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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C

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Date transcribed	2011-01-01
Transcribed by	Peter Bailey
Comment	Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

	Surname	Arnold
	First Name(s)	Sir Edwin
	Year of Birth	1832
	Year of Death	1904
	Entry	Poet : born June 10, 1832 : educated at Rochester, King's College, London, and University College, Oxford, (Scholar) : gained the Newdigate Verse Prize, 1853 : Principal of the Government Dekkan College, in Poona, 1 856-1 861 : Fellow of the Bombay University : joined the Daily Telegraph newspaper in London, and became its editor : visited and admired Japan, and married a Japanese lady in 1897 : made a C.S.I. : and K.C.I.E. in 1888 : held Orders from the rulers of Siam, Japan, Turkey and Persia : distinguished as a poet, scholar, teacher, journalist and man of letters : wrote The Light of Asia, Indian Idylls, Indian poetry, etc. : died March 24, 1904.

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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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