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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I

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Date transcribed	2011-04-00
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.

	Surnames	Hoole
	First Name(s)	Elijah
	Year of Birth	1798
	Year of Death	1872
	Entry	Son of Holland Hoole, a shoemaker : born 1798 : educated at Manchester : went to India as a Wesleyan Methodist missionary, 1820 : made a Member of the Committee for revising the Tamil version of the Bible : published a number of Tamil translations, including portions of the Bible : left India, 1828 : became Superintendent of Schools in Ireland, and a general Secretary of the Wesleyan Missionary Society : wrote A Personal Narrative of a Mission to the South of India, 1820-8, and missionary works : and contributed to literary journals : died June 17, 1872.

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