TASKER, Theodore James. Stuttgart, Germany 20.1.1884 — Swanage, Dorset 9.5.1981. Sir. British Civil Servant in India. Son of John Greenwood Tasker (geneanet 1853–1932, WikiTree 1854–1936) and Ellen Martha Sanderson. In 1908-44 in I.C.S., Madras, in 1927-42 seconded to Nizam’s government in Hyderabad. C.I.E. 1932 O.B.E. Knighted 1937.. Married 1915 Jessie Helen Mellis Smith (1888–1974), three sons and one daughter.
Publications: “Prehistory and Anthropology in the Hyderabad Deccan”, Man 47, 1947, 100f. (summary of paper).
Sources: Stray notes in Internet; gw.geneanet.org; portrait in npg.org.uk.
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