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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  Grierson    
First Name(s)  George Abraham    
Year of Birth  1851    
Entry  I.C.S. : born Jan. 7, 1851 : son of George Abraham Grierson, LL.D., Queen's Printer for Ireland : educated at St. Bee's School, Shrewsbury ; Trinity College, Dublin (Exhibitioner) : went out to Bengal, 1873 : Inspector of Schools, Bihar, 1880 : Additional Commissioner of Patna, and Opium Agent, Bihar, 1896 : in charge of the Linguistic Survey with the Government of India, 1898-1902 : retired, 1902 : C.I.E., 1894 : Ph.D. (Halle) 1894 : D. Litt. of Trin. Coll., Dublin, 1902 : Member of the Asiatic Society of Bengal and of the Royal Asiatic Society, the Folklore, and other Societies. His principal writings are Introduction to the Maithili Language, A Handbook to the Kaithi Character, Seven Grammars of the Bihari Dialects, Bihar Peasant Life, The Modern Vernacular Literature of Hindustan, Notes on Tulsi Das, The Satsaiya of Bihari, Essays on Kashmiri Grammar, The Linguistic Survey of India, The Languages of India : the Chapters on Vernacular Languages and Vernacular Literatures in the forthcoming edition of the Imperial Gazetteer.     
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