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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  Banerji    
First Name(s)  Sir Guru Das    
Year of Birth  1844    
Entry  Born near Calcutta, Jan. 26, 1844 : educated at the Hare School, Presidency College and Calcutta University : B.A. (1863), M.A. (1864) in Mathematics, gold medal: B.L. (1865): Law Lecturer at the Berhampur College : began to practise in the High Court in 1872 : Doctor of Law in 1876: Tagore Law Professor, 1878 : lectured on "" Hindu Law of Marriage and Stridhan "" : Fellow of the Calcutta University, 1879 : member of the Bengal Legislative Council, 1887 : acted as Judge of the High Court, 1888, confirmed in Jan. 1889 : Vice-Chancellor of the Calcutta University, 1890-3 : member, 1902, of the Indian Universities' Commission : retired in Jan., 1904 : knighted the same year : wrote A Few Thoughts on Education.     
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