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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	Beames
	First Name(s)	John
	Year of Birth	1837
	Year of Death	1902
	Entry	I.C.S : born June 21, 1837 : son of Rev. Thomas Beames : educated at Merchant Taylors' School and at Haileybury, 1856-7 : went to India, 1858 : served in the Panjab, 1859-61 : afterwards, in Lower Bengal, Commissioner of various Divisions and Member of the Board of Revenue : retired, 1893 : an Oriental scholar: wrote in the I.A.S.B: and in the Indian Antiquary : also Outlines of Indian Philology, 1867 : edited Sir H. Elliot's Supplemental Glossary of Indian Terms, 1869 : his chief work was A Comparative Grammar of the Aryan Languages, 1872-9 : and a Bengali Grammar, 1891 : wrote in the Imperial, and Asiatic Quarterly Reviews : died May 42, 1902.

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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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