, 1895 : contributed to its Journals and to the J.R.A.S. on Sanskrit subjects : wrote for the Times of India : died at Bombay, Aug. 28, 1899.

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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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