LINCOLN, J. H. 18?? — 1???. In 1902, the Annual departmental reports of the Straits Settlements mentions Eliza L., the widow of the late J.H.L., who was retired Tamil Interpreter of the Supreme Court in Singapore. Another is probably J.H.L. who in died Krian c. 1907. Started his career as a drummer-boy in India in the 1830s, later on an apothecary. In 1860 went to China as apothecary of General Gordon’s troops and decided to stay there. After nearly 20 years came, then apothecary to a sugare estate in Krian, Perak (The Straits Budget 1.4.1937, p. 5 in https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitsbudget19370401-1.2.8.5).
Publications: English–Tamil Vocabulary with Tamil words.8+87 p. Singapur 1895.
Sources: With mere initials it seems hopeless to find more.
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