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 Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I

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Date transcribed2011-04-00
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.

Surnames  Hunter    
First Name(s)  William    
Year of Birth  1755    
Year of Death  1812    
Entry  Born 1755 : educated at the Marischal College, and the University, Aberdeen : went to India, 1781, in the E. I. Co.'s medical service : in 1782, driven to Burma by a storm, he wrote an Account of Pegu, 1785 : Surgeon at the Agra Residency : on the Resident's expedition from Agra to Ujain, 1792-3 : Surgeon to the marines, 1794-1806 : Secretary to the Asiatic Society of Bengal for 11 years, between 1798 and 1811 : examiner in Persian and Hindustani at the College of Fort William : Secretary of the College : M.D. : Superintendent Surgeon of Java, 1811-2 : contributed scientific articles to Asiatic Researches : published a Hindustani- English Dictionary, 1808 : and a Collection of Proverbs in Persian and Hindustani : revised the Hindustani New Testament : wrote on medical subjects : died in Java, Dec. 1812.     
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