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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  Polier    
First Name(s)  Antoine Louis Henri    
Birth Year  1741    
Death Year  1795    
Entry  Born at Lausanne, Feb. 1741 : son of Jacques H. E. Polier : of French extraction : naturalized in Switzerland : went out to India, 1757 : entered the service of the English E. I. Co. : was Assistant Engineer at Calcutta, and in 1762 Chief Engineer, as Captain : his post was given to an English officer, but restored- to him after an interval, during which he saw active service under Clive. Further promotion being refused to him, on account of his nationality, he resigned, 1776, and by Hastings' help entered the service of the Nawabs of Oudh, Shuja and Asafud- daula as architect and engineer : was driven thence by the enmity of the Council : served the Mogul Emperor at Delhi in a military command : Hastings appointed him Lt-Colonel, with leave to reside at Lucknow : where he wrote historical memoirs, and studied Hindu mythology and poetry : returned to Europe, 1788 : to Avignon, 1792 : through his Oriental display of wealth he was attacked by robbers, and murdered, Feb. 9, 1795 : collected MSS. : the first European who succeeded in obtaining a complete copy of the Vedas : the Pote collection at Eton College was mainly made by him.     
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