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Date transcribed2011-05-01
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CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Kennedy    
First Name(s)  Vans    
Year of Birth  1784    
Year of Death  1846    
Entry  Son of Robert Kennedy : born 1784 : educated at Edinburgh, Berkhamsted, Monmouth : went to Bombay in the E. I. Co.'s military service in 1800 : studied languages, and became Persian interpreter to the Peshwa's subsidiary force at Sirur, 1807 : Judge-Advocate-General to the Bombay Army, 1817-35 : Oriental Translator to the Bombay Government, 1835-46 : became a Maj-General : was a great student : published a Mahratti dictionary : wrote on questions connected with languages and mythology, and on military law, e.g. the Ancient Chronology and History of Persia ; Researches into the Origin and Affinity of the Principal Languages of Asia and Europe ; also on Ancient and Hindu Mythology, 1831 ; on th3 Vedanta Philosophy of the Hindus, and on Muhammadan Law : an active member of the Bombay Literary Society : for some time its President : died at Bombay, Dec. 29, 1846.     
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