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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  Lees    
First Name(s)  William Nassau    
Year of Birth  1825    
Year of Death  1889    
Entry  Son of Sir Harcourt Lees, Bart. : born Feb. 26, 1825 : educated at Nut Grove and Trinity College, Dublin : joined the 42nd Bengal N.I. in 1846 : Maj-General, 1885 : was for some years Principal and Professor of the Calcutta Madrasa, Secretary to the Board of Examiners at Fort William, and Translator to the Government of India : was an eminent Oriental scholar : edited a number of works in Arabic and Persian and Hindustani, and wrote many papers for the Journals of the Royal Asiatic Society and the Asiatic Society of Bengal : wrote also for the Daily Press in India, and was part proprietor of the Times of India : LL.D. of Dublin, 1857 : and Doctor of Philosophy of Berlin : died March 9, 1889.     
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