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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  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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