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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography J to L

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Date transcribed	2011-05-01
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	Johnstone
	First Name(s)	Charles
	Year of Birth	1719 ?
	Year of Death	1800 ?
	Entry	Born in Limerick county about 1719 : educated at Dublin University : called to the bar : took to literature : wrote 1760-5, a novel, Chrysal : or, the Adventures of a Guinea, which made a sensation : werlt to India in 1782, shipwrecked on the way : at Calcutta acquired a fortune : became joint proprietor of a newspaper in Bengal, and contributed regularly to the periodical press under the nom de plume of Oneiropolos : wrote other novels : died in 1800 in Calcutta, though the place of his death has been disputed.

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