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 Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I
| 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 | Hunter | | | First Name(s) | William Wilson | | | Titles | Sir | | | Year of Birth | 1840 | | | Year of Death | 1900 | | | Entry | I.C.S. : born July 15, 1840 : son of Andrew Galloway Hunter : educated at Glasgow Academy and University : studied at Paris and Bonn : went out to Lower Bengal in 1862 : published the Annals of Rural Bengal, 1868 ; A Comparative Dictionary of the Non-Aryan Languages of India and High Asia, 1868 ; Orissa, 1872 : was chosen by Lord Mayo to organize a statistical survey of the Indian Empire, in 1869 : made Director- General of Statistics in 1871 : wrote the Life of Lord Mayo, 1875 : published The Statistical Account of Bengal, 20 volumes, 1875-7 : and, in all, 128 volumes of local Gazetteers : from which he prepared The Imperial Gazetteer of India, 9 volumes, in 1881 ; 14 in 1885-7 : wrote a Brief History of the Indian Peoples, 1883 : his article on India was re-issued in 1895 as The Indian Empire, its Peoples, History and Products : for 6 years Additional Member of the Governor-General's Legislative Council, 1881-7 : President of the Education Commission, 1882-3 : Member of the Indian Finance Commission, 1886 : Vice- Chancellor of the Calcutta University, 1886 : retired in 1887 : settled near Oxford : wrote weekly articles in The Times on Indian affairs : brought out a number of biographies in the ""Rulers of India"" series : himself writing those of Lords Dalhousie and Mayo : wrote also Bombay, 1885-90, the Life of Brian H. Hodgson (q.v.) : an introduction to Bengal MS. Records, 1894 ; The Old Missionary ; The Thackerays in India : he had projected a comprehensive work on the History of India, but reduced it to a work on the growth of British dominion : the first volume was published in 1899, the second after his death : C.I.E., 1878 : C.S.I., 1884 : K.C.S.L, 1887 : LL.D. of Glasgow and Cambridge : M.A. of Oxford, by decree of Convocation : Vice-President of the Royal Asiatic Society, and member of learned Societies : he adopted the system of transliteration of vernacular names and words called after him : through his writings, and his picturesque style, India has been made better known to England : died Feb. 7, 1900. |
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