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Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C
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 | Banerjea | | First Name(s) | Rev. Krishna Mohan | | Year of Birth | 1813 | | Year of Death | 1885 | | Entry | Born 1813 : son of Jiban Krishna Banerjea, a member of a high caste Brahman family in Calcutta : educated at the Hindu College : in 1829, became a teacher in the Hare School, Calcutta : came under the influence of Derozio and Dr. Duff, and was converted to Christianity in 1833 : became a teacher in the C.M.S. School in Calcutta, and in 1837 was ordained a clergyman in the Church of England : from 1852 to 1868, was a Professor in Bishop's College, Calcutta : Fellow, 1858, of the Calcutta University : Doctor of Law, 1876: Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Calcutta : Examiner in Sanskirt, Hindi, Tamil, and Uriya: M.R.A.S.B., also of the British Indian Association, Calcutta Corporation, and Board of Examiners : was made a C.I.E. : was in his later years regarded by Government as a Head and Leader of the Indian Community : wrote many books and pamphlets, chief among which are Dialogues on. Hindu Philosophy and Aryan Witness : he knew eleven languages well : his name will pass to posterity as a great scholar and linguist : died May 11, 1885. |
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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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