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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  Rodgers    
First Name(s)  Charles James    
Birth Year  1838    
Death Year  1898    
Entry  Born 1838 : educated at Shardlow and Milford in Derbyshire, and Borough Road College, London : while master of a National School near Cambridge, attended lectures on Oriental subjects at the University : to India, 1863, for the Christian Vernacular Education Society, to conduct a Training College for Native Teachers at Umritsar :its Principal for 22 years : Urdu and Persian scholar : made a special study of Indian numismatics : appointed Archaeological Surveyor of the Panjab, 1886 : after 5 years his appointment was abolished: was a high authority on numismatics, and Honorary Numismatist to the Government of India : Secretary to the Religious Book Society at Lahore, 1898 : died at Lahore, Nov. 20, 1898 : wrote largely on Coins and Coinages in the I.A.S.B. : and catalogued coin collections at Lahore and Calcutta.     
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