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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland) |
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Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F
Date transcribed | 2011-03-01 | 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 | Dempster | | First Name(s) | Francis Erskine | | Year of Birth | 1858 | | Entry | Born July 9, 1858 : son of Capt. H. L. Dempster : educated at Edinburgh Academy, the Institution and University, and at Cooper's Hill College : joined the Indian Telegraph Department, 1878 : served in the Afghan war, 1879-80 : Chin-Lushai expedition, 1889 : Chitral expedition, 1895 : C.I.E. 1896 : Superintendent of the Indian Government Telegraphs. |
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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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