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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 | Ewald | | First Name(s) | George Heinrich August | | Year of Birth | 1803 | | Year of Death | 1875 | | Entry | Born at Gottingen, Nov. 1803 : a celebrated Oriental scholar : educated at Gottingen University : at 20 was a Professor at the College of Wolfenbuttel : held the Chairs of Philosophy and Oriental languages and theology at Gottingen : when suspended, for political reasons, in 1837, he came to England, but returned to Gottingen : became a member of the German Parliament : author of many critical works, especially on the Hebrew language and Biblical history : died 1875. |
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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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