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Authorised form of nameCrawfurd; John (1783 - 1868)
Dates1783 - 1868
NationalityBritish
Place of birthIsle of Islay, Argyllshire, Scotland
Date of birth13 July 1783
Place of deathSouth Kensington, London
Date of death11 May 1868
OccupationSurgeon
ActivityEducation:
Edinburgh University
Career:
Assistant Surgeon, HEIC's service, Bengal (1803); Surgeon, HEIC (1815); employed politically in Java (1811-1817); on an embassy to Siam and Cochin China (1820-1823); Administrator of Singapore (1823-1826); on an embassy to Ava (1826-1827)l retired (1827); publications include 'History of the Indian Archipelago' (1820); 'Grammar and dictionary of Malay language' (1812)
Memberships:
Asiatic Society, Calcutta; Batavian Society, Java; FLS; FGS; MRCS (1815)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election07/05/1818
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 1. 1731-1847' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 307-332
CodeNA7777
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1818/04Crawfurd, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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