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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  Grant    
First Name(s)  Alexander    
Titles  Sir    
Year of Birth  1826    
Year of Death  1884    
Entry  Son of Sir Robert Innes Grant, seventh Baronet : born Sep. 13, 1826 : educated at Harrow and Balliol College, Oxford : Scholar : played twice in the Harrow Cricket Eleven against Eton and Winchester : Fellow of Oriel, 1849 : became private tutor : succeeded as Baronet in 1856 : published the Ethics of Aristotle in 1857 : went to Madras in 1859, as Inspector of Schools : became Professor of History, at the Elphinstone Institution, Madras, in 1860, and Principal in 1862 : in 1863 he became Vice-Chancellor of the Bombay University, till 1868 : in 1865, Director of Public Instruction in the Bombay Presidency : Member of the Legislative Council, Bombay, in 1868 : made his mark on education in India : became Principal of the Edinburgh University in 1868 : D.C.L. and LL.D. of Cambridge, Edinburgh and Glasgow : F.R.S. of Edinburgh : wrote on Aristotle and Xenophon and The Story of the University of Edinburgh : on female education, endowed schools, and articles in Reviews, etc. : died suddenly Nov. 30, 1884.     
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