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Henry Beveridge

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Born
February 08 1837
Died
0707 11 19281928
There is more than one author in the Goodreads catalog with this name. This entry is for Henry ^2 Beveridge, orientalist. Henry Beveridge was an Indian Civil Service officer and orientalist in British India.

Born in Scotland, Beveridge studied at the Royal Circus School, Glasgow, Edinburgh Academy and Glasgow College. In 1856 he entered Queen's College, Belfast, where his father had been appointed editor of The Banner of Ulster. In July 1857 he successfully passed the public examinations for the Indian Civil Service, joining the service in 1857. He left for India in 1857 and reached Calcutta in January 1858.

After training he was posted to Mymensingh as Assistant Magistrate and Collector and was then transferred to Jhenaidah in 1861, to Jessore in January 1862, to Nadia in April 1862, to Midnapur in January 1863, and to Sylhet in February 1863. From November 1863 he was posted for one year to the Foreign Department, serving in Manipur on special duty, after which he was sent to Kuch Behar as Joint Magistrate and Deputy Collector and then successively transferred to Dhaka, Noakhali, Hughli, Barisal, Chittagong and back to Barisal in June 1871.

In 1875 he entered the judiciary and was posted to Rangpur as District and Sessions Judge in December 1876, serving in the same capacity in the districts of Pabna, 24 Parganas, Faridpur, Birbhum, Hughli, and Murshidabad until his retirement in 1893. He was elected President of The Asiatic Society for 1890–91.

Henry Beveridge

4/5 ( ratings)
Born
February 08 1837
Died
0707 11 19281928
There is more than one author in the Goodreads catalog with this name. This entry is for Henry ^2 Beveridge, orientalist. Henry Beveridge was an Indian Civil Service officer and orientalist in British India.

Born in Scotland, Beveridge studied at the Royal Circus School, Glasgow, Edinburgh Academy and Glasgow College. In 1856 he entered Queen's College, Belfast, where his father had been appointed editor of The Banner of Ulster. In July 1857 he successfully passed the public examinations for the Indian Civil Service, joining the service in 1857. He left for India in 1857 and reached Calcutta in January 1858.

After training he was posted to Mymensingh as Assistant Magistrate and Collector and was then transferred to Jhenaidah in 1861, to Jessore in January 1862, to Nadia in April 1862, to Midnapur in January 1863, and to Sylhet in February 1863. From November 1863 he was posted for one year to the Foreign Department, serving in Manipur on special duty, after which he was sent to Kuch Behar as Joint Magistrate and Deputy Collector and then successively transferred to Dhaka, Noakhali, Hughli, Barisal, Chittagong and back to Barisal in June 1871.

In 1875 he entered the judiciary and was posted to Rangpur as District and Sessions Judge in December 1876, serving in the same capacity in the districts of Pabna, 24 Parganas, Faridpur, Birbhum, Hughli, and Murshidabad until his retirement in 1893. He was elected President of The Asiatic Society for 1890–91.

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Complete Bible Commentaries (Active Table of Contents in Biblical Order)

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