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Authorised form of nameThomas; Edward (1813 - 1886)
Dates1813 - 1886
Date of birth31 December 1813
Place of deathKensington, London
Date of death10 February 1886
Research fieldAntiquities
ActivityEducation:
East India College, Haileybury
Career:
Went to India as a Writer, Bengal Civil Service; one of the Foreign Secretaries under Lord Dalhousie; Judge of Delhi; suffered much ill health and retired (1857)
Memberships:
Royal Asiatic Society; FAS Bengal; FSA Paris; FNS
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election08/06/1871
RelationshipsSon of Honoratus Leigh Thomas (FRS 1806); grandson of William Cumberland Cruikshank (FRS 1797)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
CodeNA1192
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1871/11Thomas, Edward: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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