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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  Hall    
First Name(s)  Fitz-Edward    
Year of Birth  1825    
Year of Death  1901    
Entry  Born at Troy in New York State : graduated at Harvard University, 1846 : Doctor : went to India, 1850 : was Anglo-Sanskrit Professor at Benares, 1851 : the first American to publish a text in Sanskrit : in the mutiny was Inspector of Schools in the Education Department in Central India : was beleaguered for 6 months in Sagar Fort : at Benares, in 1859, published a Contribution towards an Index of the Philosophy of the Indian Philosophical Systems, and essays in the I.A.S. Bengal, and other Oriental studies : in 1862 was Professor of Sanskrit and Indian Jurisprudence at King's College, London : Librarian at the India Office : retired, 1869 : worked on Dr. Murray's Oxford English Dictionary : wrote Modern' English in 1870 : died Feb. 11, 1901.    
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