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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  Lumsden    
First Name(s)  Matthew    
Year of Birth  1777    
Year of Death  1835    
Entry  Son of John Lumsden : born 1777 : educated at King's College, Old Aberdeen : to India in 1794 in the E. I. Co.'s employ : studied Persian and Arabic : appointed in 1803 Assistant Professor of Arabic and Persian at the College of Fort William : Professor in 1808 : Secretary to the Calcutta Madrasa in 1812 : in charge of the Company's Press at Calcutta, 1814-7 : Secretary to the Stationery Committee, 1818 : made a journey through Persia, Georgia and Russia to England, 1820 : again in India, as Professor, 1822-5 : retired, 1826 : died in England, March 31, 1835 : wrote Persian and Arabic grammars, and edited the Shahnama : LL.D. of Old Aberdeen.     
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