DODERET, William. Madras 30.9.1862 — London 1931. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Frederick Doderet. Educated in London, from 1880 studied at Balliol College, Oxford. M.A. Joined I.C.S. 1880, arrived 1882, served in Gujarat and Maharashtra, retired 1909. In 1910-19 University Teacher of Marathi at Cambridge. Married 1884 Margaret Robertson McDonald (1864–1941), two daughters.
Publications: “A Gujarātī–English Vocabulary”, BSOS 3:4, 1925, 783-798 (supplement to Belsare’s Dictionary); “Government of ‘prepositions’ in Gujarati”, BSOS 4:1, 1926, 65-67.
– “Note on the Development of the Modi Characters”, BSOS 1:4, 1920, 11-13; “The Passive voice in the Jnanesvari”, BSOS 4:1, 1926, 59-64; “The Grammar of the Jnaneshvari”, BSOS 4:3, 1927, 543-573; “A 14th century Marathi Inscription”, BSOS 5:1, 1928, 37-42; “Further Light on the Archaic Marathi jā Genitive”, BSOS 5:2, 1929, 251f.
Sources: The Cambridge University Calendar for the Year 1917–1918 p. 72; The India List and India Office List. 1905; Balliol College Register, 1832–1914.
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