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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  Hardy    
First Name(s)  Robert Spence    
Titles  Rev.    
Year of Birth  ?    
Year of Death  1868    
Entry  Missionary : in 1825, appointed to the Wesleyan Mission in Ceylon : from 1835. methodically studied the authentic sources, of Buddhism : published Eastern Monachism, 1850, and Manual of Buddhism,.. 1852, on the condition of the Buddhist priesthood in Ceylon, the Buddhist system and legendary history of Gautama Buddha in the South : General Superintendent of the S. Ceylon mission, 1863- 6 : wrote on the Sacred Books of the Buddhists, compared with History and Modern Science : Honorary Member of the Royal Asiatic Society : died April 16, 1868     
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