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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland) |
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Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F
Date transcribed | 2011-03-01 | 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. |
| Surname | Douglas | | First Name(s) | James | | Year of Birth | 1826 | | Year of Death | 1904 | | Entry | Born June 4, 1826 : son of William Douglas : educated at Sorbie Parish School and privately in Edinburgh : went to Karachi in 1864 as Agent of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China : Agent in Bombay, 1865-72 : Exchange and bullion broker, 1873-1901 : Sheriff of Bombay, 1893 and 1902 : Fellow of the Bombay University, 1895 : devoted his leisure to researches : retired in 1902 : was author of Bombay and Western India, 1893 ; Glimpses of Old Bombay, 1900 : and wrote, in the local press, articles on the archaeology and history of W. India : died Aug. 3, 1904. |
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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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