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Authorised form of nameBaillie; John (1772 - 1833)
Dates1772 - 1833
Date of birth1772
Date of death20 April 1833
ActivityCareer:
Entered the service of the HEIC (1790) and went to India; Ensign (1793); Lieutenant (1794); studied oriental languages; Professor of Arabic and Persian, College of Fort William; served in the Mahratta war as Captain and political agent; retired and returned to England (1817); Director, HEIC (1823)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election05/06/1817
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1832-1833 No 14 p 229
Royal Society codeNA3439
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1817/04Baillie, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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