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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  Buchanan    
First Name(s)  Rev. Dr. Claudius    
Year of Birth  1766    
Year of Death  1815    
Entry  Born March 12, 1766 : son of Alexander Buchanan : educated at Inverary and Glasgow University ; Queen's College,Cambridge, 1791-5 : ordained, 1795 : went to Calcutta as a Chaplain on the Establishment, 1797 : at Barrackpur and Calcutta : was Professor and Vice-Provost of the College of Fort William, 1799-1807, when the latter appointment was abolished : he devoted himself to the promotion of Christianity and to native education : he made two prolonged tours in Southern and Western India, 1806-7, to ascertain the circumstances and facts of the various religions of the country and suggest measures : he returned to England in 1808, and advocated the appointment of Bishops in India and the cause of missions, besides publishing translations of the Scriptures in Malayalam, Syriac, etc. : he wrote Christian Researches in Asia, 1810 : Colonial Ecclesiastical Establishment, and papers about Christianity and Christian Missions in India : he was D.D. of Glasgow and Cambridge : died Feb. 9, 1815     
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