WISE, James Fawns Norton. 1835 — 1886. British (Scottish) Physician in India. Son of —> Th. A. Wise (1802–1889) and Emily Isabella Disney (1812–1839). M.D. From the early 1860s worked ten years in Dacca (Dhaka), then retired and returned to the U.K. In India he copied inscriptions, collected folklore and conducted ethnographic studies.
Publications: “Notes on Sunárgáon, Eastern Bengal”; JASB 43:1, 1874, 82-96; “Notes on Bárah Bhúyas of Eastern Bengal”; JASB 43:1, 1874, 197-214.
– Notes on Races, Castes and Trades of Eastern Bengal. 427 p. L. 1883.
– Medical writings.
Sources: Grokipedia; Wikipedia.
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