BRENNAND, William. Clitheroe, Lancastershire 1818? — Wellington, Somerset ?.2.1897. British Teacher in India, Principal of Dacca College (1856). In 1896 had already been 23 years in retirement, living in Somerset. Married 1846 Iris Twisden (1827–1893), two daughters and one son. Apparently he claims a common Central Asian origin for the astronomical knowledge of India, Mesopotamia and China.
Publications: Hindu Astronomy. 14+328 p. L. 1896; astronomical articles.
Sources: Some hints in his own Preface, position in Dhaka in moodle.bracu.ac.bd/…/S%20Ahmed; family in myheritage. Not in Br. Biogr. Arch. 1st and 2nd Series, no further works in N.U.C. & Br.Mus.Cat.
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