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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)	William Delafield
	Year of Birth	1828
	Year of Death	1859
	Entry	Son of Dr. Arnold, of Rugby : born April 7, 1828 : educated at Rugby : student of Christ Church, Oxford : went to India in 1848, into the Native Infantry : was an Assistant Commissioner in the Panjab, and, in 1856, Director of Public Instruction : did good service in organising the Department : died at Gibraltar on April 9, 1859, on his way to England : wrote essays on social and Indian subjects, and Oakfield, or Fellowship in the East : his brother, Matthew Arnold, wrote A Southern Night in memory of him, and alluded to him in Stanzas from Carnac.

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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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