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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland) |
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Dictionary of Indian Biography M to R
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 | Ross | | First Name(s) | Daniel | | Birth Year | 1780 | | Death Year | 1849 ? | | Entry | Born 1780 : a distinguished hydrographer : the first Surveyor of his age : Marine Surveyor-General for India : Master Attendant at Bombay till 1849, when he retired on account of old age : President of the Bombay Geographical Society : his service of fifty years was of the utmost value in the cause of science, especially of geography and navigation : his charts were always trustworthy. |
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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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