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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I

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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	Hodges
	First Name(s)	William
	Year of Birth	1744
	Year of Death	1797
	Entry	Born in 1744 : son of a smith : learnt to draw : exhibited at the Society of Artists : became a draughtsman on Captain Cook's second expedition, 1772-5 : exhibited at the Royal Academy : went to India, 1778-84, under the patronage of Warren Hastings : in 1785 he published in London, A Comparative View of the Ancient Monuments in India : and in 1793 his Travels in India during the years 1780-83, illustrated from his own pictures : he had become R.A. in 1789 : paid a visit to St. Petersburg in 1790 : retired from his profession of painting before 1795 : 21 of his pictures, the property of A. Cleveland (q.v.), sold in Calcutta in 1794 : he died March 6, 1797-

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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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