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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  Blanford    
First Name(s)  William Thomas    
Year of Birth  1832    
Year of Death  1905    
Entry  Born Oct. 7, 1832 : son of William. Blanford : educated at the Royal School' of Mines (Scholar,) and Mining Academy,. Freiburg : in the Geological Survey of India, 1855-82 : Geologist of the Abyssinian Expedition up to Magdala, 1868 : on the Persian Boundary Commission,. 1872 : President of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1878-9 : of the Geological Society, 1888-90 : received its Wollaston medal, 1883: Treasurer of the Society : Vice-President of the Royal Society, 1892-3, 1901-3 : published works on the Geology and Zoology of Abyssinia and Persia ; a manual of Geology on India, 1879 : President of the Geological section of the British Association meeting in Canada, 1884: edited The Fauna of British India : was author of the Mammalia, 1888-91, and of the Birds, 1895, 1898 : C.I.E., 1904 : LL.D. Montreal, and F.R.S. , 1874: on its. Council and Vice-President: died June 23, 1905.     
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