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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  Bruce    
First Name(s)  John    
Year of Birth  1745    
Year of Death  1826    
Entry  Historian : educated at Edinburgh University, and Professor of Logic there : appointed Keeper of the State Paper Office, and Historiographer of the E. I. Co.: M.P. for a borough in Cornwall, 1809-14 : and for a short time Secretary of the Board of Commissioners for the affairs of India, i.e. the Board of Control : F.R.S : died April 16, 1826. He wrote on philosophy as well as history : his chief works relating to India were Historical View of Plans for the Government of British India, 1793 : Annals of the E. I. Co. from their establishment by the Charter of Queen Elizabeth, 1600, to the Union of the London and English E. I. Companies, 1707-8, 1810 : Report on the Renewal of the E. I. Co.'s exclusive Privileges of Trade for 20 years from March 1794-1811.     
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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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