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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F

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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	Ellis
	First Name(s)	Francis Whyte
	Year of Birth	?
	Year of Death	1819
	Entry	I.C.S. : Oriental linguist : joined at Madras in 1796 : Secretary to the Board of Revenue, 1802 : Collector of Madras, 1810 : died of cholera at Ramnad, March 10, 1819. He was an excellent Tamil and Sanskrit scholar : published a commentary and translation of The Sacred Kurral, and exposed the forgery of Sanskrit MSS. at Pondicherry by Jesuit missionaries : he wrote papers on the Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam languages, and was an expert authority on "" Mirasi right "": and on information regarding the Madras Presidency.

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