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 Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F

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Date transcribed2011-03-01
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  Francklin    
First Name(s)  William    
Year of Birth  1763    
Year of Death  1839    
Entry  Son of Thomas Francklin : born 1763 : educated at Westminster and Trinity College, Cambridge : entered the E.I. Co.'s Bengal N.I., 1783 : Lt-Colonel, 1814 : regulating officer, Bhagalpur, 1815 : retired in India, 1825 : travelled in Persia in 1786 : published his journal : wrote The History of the Reign of Shah- Aulam, the present Emperor of Hindustan, 1798 : Inquiry concerning the Site of the Ancient Palibothra, 1815-22 : besides translations, literary papers, contributions to Asiatic Researches, etc. : Member of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, and Member of Council and Librarian of the Royal Asiatic Society : died in India, April 12, 1839     
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