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 Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I

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Date transcribed2011-04-00
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.

Surnames  Giraud    
First Name(s)  Herbert John    
Year of Birth  1817    
Year of Death  1888    
Entry  Son of John Thomas Giraud : born April 14, 1817 : took his M.D. degree at Edinburgh University, 1840 : entered the E.I. Co.'s Bombay Medical Service, 1842 : Professor of Chemistry and Botany, and afterwards Principal of the Grant Medical College, Bombay : Principal of Sir Jamsetji Jijibhai's Hospital : Chemical Analyst to the Bombay Government : Deputy Inspr-General of the Army Medical Service : Fellow of the Bombay University : Surgeon on the Staff of several Governors of Bombay : stated to have been the first to introduce the study of chemistry and botany into W. India : wrote papers on chemical and botanical subjects, including toxicology, for scientific journals : retired, 1867 : died Jan. 12, 1888     
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