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ALEXANDER, James E.

ALEXANDER, James Edward. Stirling 16.10.1803 — Ryde, Isle of Wight 2.4.1885. Sir. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer in India. Son of banker Edward Alexander and Catherine Glas. Educated at colleges in Edinburgh and Glasgow and at Sandhurst. In 1821 joined Madras cavalry. In February 1824 he visited the Ajanta Caves (he…

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ABRAMJAN (Abramian), Ruben Tadesovič

ABRAMJAN (Abramian), Ruben Tadesovič (Arm. Ruben T‘adēosi Abrahamyan). Gnišik, Turkish Armenia 9.(21.)2.1881 — 26.10.1951. Armenian Iranian and Armenian Scholar. Son of a civil servant. After gymnasium in Yerevan studied at Kiev, Leipzig and St.Petersburg, in 1911 graduated from Oriental Faculty in St. Petersburg. In 1912-21 teacher in Tiflis (Tbilisi), then…

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