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Date transcribed2011-05-01
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.

Surname  Keene    
First Name(s)  Henry George    
Titles  Rev.    
Year of Birth  1781    
Year of Death  1864    
Entry  I.C.S. : son of Thomas Keene : born Sep. 30, 1781 : educated privately : went out to the Indian Army, 1798 : was in the siege of Seringapatam, May 4, 1799 : transferred to Madras Civil Service, by influence of his uncle, Lord Harris {q.v.) : passed through the College of Fort William, Calcutta : served in Madras, but resigned his appointment in 1811 : graduated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, in 1815 : resigned the Indian Civil Service and was ordained in 1817 : became Professor of Arabic and Persian at Haileybury in 1824, and Registrar : resigned his Professorship in 1834 : edited some Persian works: died Jan. 29, 1864.    
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