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Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I
Date transcribed | 2011-04-00 | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work. |
| Surnames | Herbert | | First Name(s) | William | | Year of Birth | 1718 | | Year of Death | 1795 | | Entry | Born Nov. 29, 1718 : educated at Hitchin : in 1748 went out to India as a purser's clerk : made a long journey in the country there : drew plans of settlements for the E. I. Co : published, in 1758, A New Directory for the East Indies, dedicated to the E. I. Co, styling himself hydrographer. From being a chart - engraver, he became a dealer in books, and brought out Typographical Antiquities : died March 18, 1795. |
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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each
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