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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	Ewer
	First Name(s)	Walter
	Year of Birth	1784
	Year of Death	1863
	Entry	I.C.S.: son of a Governor of the settlement at Bencoolen : privately educated : joined the Bengal Civil Service in 1803 : distinguished at the College of Fort William : employed at Rajshahi, at Amboyna, again at Rajshahi, 1816 : Superintendent of Police in Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa, and the conquered and ceded Provinces for 10 years : Judge of the Sadr Court, N.W.P., until he resigned in 1839-40 : well versed in music and astronomy : read the inscriptions on the Kutb at Delhi in 1822 through his telescope : F.R.G.S. : F.R.S. : died in London, Jan. 5, 1863.

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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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