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 Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C

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Date transcribed2011-01-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Amos    
First Name(s)  Andrew    
Year of Birth  1791    
Year of Death  1860    
Entry  Lawyer : born in India, 1791 : son of James Amos, merchant : educated at Eton, and Trinity College, Cambridge : Fellow, 1813 : called to the bar by the Middle Temple : had a large practice : Recorder of Oxford, Nottingham, and Banbury : a member of the Criminal Law Commission for some years : Professor of English Law at University College, London, 1829-37 : Legal Member (succeeding Macaulay) of the Supreme Council of the Governor-General, 1838-42 : had much to do with the abolition of slavery in India, and the framing of the Penal Code. On return to England he became a County Court Judge, and Downing Professor of Laws at Cambridge : wrote on a number of legal and literary subjects : died April 18, 1860.     
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