ADAM, Matthew Thomson. 17?? — 18??. Rev. British Priest in India and Author of Books on Hindi/Urdu. Ordained 1819, arrived in 1820 at Calcutta with his wife and soon proceeded to Benares, working for London Missionary Society as teacher at Hindu College. He was a keen student of Hindi. In…
ABERCROMBY (-bie), Robert. Tullibody, Clackmanshire 21.10.1740 — Airthrey, Stirlingsgire 3.11.1827. Sir. British (Scottish) General. Son of George A. and Mary Dundas. Served as officer in the French war in India and in American revolutionary war. Lieutenant-Colonel 1773. In 1790–97 Governor of Bombay and (1793) commander-in-Chief of Indian Army, in 1791 visited…
ABBOTT, James. Calcutta 12.3.1807 — Ellerslie, Ryde, Isle of Wight 6.10.1896. British Colonial Officer, Poet and Indologist. General. In India 1823-67. Son of merchant Henry Alexius A. and Margaret Welsh, brother of Major-General Augustus A. (1804–1867, 1819-59 in India) and Major-General Sir Frederick A. (1805–1892, 1823-47 in India). Educated at…