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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  Prideaux    
First Name(s)  William Francis    
Birth Year  1840    
Entry  Born April 30, 1840 : son of F. W. Prideaux, Revenue Secretary, India Office : educated at Aldenham : served in India Office, 1859 : joined the Bombay Army, 1860, and Staff Corps, 1865 : served with Mr. Rassam's Mission to King Theodore of Abyssinia, 1864 : imprisoned at Magdala, July, 1866, to April, 1868 : employed under the Foreign Office in India : Acting Consul-General at Zanzibar, 1873-5 : in the Persian Gulf, 1876-7 : Resident in Jaipur, Oodeypur, and Kashmir : Colonel, 1890 : C.S.I. , 1895 : has published The Lay of the Himyariks, many papers on archaeology and numismatics, besides bibliographical works.     
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